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There are federations that function, and they are more than just mastodon. The internet was not designed to be centralized, what we built was co-opted. Re-claim your common space. opensource.com/article/23/3/tour-th… Fediverse - Federation that communicates with real standards

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 16/07/2023

ive seen 12 definitions of tpot in the last 72 hours and at least 100 in the last month. i dont think anyone knows what it is or there is some strange astroturfing going on. is bsky just insane or are users trying rto 4d eachother to death?

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ShotSpotter can “misclassify fireworks or sounds from cars as gunshots, and that company employees can alter evidence; during a 2016 police shooting trial in Rochester, a ShotSpotter employee admitted to reclassifying sound from a helicopter to a bullet at the request of police.”

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Why Dayton Quit ShotSpotter, a Surveillance Tool Many Cities Still Embrace - Bolts

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Neil Gaiman @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com · 16/07/2023

The best summary of what's going on with the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes I have seen so far is in this Phil Jupitus comic. www.instagram.com/p/CuvHrS5M7zN/?ig…

A comic in which Mark Ruffalo explains what's happening in the current SAG and WGA strikes while a buffalo swears.

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 15/07/2023

Insights into the difference between social media without profit motive. escapingtech.com/tech/opinions/i-wa…

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If we’re offering some grace to Bluesky, we could also offer it to people who are understandably upset at being dehumanized by bigoted scum on a new platform that got their hopes up. I mean I assume there’s that much grace to to around.

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álvaro postabosta 🚂 @alvarofreitas.bsky.social · 14/07/2023

Insights into the difference between social media without profit motive. escapingtech.com/tech/opinions/i-wa…

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Right now what I think is likely: They will keep going silent. At some point in the weekend one of the more unhinged users posts things that violate ToS like threatening (or stuff that can be framed as such) 1/?

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Doctor Memory @blank.org · 14/07/2023

My hottest take about free speech: the ACLU was on the right side of Skokie, but the subsequent 40 years of high school pedagogy about the case have been an unmitigated disaster, creating a generation of people who seriously think that being nice to Nazis is not on legally required but a moral good.

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If Bryan can apologize, the rest of BlueSky team can apologize too. They have no excuse now.

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One apology down. Now for the rest. Just so it's made very clear.

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I've been reading Mansik for years, I still don't agree with the moderation theorem, it mainly applies to super large sites that IMO are an aberration when it comes to social systems. they aren't supposed to get to a million+ users in a single system. what we are experiencing is corp capture.

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only time will tell, though the past has already said a lot.

bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 15/07/2023

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I have made decisions, and made mistakes. those have caused harm to real people, including Black folks, including really great+knowledgeable Black folks who supported Bluesky. I'm sorry. feel pretty bad about it. it sucks. re/earning their trust, and everybody else's trust, will be hard.

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 15/07/2023

Not today Satan

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scare-cadus (is this anything) 🎃 @birdapp.rip · 15/07/2023

There are three kinds of people on bsky right now: 1: "we will burn this place to the ground" 2: "what racism? I just logged on" 3. "and how does that make you better than a nazi, if you hate nazis?" Be 1. If you're 2, catch up and be 1. Don't be 3 for fuck's sake.

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y'all are screwed. this site is screwed why the heck are you all piling into the same for-profit tools made by the same valley kids over and over. then act surprised Pikachu when the do the same racist privileged valley kid shit. own your internet already FFS or it will be owned for you

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Ted Underwood @tedunderwood.com · 15/07/2023

I’m sorry you’re telling me the same senior engineers touring their experience and expertise in social media couldn’t anticipate racial slurs and hate speech online?

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For bsky to succeed it needs to get large enough to be the place you come to share information. Right now, unfortunately, it is the place you come for vibes and drama, and that is a dead end.

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 15/07/2023

Incidentally, sincerely apologizing for something isn’t a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength. It shows that you have the confidence, wisdom and morality to acknowledge the sort of failings that we all have.

