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tomcoates

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New product strategy & development. Prev: BBC, Yahoo, Time Out, Nokia, Jawbone, Wired & Eero. Founded a couple of things too.

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liaizon, to fediverse
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Looking into this Summer of Protocols thing that @evan and @tomcoates got accepted for to work on adding encryption to #ActivityPub, and realized its a grant from the Ethereum Foundation. I am not opposed to crypto slush money flowing into more useful projects like the #fediverse but thought it was interesting that I hadn't seen anyone mention this fact yet.

Https://cosocial.ca/@evan/112363426896322946

tomcoates,
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@liaizon You’re 100% right that’s where the money comes from. What I find interesting about it is that if you look at the previous work from it almost none of it is even crypto adjacent. A lot of it is related to the subject of “protocol studies” that they’re trying to kick into being. There is work on Christopher Alexander’s pattern language in architecture, essays on metaphors for memory.

tomcoates,
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@liaizon honestly I think the near future of fediverse work is going to find its funding in lots of places that some people might find disconcerting, particularly given large company moves in the area. I think we just have to keep our eyes on whether the work itself is right, ethical and good for all and be open about the funding.

tomcoates,
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@liaizon but rest assured this particular tranche of work was a very simple proposal from Evan pitching for the grant based on nothing more than finding a good implementation for E2EE in activity pub. He’s one of the co-authors of the spec. And the goal is to have something at the end of the time to take to the W3C. So lots of openness and opportunities for comment and discussion. And certainly no pressure at all in any direction we’ve seen so far.

tomcoates,
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@liaizon agree with you on all of that, honestly.

evan, (edited ) to fediverse
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Very happy to announce that @tomcoates and I have been given a grant to develop an end-to-end encryption (E2EE) protocol for DMs, including a reference implementation and a report to submit to the W3C SocialCG.

https://forum.summerofprotocols.com/t/sop-2024-pig-and-pog-grantees/1270

tomcoates,
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@evan @cdevroe Yup! I’m with Evan. It’s a tricky problem. No promises we’ll figure it all out!

tomcoates, to random
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Two questions for people who follow me on Mastodon:
(1) What - in your opinion - is the biggest problem in the fediverse and how would you want it to be fixed?
(2) What new feature, product, service or piece of infrastructure would make the Fediverse better?

tomcoates,
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@thisismissem could you link me through to those projects?

tomcoates, to random
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I keep telling people my age with the hope they’ll go, “oh really? Wow! I’d never have guessed! You look way younger than that!”

Doesn’t happen as often as you’d think! (If you thought it happened maybe once that is.)

tomcoates,
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@gilesdring hahahahahaha

tomcoates, to random
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There’s a guy on TikTok who makes this videos where he’s preparing a meal for someone, and he speaks in a really soft voice and is a bit too clean and someone has made some videos from the other perspective which is a guy chained to a bed asking nicely if he can go outside one day, and those videos are amazing. And now on the original guy’s TikTok everyone’s making “I’d be happily locked in your basement” jokes. TikTok is the best https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLAFNkyP/

tomcoates, to random
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Quick question: how do you guys actually feel about Meta making Threads Fediverse compatible?

tomcoates,
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@kellan Biden’s on it

andypiper, to random
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I think @tomcoates has come up in face-to-face conversations twice in the past 10 days, so I should probably talk to Tom directly at some point!

tomcoates,
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@andypiper yes! I was just talking to Nick Ludlam too and he reminded me we need to chat.

tomcoates, to random
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Elon just posted this whole thing about how all content moderation is evil censorship and … Jesus Christ I am so done.

rands, to random
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If you’re not sleeping well, you’re not doing good work.

If you’re not exercising, you’re probably not sleeping well.

If you’re not eating well, you probably aren’t exercising.

tomcoates,
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@rands There are more of me than I expected

tomcoates, to random
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Okay I finally did a full write up of the event I went to just before Christmas at @meta in San Francisco in which they laid out their plans for integrating Threads with the Fediverse. It's very long and thorough. Love to get people's thoughts. http://plasticbag.org/archives/2024/01/how-threads-will-integrate-with-the-fediverse/

tomcoates,
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@Viss @danhon I played Werewolf with Jane in NZ once and I knew she was a werewolf and she BURST INTO TEARS AND TOLD EVERYONE I WAS BEING CRUEL AND MEAN and she was totally a werewolf and she played them all and I was like jaw on the floor impressed / terrified

tomcoates,
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@Viss @danhon you need a few deeply committed crazy players to get the most out of it. Jane or call definitely. I’m pretty good but Jane is terrifying.

tomcoates,
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@danhon @Viss WHUT.

tomcoates,
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@danhon @Viss Oh I like things to be random! It’s so much better when you’re forced into weird roles. Also I’m a bit of an all rounder so I no longer care too much about what role I get.

tomcoates,
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The post is getting referenced on The Verge right now, which is interesting and will probably cost me a fortune in hosting fees. https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/11/24035256/a-peek-at-the-threads-activitypub-roadmap

tomcoates,
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Another good piece from Yahoo! Finance following up on the blog post above. It has lots of nice fediverse news and insights in it. Worth a read. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/threads-allow-mastodon-users-end-155111092.html

tomcoates,
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@ashlock @krusynth you doing a data dialogue event? Really want to know if tney say I overstepped in my write up ;) let me know how much I’m told off.

andybaio, to random
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Last month, @tomcoates was one of only ~20 people at a meeting at Meta's SF offices where the Threads team talked openly about their plans for integrating it with the Fediverse, including their broad roadmap, motivations, and plans for content moderation and personalization. Tom posted his extensive notes and thoughts from the meeting, and it's well worth reading for anyone interested in the subject. http://plasticbag.org/archives/2024/01/how-threads-will-integrate-with-the-fediverse/

tomcoates,
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@FinchHaven No, I called them a cock for being a cock about it. Obviously I should fix that. But I haven’t got around to it. Is there anything you’ve not got around to? At all? Good, then you understand. Now, don’t be a fucking cock about it.

tomcoates,
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@FinchHaven because I can’t actually afford it right now, thanks. Because I’m not a famous influencer. I’m a designer and builder who had a really hard time during the pandemic and has taken a break from tech, and don’t want to spend a chunk of cash on something that until yesterday literally no one gave a fuck about.

tomcoates,
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@FinchHaven as of then, by the way, precisely two people have been pissed off about it, you and the cock person. And frankly I owe you precisely nothing and am not super interested in your opinions. So, I dunno, stop being a cock and let me get on with my evening?

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