fringemagnet

@fringemagnet@mstdn.social

Marketer, editor, writer, general stuff-doer.

Background in computer science, digital media, e-commerce, and political science.

Probably too dependent on coffee. ┊She/her┊ https://solo.to/fringemagnet

#dogs #cats #tech #DigitalMedia #ComputerScience #media #DigitalMarketing #history #politics #PoliticalScience #diversity #BLM #HumanRights #feminism #IntersectionalFeminism #activism #SocialJustice #movies #gaming #music #RockMusic #SciFi #books #comics #nerd #writing #photography #fedi22

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AmiW, (edited ) to Artist German
@AmiW@mastodon.online avatar

👋Can anyone tell me where this
extremely cute cupcake sloth foto
is from? I can't find anything
about it.
👋Kann mir jemand sagen, woher
dieses extrem niedliche Cupcake
Faultier Foto stammt? Ich kann
leider nichts darüber finden.
#Artist #Cupcake #Baking #Backen #Food
😢 I'm afraid it's AI and you have to
bake me one
😢 Ich befürchte es ist AI und ihr
müsst mir einen backen

fringemagnet,

@AmiW Seems impossible to track it back to anything beyond Facebook, and both https://www.aiornot.com/ and https://huggingface.co/spaces/umm-maybe/AI-image-detector give it a very high probability of being AI generated.

fringemagnet,

@AmiW If it's AI nobody took the picture, I'm afraid it doesn't exist. 😞

There's a trend of sharing AI generated sweets and cakes, lately. It's why they look so perfect and detailed.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/sarathompson1/ai-50-states-cupcakes

fringemagnet,

@AmiW I feel you, it's how I ended up knowing about AI detecting tools cause I wanna double check everything. It's really hard to tell if it's photorealistic items, because with AI people you can usually tell, but cupcakes and stuff like that can be tricky. It looks perfectly yummy in the picture.

fringemagnet,

@AmiW Yeah, I'm 100% with you there. If it's AI it should be clearly labeled as such. And I'd much rather look at something someone created in real life too, tbh. Especially with food, you wanna know where you can buy it or find the recipe to make it, otherwise what's the purpose.

fringemagnet, to random

Left is my (for me, calm) response to someone trying to explain that implementing NLP in order to pick on aggressive language will not be of much benefit when it comes to microaggressions. On the right there is a man I've never met, who wasn't following me, popping to tell me that my reaction was "a bit sharper than it needed to be". Putting the overreacting woman in her place for, um, saying you should listen to women.

When we speak about the reply guy issue here, that's what we mean.

A man (from what looks like from his profile) replying to my previous post with: This reaction was a bit sharper than it needed to be I think.

Sheril, to mastodon
@Sheril@mastodon.social avatar

I see a lot of posts here about why the other social media platforms are terrible & #Mastodon is the one to rule them all*.

Personally, Mastodon is my favorite & I prefer the #fediverse with decentralized servers & open source standards.

But I also don’t mind coexisting with the others. Rather, I think it’s a good thing. All of us should settle in where we feel comfortable & find community.

  • Overstatement, but a Tolkien reference always seems appropriate.
fringemagnet,

@Sheril Perfectly put, and it's also worth remembering that different people have different needs from online spaces, either on a personal or professional level, and several different factors and circumstances play a part in their choice of which platform to use. It's also more beneficial to instead focus on how we can make this an even more welcoming space for those who choose to give it a try.

fringemagnet, to movies

Today marks the 24th anniversary of The Iron Giant, released #OTD after it premiered at Mann's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles on July 31. Still one of the most beautiful, deep, emotional, and thought-provoking films in animation, and beyond.

"It's bad to kill. Guns kill. And you don't have to be a gun. You are what you choose to be. You choose. Choose.

#TheIronGiant #film #movies #cinemastodon #Animation

Screenshot from the film showing the Iron Giant, a significantly large robot sitting right across a young boy among some trees. The difference in size between the two is emphasized in the shot.
Screenshot from the film, showing a young boy standing inside the palm of the Iron giant, pointing towards a certain direction.
Screenshot from the film showing a close up look of the Iron Giant mid-flight, with a gentle and positive expression on his face.

fringemagnet, to animals

Deeply asleep and making little sighs in her dream, but the tiny fang is still there to assert dominance.