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Thomas “Scary” Fuchs 🎃👻💀 @thomasfuchs.at · 15/07/2023

Like seriously, these days you don't even have to write apologies yourself. The only reason why you wouldn't apologize is because you're an insufferable asshole who thinks you did nothing wrong. Please resign @jay.bsky.team and let some lead who actually gives a fuck.

Example of an apology letter generated by ChatGPT

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Thomas “Scary” Fuchs 🎃👻💀 @thomasfuchs.at · 15/07/2023

- Who, in the fuck, is your T&S team leader? - What's "significant investments" mean? - Why isn't the T&S leadership communicating with users? - Why is there only one-way announcements by a disembodied corporate account? - Does ChatGPT write your skeets? - Where the fuck is your CEO apology?

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 15/07/2023

trades in empty talking points with no facts to back them up blocks you when you don't bend knee to the farse

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We are furious at the blatant trolling racists, yes. Absolutely. But let me tell you again-the dinner party bigots are a real fucking danger, because they use every tool in the social contract box to get the benefit of the doubt while making the person calling them out look like a mean grifter.

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"theres no such thing as volunteer moderators" you know why reddit had such a big deal about the API going away? Because a surprising amount of moderators are disabled and use the API apps to do the work of moderating and its not just the disabled, there are truckloads of people that want to help

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Twitter got wind of the situation and people are literally saying better to stay in Twitter than this. That’s sad.

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Have moderated and operated social spaces and software on and off since the 90s. Most of the opinions on how "federation doesn't work" seem to be coming from people who don't know that the fall of federation was not moderation but co-option by big capital. Zuck wrote your opinions.

☁️Now🤖Breezing💨 @nowbreezing.ntw.app · 15/07/2023

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Awesome! Great job, everyone! We should see how long we can keep APOLOGIZE trending!! Also no Pokemon got on the board! I'll send out another question just before the :50 mark. Hey, we could do polls pretty well with this!

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The fact it got deleted says a lot .

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but not a 501, why exactly?

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Dr Abolish ICE @pwr2dppl.bsky.social · 15/07/2023

so when you put in those word filters and started moderating skin, no one ever looked at the filters for names? why the massive oversight? what parts of your process failed and how have you changed operations to ensure these situations do not happen again?

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Are the significant investments in Trust and Safety in the room with you now?

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☁️Now🤖Breezing💨 @nowbreezing.ntw.app · 15/07/2023

==The Bluesky Breeze (v2.4)== What's Trending every 10 mins ==Analysis== Posts: 1,454 Words: 639 Emojis: 12 ⚠️🌀 CAT. 2: apology STRIKE @bsky.app @pfrazee.com @why.bsky.team @jay.bsky.team devs apology racist Black minority antiblackness slur moderation failure listen hire addressed voice trust

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@bsky.app, the bsky.team, et al. must do more. Proactively. Reacting after the fact HAS NEVER BEEN ENOUGH. These and other changes should've been LIVE, DAY ONE. Apologize. Listen. Act on behalf of Black & minority voices. Hire them. Yes, these Black users who've been proven right. They have, for MONTHS, criticized your inaction & ignorance. Who better for a new Trust and Safety Team? (And for so much more, in every level of your organization.) Bluesky, as it stands, will not survive. This is not 2002. We are post-Twitter; we all know the Internet's hatred well. This is the real world. Real people affected by your decisions. As the creators of this service, you have the obligation to, at the AT Protocol level, or at the VERY LEAST Bluesky: ENSURE this place is free from hatred, present and future. Do the right thing. LISTEN TO BLACK VOICES!

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Chef Kennedy🐸🏳️‍🌈 @kennedy.northsky.social · 15/07/2023

Way too many tech bros exposed themselves the past couple days

Community (the show) meme:

Panel 1, Britta: "I can excuse racism but I draw the line at not being able to post a gif"

Panel 2, Shirley: "You can excuse racism?"

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Kris Nóva @krisnova.net · 15/07/2023

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Thanks for the emails and rightful concerns of racism/mod issues at bluesky. Would have missed this. Had a call with bluesky leaders and shared my collective experience at Hachyderm, Nivenly, and transwoman in tech. I reminded them the importance of community and dangers in letting racism fester.

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