I think this looks like an acceptable mobile version for the @matrix Server List.
I'm sad I couldn't use a proper <dialog> for it, but it was incredibly painful to position properly and I couldn't find extensive info about its peculiarities on MDN.
My biggest Mastodon sadness is that it can’t fulfill my impulse to create and share dumb videos, because the 40mb file size limit is just way, way too low for an iPhone era.
I think I get the limit — due to federation every server has to make a copy of your video file? That’s a real space burden — but sadly that means Mastodon can’t fully replace the other services for me. 😩
@cassidy@cabel No need for centralized platform. With IPFS, we could have the servers sharing a common storage pool (to avoid excessive costs) and apps themselves could becoming edge points.
🚨 FRIDAY QUIZ TIME 🚨
I have just provisioned a new dedicated #Linux server. It's been deployed running #Ubuntu 22.04.3. I SSH'ed in as root, given the provided credentials. 🤓
QUESTION: What's the very first command I typed after logging in? 🤔
Code for America just fired a bunch of people engaged in union activity so always remember that organisations nominally supporting the public good are not necessarily good
@dansup I'm anxiously waiting for better LDAP support in order to be able to add Pixelfed to communick. Is there anyway I can help? Is there any issue where this is being tracked on github?
My latest video is now available to Nebula and Patreon supporters!
We've lived in the Netherlands for 5 years now, and in that time we've been to a lot of small cities and towns. It's really amazing just how good these places are!
Here's a look into what the Netherlands is like outside of Amsterdam.
Ok, I will answer it. No #IPFS server (that I know of) has any type of ACL in place. If you put a IPFS server online, any file you request through it will end up on its cache. If you put a gateway online, people can put all types of crap there and good luck to you explaining why you have illegal data on your server.
There is also no way to say "Here is a list of other IPFS nodes that are managed by other people that can be trusted" You can make a cluster, but you need to own it all.
No, I can guarantee that I am not "tracking" anything on my server. It's one of the main selling points of my business (https://communick.com) after all.
But besides that, I don't get your point?! Do you want that just because there are so many places that exploit user data, that it makes no sense to try to protect it?
> the lie that Brave helps resist tracking compared to any other browser
This a strawmen, because it has never been part of the claim.
The claims are (a) these are tools you mentioned are bullt-in (unlike Firefox) and that (b) Brave is trying to foster an alternative economic model for content creators, which do not rely on privacy-invading ads and the Surveillance Capitalism that comes with it.
Still don't get your point about "public service", though.
> Brave is not trying to support content creators at all.
Not what I said. Having an economic model does not mean that they are working on interests of the content creators. Brave is openly user-centric - which again, I think it's a good thing.
This model would make it harder for low-quality content creators to make a living out of it and gives power to people to "vote with their wallets", but we will be getting less quantity and more quality.
> "Content creators" by and large don't engage with brave or want to.
And there is a good chance that this is why Brave gets so much unfounded hate. Popular content creators don't care about them, as the major part of their revenue already comes from sponsorships. Low quality creators know they will have to find something else to do. Fraudsters know that Brave's network is harder to exploit.
It's in the interest of users for this to change, not content creators.
Not what I said. What I said is that their model content creators would get reward according to how much they are valued by the users (which is a lot harder to make/fake than it is to create value from slapping Google ads on a content farm)
> Brave is brave-centric, they want a 30% cut of whatever happens,
their "shitty crypto tokens" are just used for liquidity, you can exchange them as soon as you receive. Also, the payouts to users are based on Brave's USD revenue, meaning that the price of the token is basically meaningless.
So, yeah, it works just like Patreon, except that Patreon takes their huge cut along with payment processors.
> Google and Facebook don't pretend they're saving you
Oh, yes, they do. You may not fall for it, but billions of people still use it happily.
> I don't shill for them and talk about how their business model is going to rescue the internet.
I will ask again to stop with the accusatory tone. I am not "shilling" anything, I am just looking for an alternative to the status quo. Firefox is not it, it had its chance and blew it. If you know of anything else, I'd love to try.
Again twisting my words and the accusatory tone. Last warning, please stop.
What I mean by "Google/FB pretending to save you" is that they market their ads as efficient for the advertisers, but they are anything but.
Ad fraud goes by billions in an year, they don't care. Organic engagement is crippled on FB. Search results on Google are for them to optimize their bottom line, not the users well being.
No, it's not. These are two separate operations. They get their cut from the selling of ad space - like any other ad network.
The transactions between users and creators is a completely separate thing, and may not even be related to the funds gained from Brave Ads. Like I said, I buy extra BAT to give away, and Brave gets nothing from that transaction.
And no one is saying that "their ads will make the world a better place" (by the way, this is one of the many cases of you twisting my words)
I already said that the point is not on the ads, but the fact that the model puts power (money) in the hands of users
I don't care about the crypto aspect. If any other company had a system that gave people 70% of their ad revenue in "cash" so that I could use to support others online, I would be equally happy.
I am hosting the Mastodon instance https://ubuntu.social/ If you're an #Ubuntu member, feel free to create an account here. Only people signing up with their Ubuntu email account will be approved at the moment.
@popey Honest question: why hasn't Canonical put together their official mastodon instance yet? Couldn't it be an interesting business opportunity if they make it for subscribers, like the original Ubuntu One?