#SilentSunday #CatsOfMastodon #cats #cat #floof #MastoCats

evan, to random
@evan@cosocial.ca avatar

Hi, fediverse Web and mobile client developer.

What if you added a speed bump in the reply flow to slow down users for just a moment?

"Do you really want to reply to X? Will they appreciate your reply?"

Maybe just the first time they reply to someone; maybe easily turned off in settings.

If it makes people think for just a moment, it might help with making the fediverse a more welcoming place for women.

UPDATE: deleted and redrafted per multiple requests.

fringemagnet,

@evan Yeah, I think an optional tool that people can choose to use if it makes them feel safer to post couldn't hurt. Even the fact that people know that they have some additional control over the replies they receive could be beneficial.

Objectively, I don't think any of us believe it's going to solve the entire issue, that's why we are having these discussions and point out why these behaviours are undesirable in the first place. But if a small improvement is achieved, it's still beneficial.

fringemagnet,

@evan Yeah, I think an optional tool that people can choose to use if it makes them feel safer to post couldn't hurt. Even the fact that people know that they have some additional control over the replies they receive could be beneficial.

Objectively, I don't think any of us believe it's going to solve the entire issue, that's why we are having these discussions and point out why these behaviours are undesirable in the first place. But if a small improvement is achieved, it's still worthwhile.

eniko, to random
@eniko@peoplemaking.games avatar

Been seeing a few posts talking about how mastodon has a reply guy problem and yeah, I'd say that's accurate. It doesn't bother me too much usually but there is more of it than there was even on twitter

fringemagnet,

@eniko Yep, Mastodon is a by far better experience than other socials, especially twitter, the discoverability, potential for growth, and interactions you get here are some of the platform's strongest assets, but sheesh the 'reply guy' phenomenon is real.

evan, (edited ) to random
@evan@cosocial.ca avatar

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    fringemagnet,

    @evan I understand this is coming with good intentions to make the Fedi more welcoming, and that's a good thing but I agree with Erin Kissane's comment below and with the people saying it's just probably going to mostly affect people with social anxieties and the decency to question themselves anyway.

    From experience, the people who aggressively reply to women and marginalized groups don't second guess themselves, they even bypass blocks by coming back and replying again with a burner account.

    fringemagnet,

    @evan Oh I do get the point, and 100% agree that managing to reduce the amount of condescending replies, by any degree, is an improvement. Still I feel that those saying it's mostly going to affect folks who undervalue their input make a good point, or at the very least it risks reducing responses by people who have anxieties and feel hesitant to communicate as collateral.

    Not saying it can't prevent an impulsive reply, but often those responses are a matter of general mentality, not impulse.

    fringemagnet,

    @evan I think making it optional is better, even the idea of having some more control over what replies they get could make someone feel safer. If it happens, I'd prefer it as a choice.

    On the parallel, I think it's also important to maintain the discussions on condescension and gatekeeping, from am angle of educating each other. Because often these behaviours are unintentional, coming either from biases we don't realise we have, or from not knowing why saying something is wrong/disrespectful.

    seachanger, to random
    @seachanger@alaskan.social avatar

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    fringemagnet,

    @seachanger Using hashtags generously is among the first tips people get when joining Mastodon because there is no algorithm here. Hashtags is how posts get views. That's the reason so many people, especially small creators use them.

    Lowkey shaming photographers and artists for using them by calling it 'cluttering' falls into the 'policing what and how people post here' category, which is part of what has driven a lot of people trying to build a new platform away from here.

    eniko, to random
    @eniko@peoplemaking.games avatar

    this is a public service announcement. when i say i "fled" the US, do not come into my mentions and tell me i was not in sufficiently immediate danger to use that word. i'm not here to play "you were not sufficiently oppressed" games with people

    fringemagnet,

    @eniko So sorry you had to deal with that comment. Everything that person said was totally uncalled for, the word fled means exactly that, you get away from something because you feel unsafe, and what makes someone feel unsafe enough, to the extent they have to change their whole life, is not up to anyone else's judgement. Let alone that someone doesn't know the million little details of someone's life, and how their specific traumatic experience affects them. Trauma is not a competition.

    fringemagnet, to animals

    Judgment from above.

    #CatsOfMastodon #cats #cat #pets #floof #catstodon #MastoCats #CatContent

    fringemagnet, to gaming

    No matter what else, Anita's work influenced the gaming scene and contributed to important discussions on diversity, representation, and harassment in the industry on multiple levels.

