Steven @StevenFan@schelling.pt

little denials of network access here and there prevent wholesale denial of network access

pretty convinced this is the way forward

you don't get to keep playing in the most visible sandbox if you piss people off and say droll/dumb/nasty stuff with negative value

@pee_zombie i haven't been able to get into the mead i've tried

what u drinking, tell me how to develop taste in mead

coldblooded blocking poa

both amazing and terrifying in that it's so easy to deny network access

this is good actually

oof not enjoying the federated view

@soundnfury I'm interested in learning about this tech. Can you teach or point at resources that contextualize it?

@soundnfury thinking outloud as a layman, it seems like improving connectivity within networks of (self-hosted) data centers are a place you could look into.

@soundnfury
The attacks I'm thinking about are all termination of end user services. The tech you are talking about is towards the bottom of the dependency graph.

I don't know because I don't know the technology graph or the service provider graph.

I'd ask these questions:

Who is your user?
What are their needs?
With an understanding of the components of the landscape, what can you do to create value for your user?

I'd use wardley mapping for this.

@mattparlmer this is my fav.
dense, luscious, walkable

@soundnfury

Practically, start having conversations about digital rights and defend them in a principled and knowledgeable way, particularly at any organization you belong to.

You uniquely have access to technical networks and you are credible. Taking a perspective of having long term, in depth conversations and understanding how you can influence your extended network will prepare you to contribute.

"Epik [a domain service provider] Addresses Calls to Deplatform Dozens of Online Communities"

https://www.epik.com/blog/parlerstatement

@PstafarianPrice remembering our conversation about ideologically aligned economic-partners as a defendable position to have opinions in.

The main threat of lock-in isn't price increases, it's business termination.

Obscured / redundant infrastructure providers as a first defense against attacks on network disconnects.

I wonder if this will go all the way to ISP network-level attacks on right-affiliated data centers.

A mishmash:

Speech probably should be guaranteed at the protocol level.

big tech are either neutral publishing platforms that are insulated from the legal consequences of the speech of its users or they are 'editorializers' that bear the responsibility for what is said by users and users don't really own their own words. Can't have both.

@mogul @pareinoia here for this too

okay thats enuff learning a new platform for one day

besides alt comms, not sure what I want to say here that I don't already say on main, something to think about...

brokn ;-;

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It doesn't embed the body of the toot in a thread reply, just the url.

Aw dang qt doesn't seem to work well though. That's kind of a bummer.