Every day the New York Times tries to convince me to read an article in their app instead of on the web because it is “better in the app.”
I downloaded the app to see why it is better. It appears to be an embedded web view showing the same article. If anything, it loads slower.
Pushing people to native apps for things that the web is great at is so stupid.
The greater Fediverse community is in store for a hard transition as the greater network transitions from “too small for anybody to care” to “financially worthwhile for professional disinfo trolls, spam farms, Grey-market adtech, and organized CSE groups.”
whoso hideth or hoardeth, or in hand taketh,
finding keepeth or afar casteth
a Silmaril. This swear we all:
death we will deal him ere Day's ending,
woe unto world's end! Our word hear thou,
Eru Allfather! To the everlasting
Darkness doom us if our deed faileth.
Useful test: don't join a Mastodon instance that doesn't let you follow https://raspberrypi.social/@Raspberry_Pi - defederated by many instances because they hired a policeman who had used a Pi to do police work in the past, and were then unapologetic about it.
https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/12/raspberry-pi-shows-how-not-to-mastodon/
Welcome to Mastodon! It's a laid back place. But here's a few simple rules you must follow:
1. Make an account on every fediverse server and create a unique introduction post for each one.
2. Put a content warning on any post that is tangentially related to the Irish Potato Famine.
3. Always use the hashtag #icomeinpeace. Otherwise, we will assume you are hostile.
4. When browsing Mastodon, remove your socks. It is customary.
5. Tell five of your friends to join. Yes, it's a pyramid scheme.
Yuuko gets over a cold... just in time for finals. Maybe she can catch it again? (No.)
Hakase plays with glue.
Yuuko is not ready for her finals.
#Freenet build 1495 released with faster new user entrance, enhanced user experience, and better performance:
https://freenetproject.org/freenet-build-1495-new-user-experience-and-performance.html
#privacy vs. #censorship