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The #Twitter #algorithm! It’s fascinating! Need to spend some time with it. https://github.com/twitter/the-algorithm I like the "contribution" section. So, not only are they now giving out information on how to game the system, but also welcome changes to it? #chatgpt blocked in Italy over data privacy concerns. https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/31/chatgpt-blocked-italy/ If the legal foundation for this is valid in Italy, it would also be valid in all of EU and more places that have #gdpr like laws in place. Worse, if a person under secret service protection is convicted and needs to go to jail, do secret service agents need to move into jail with him? Jails are dangerous places. Inquiring minds want to know. If the accused is under secret service protection, does the secret service prevent outsiders from reaching the accused, or the accused from reaching the outside? Note to self: while the printed part is still in the #3Dprinter, do not accidentally heat up the plate to a higher temperature. Melt melt melt melt ... Renewed my membership in #Mydata Global today. There are lots of common values and goals between the #Fediverse and the MyData community, but very people -- like myself -- are involved in both. https://mydata.org Did a #Fediforum debrief between us organizers @Dangerangel @Identitywoman and me. By general agreement, we think FediForum was a great success! Lots of good people, being passionate and engaged across the various sessions, far more important topics than could conceivably be discussed -- some people continued discussing even after the event ended -- and lots of follow-up. Some resulted in very specific steps that will move the Fediverse forward. We will do this again! Stay tuned and in touch!! @J12t @Dangerangel @Identitywoman The problem with online events, for me, is that it's too easy to get pulled away from them. I had a great time on day one and would like to participate again in the future. BUT, when life got too hectic, I decided I couldn't afford to stick around for day 2.  @J12t @Dangerangel @Identitywoman https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/anyone-keen-on-a-fediverse-conference-in-2023-24/3167 Your vision for FediForum 2.0 may be different from ours for ActivityConf 2.0 or your organizing group may just prefer to organize separately, and that's totally fine. But we can at least try to pick our dates so people can attend both, and cross-promote. The party of law and order is awfully fast taking taking the other side. But then, of course, it isn’t now, and perhaps never was other than in public pronouncements. “Horses came to American West by early 1600s, study finds”. Before the Europeans themselves! https://apnews.com/article/horses-arrive-north-america-indian-indigenous-archaeology-ae077bba7a456cf6de7d655314fb8a0a Data quality on e-commerce sites is just extremely awful. Sorting by "lowest to highest" price is basically always useless, because you get dozens of pages of only vaguely related accessories and parts first before you get to the first actual product that belongs into the category. Seems to be true across the web. Shout-out to the #Fediverse #app developers at #FediForum today and their excellent demos: 1) @mike: Flipboard, a social magazine app now connecting to the Fediverse, 2) @h3poteto: WhaleBird and Fedistar, desktop apps for not just Mastodon, 3) @rabble: Planetary, a decentralized mobile app based on SSB, 4) @manton: micro.blog, a blogging and social platform connecting to the Fediverse and other protocols, and 5) @pfefferle: ActivityPub plugin for Wordpress, connecting Wordpress to the Fediverse. @mike @h3poteto @rabble @manton @pfefferle Thank you very much for your excellent demos, and showing off the sheer diversity and innovation that is the #Fediverse at #fediforum  @J12t @h3poteto @rabble @manton @pfefferle It was awesome to participate and see all the great work happening. Very exciting times ahead. @evan had the idea of a “#fediverse #developer network” earlier today. Pondering this, I think this is a really excellent idea. It brings under one umbrella a whole bunch of other ideas how to move the fediverse forward, and simplifies those a lot. I think we should investigate this … What about we do a #fediforum session tomorrow on this? Maybe @davidslifka would join us, who recently talked to some potential funders for things like that I think.
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  @J12t @evan @davidslifka love this idea - for today’s #fediforum sessions I am double-booked for an early dinner in London but very very interested in this space around APIs, tech docs, and developer projects. I’ve done some initial writing about it, albeit more with a Mastodon focus, but want to grow this. @J12t Yes, this is important. All constructive community organising is welcome. Previous attempts include Feneas (defunct), and SocialHub, which has been quiet for a couple of years due to various global distractions (pandemic etc), but is in the process of regrouping. This is fine, nothing to see here. “One in ten Britons have performed dentistry on themselves, half in the last two years” https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2023/03/22/one-ten-britons-have-performed-dentistry-themselve @J12t I'm surprised there aren't more startups in this field. High and low tech, tools and supplies, community and support. Very impressed by the extremely well-done speed demos we had today from @JPEGuin (Mammoth mobile app), @gabek (OwnCast), @judell (Steampipe) and @snarfed.org @Bridgy Fed) at #Fediforum. Well-done and thank you for taking the time!! We recorded the demos, and will publish them on https://fediforum.org/ as soon as we can. Relaxing, after the first (half) day of #fediforum. Unconferences are strenuous in any case, you don’t ever doze off like in talking-head conferences, but if you are an organizer, as I am with @Identitywoman and @Dangerangel, it’s even more so! Looking forward to day 2 tomorrow, we start again at 8:00 pacific with 5 more demos reflecting the broad diversity of apps (and people, and interests, and more) that is the #fediverse. @J12t @Identitywoman @Dangerangel Thanks so much to all of you for doing the heavy lifting, much appreciated, and things went really well.  @J12t @Identitywoman @Dangerangel Thanks to all three of the organizers and facilitators of #Fediforum today. This was the best facilitated online #unconference that I've attended, including the ones I facilitated myself. Looking forward to Day 2. We had 46 people in the session on the future of #ActivityPub and related, hosted by #Fediforum and the #W3C Social Web Incubator Community Group (SWICG). I'm told that was the largest SWICG meeting in history. And so many implementors were there and spoke up what they need! There's real momemtum. /cc @fediforum @trent is "interested in helping to solve the issues around education and awareness of the Fediverse with tutorials, video walkthroughs of apps, podcasts and more." at #fediforum They just registered minutes ago, and although we are about to start, registrations are still open. |
@J12t Same on both points! 👀
@J12t Will that analysis establish just how biased it is and in which direction?
@J12t That's such an easy one. It drives a lot of news users here to the fediverse :)