spaduf

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[–] spaduf@slrpnk.net 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (5 children)

So frustrated to see how this conversation is playing out. This is exactly what people have been asking for but all anybody can seem to see is "AI" in the headline.
This pivot is about refocusing on:

  • The Browser
  • Privacy
  • Ethical AI

This seems like a much better position for Mozilla to operate from, particularly because they've excelled at producing ethical SOTA ML for YEARS before ChatGPT. In all, this seems far more forward looking than the previous strategy of "make weird little web tools to make money maybe" and it's an absolutely massive untapped niche, that they already have the talent to tap into. If we punish the players best positioned to shift the industry standard away from extreme and exploitative data collection, we will end up in exactly the Orwellian AI hellscape that we're all so afraid of.

[–] spaduf@slrpnk.net 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So, you won't see Mastodon content on Lemmy unless a Mastodon user has posted in a group (the generic term for community, subreddits, etc). For example, here's an exchange I had with some Mastodon users. Groups don't always come from Lemmy and as a Lemmy user you can subscribe to more Mastodon centric groups like !histodons@a.gup.pe or even PeerTube channels like !veronicaexplains_channel@tilvids.com. Direct user-to-user microblog style interaction with Mastodon users is not supported, and that's mostly a design choice of the devs. Projects like kbin/mbin seek to bridge the gap and directly support both experiences.

[–] spaduf@slrpnk.net 13 points 9 months ago

The Verge has been all in on the Fediverse, and they're probably the biggest advocate in the media. They're also going through the process of switching their entire backend for direct fediverse support. If you have a mastodon or kbin consider boosting this at their official account (@verge@mastodon.social) here: https://mastodon.social/@verge/111891107107406018

[–] spaduf@slrpnk.net 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Does anybody have any recommendations for FOSS RSS readers with actual content surfacing features? So many RSS feeds are full of junk (this is particularly a problem with feeds with wildly disparate posting frequencies) and I've always felt they'd be a lot more useful if people were putting more effort into a modern way to sort through extremely dense feeds.

[–] spaduf@slrpnk.net 4 points 9 months ago

Pretty sure it's not. Wired is just talking about the wrong thing. Currently threads voice posts federate fine.

[–] spaduf@slrpnk.net 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It's not so crazy. Most people choose a DE for the defaults

[–] spaduf@slrpnk.net 4 points 9 months ago

Some of the apps will struggle with higher ping rates. I have some issues on thunder

[–] spaduf@slrpnk.net 79 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

The devs actually talked about this in the AMA from a couple of days ago. Sounds like the current plan is to have all federating servers send their entire list of communities to each other on a regular basis.

The other thing that I think is worth mentioning is Lemmy Community Boost which is basically a bot that serves the same purpose.

[–] spaduf@slrpnk.net 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Great project! I wish y'all the best

[–] spaduf@slrpnk.net 11 points 10 months ago

Don't they already package and sell your genetic data anyway?

[–] spaduf@slrpnk.net 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

There was a fair amount specifically upset that the creators had not decided to focus their efforts on contributing to lemmy directly. I personally think that's silly as it's not hard to find folks who've tried and had a terrible experience.

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