    "It’s not the first time Sarkeesian has considered shutting down Feminist Frequency. [...] But this time, it’s sticking; beyond needing to rest and recover from that burnout, Sarkeesian deeply believes that there’s value to ending projects naturally."

    🔗 https://www.polygon.com/23814201/feminist-frequency-shutting-down-anita-sarkeesian

    #gaming #VideoGames #feminism

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    fringemagnet, to twitter

    I'm not on Twitter. My stance on "leaving Twitter" is that I can't point the finger on anyone relying on social media to pay their bills, or to organize, find support and community.

    What I will never grasp is everyone who has seen the man welcome back Nazi accounts, call cis a slur, make targets of vulnerable minorities, spread misinformation about COVID, pay money to people like Andrew Tate, and embrace everything alt-right, but waited until a logo change to draw the line.

    #Twitter #ElonMusk

    aral, to twitter
    @aral@mastodon.ar.al avatar

    “If you don’t like the new sans-serif swastika logo, here’s how you can change it…”

    The lengths some folks will go to to stay on a fascist platform that they perceive themselves to benefit from in some manner.

    smh

    https://www.inkl.com/a/pYWgAjUrAQr

    #x #twitter #fascism

    fringemagnet,

    @aral I've been telling anyone and everyone who'd listen that if your income depends on social media presence the best thing is to expand to other platforms.

    What I really don't get is those who have no necessity of being there beyond shitposting. I'm finding it impossible to maintain any respect for anyone who stays on a site that restores Nazi accounts, pays money to Andrew Tate, and attacks trans people and other minorities purely out of habit. And "staying to resist" is simply ridiculous.

    Loukas, to random Swedish
    @Loukas@mastodon.nu avatar

    I just blocked someone who told me off for using windows.

    #JustMastodonThings

    fringemagnet,

    @Loukas Ha, that's spot on!

    And right?! Again I'm very IDGAF, unless I've said something that genuinely hurt someone or I didn't have all the info on, or came out wrong. But someone deliberately choosing to see certain content, only to tell off the one who posted it, isn't it.

    And I was posting from a place of privilege as a cis woman, can't imagine a trans person or any minority, already feeling vulnerable, being told that "we don't like to see these things here" and feeling very welcome.

    fringemagnet,

    @Loukas Exactly! And it is, in many ways, Twitter is pretty much unusable now. But we can't ignore the gatekeeping tendencies of some folks here.

    I get how some feel it's better if it remains a closed-community of nerds, but I very much prefer that all the people who need a platform to organize and find community feel safe here.

    Plus the whole "shame on you if you're on Twitter or on Bluesky, but if you don't like it here, leave" is a bit contradictory.

    fringemagnet,

    @Loukas Agreed, and it's pretty naive to think that you can contain or control what everyone says in a platform that is growing daily and numbers millions.

    Plus it's seriously so easy to create your own space here, follow who you want to follow, and the mute functions for words and hashtags work excellently in helping you avoid what you don't wanna see on your TL.

    dangillmor, to random
    @dangillmor@mastodon.social avatar

    Boycotting Twitter for a day will prove absolutely nothing to anyone -- other than confirming to Musk that he's winning.

    The right way forward is to just stop going there*. Then come over to the fediverse.

    *Keep the Twitter account so no one swipes your username for nasty purposes...

    fringemagnet,

    @dannotdaniel @tdelmas @dangillmor Oh it's 100% a personal choice, no harm in deleting your account if it's what you want.

    But for some folks there's a risk of bad actors grabbing their handle and trying to defame them or trick those who trust them, it's a matter of personal safety, so shaming people for leaving but not deleting crosses a line.

    I left Twitter in 2022, but I keep my handle, because if someone grabbed it with malicious intentions I wouldn't even know until something happened.

    fringemagnet, to Starwars

    The Japanese Star Wars posters by Noriyoshi Ohrai were sure something else.

    Japanese poster for The Return of the Jedi back by Noriyoshi Ohrai featuring C-3PO and R2-D2 standing in-between a green and a red Lightsaber.

    fringemagnet,

    Was reminded of Noriyoshi Ohrai's Star Wars illustrations yet again, so adding this to the old thread:

    Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) poster by Noriyoshi Ohrai, for the release of the dubbed version of the film in Japan in 1982.

    #StarWars #film #movie #cinemastodon #cinema #art #NoriyoshiOhrai

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