 So #Bluesky is implementing an (unspecified) new protocol for direct messages. Because AtProto is really not suitable for anything that isn't 100% public. I wonder whether they can do this now that Jack is off the board. But maintaining two separate protocols in the same app? Who knows, maybe #ActivityPub is next? Nice that somebody states publicly what has long been obvious in private. +2.5-3°C this century. Not 1.5°C. Today I learned: display: flow-root which solves a real problem for me. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/78439601/shrink-border-of-a-html-element-which-shares-space-with-a-floating-element #CSS The folks at @19thnews are committed to covering voting rights in this very important election - as they should. It's worth your time to take a look. If you have the means, consider supporting their work. https://19thnews.org/2024/05/voting-rights-coverage-2024/ "The application/x-www-form-urlencoded format is in many ways an aberrant monstrosity," Tell it as it is. From a WhatWG's spec. https://url.spec.whatwg.org/#application/x-www-form-urlencoded This week we are starting an online Homebrew Website Club Europe (Morning Edition), timed to allow for participants from Europe, Australia, and New Zealand to join. If you want to chat about personal websites for an hour, join us on Thursday! See more information about the event: https://events.indieweb.org/2024/05/homebrew-website-club-europe-morning-edition--gKTB1ieoO1lg Meanwhile, in crypto-based decentralized social networking: "Friend.tech Social-Media Platform’s Token Tumbles 98% After Debut" So #Bluesky is looking for a new board member to replace Jack Dorsey who initiated the project, got it funded, then gradually got less interested and now dropped out without much explanation. I'm afraid that is not a ringing endorsement of the project. @J12t  @J12t Jack is probably upset that Bluesky didn't embrace blockchains. He spends all his time on Nostr First beet #harvest of the year. I got to watch it, because when I don’t harvest them in time, they first get stuck and grow into my growing baskets, and then burst them. But otherwise beets grow really well in my backyard #hydroponics system. This batch gets pickled, and works really well with things such as hummus. “Swiss public broadcasters withdraw from X/Twitter”  @J12t that makes one of us. It was smooth sailing until our 2 1/2 year old refrigerator decided it didn’t like keeping its insides nice and cold. In the middle of my daughter’s birthday dinner. Fun times 🍻 So I got a whole bunch of 10-month old @chrismessina.me posts from Bluesky in my Mastodon feed today. Bridgy Fed must be working! But is that date mapping working as designed @snarfed ? I have a 3D avatar that's connected to the #Fediverse! HTC's Viviverse virtual world turned on their Fediverse connection yesterday I think. This is actually major news. HTC is a major company!! Say Hi to @j12t@www.viverse.com !  @J12t@social.coop @evan @j12t@www.viverse.com Wow, this sounds very interesting! But I don't understand, what kind of updates will I get if I follow a Viviverse avatar?  The link on the original profile takes me to a JSON error page, though the main Viverse website is still working. From looking there, it seems to be a VR-version of Gather.town. :D Looking at drill bit sets on Amazon. This one metric drill bit set has 25 bits, ranging from 1mm to 13mm. Helpfully, Amazon points out it costs $2.20 per count. A thousand is a crowd! The last few times I was there, it was more like a couple dozen. https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/05/03/photos-sea-lions-swarm-the-docks-at-san-franciscos-pier-39/ Half of internet traffic is now bots. Hi, bot followers :-) https://www.imperva.com/company/press_releases/bots-make-up-half-of-all-internet-traffic-globally/ Opaque algorithms are a funny thing. Over on #Threads, my "Following" feed does consistently have more things in it that are interesting to me than my "For you" feed. I've been observing this for a few weeks now, and it's consistent. Seem the cost function might be optimizing for something other than what I like? Or is the signal not good enough because I don't "like" or such enough? On #WorldPressFreedomDay 2024, the 🇺🇸 has dropped to 55th on RSF’a index. https://rsf.org/en/country/united-states |
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@J12t I don't think Jack had a lot of weight on their decisions. The reason they didn't do DMs from the get-go is the same as why they were late when it mattered. They didn't have a product, and they are still building it.
@J12t would be really cool to just colab on this since we dont have a DM protocol yet either
@J12t Meanwhile, the efforts going into DMs in the #Fediverse are aiming to be at the protocol level: https://mastodon.social/@quillmatiq/112406758427466857