Notices by simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net), page 9

simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Nov-2022 05:08:54 JST simsa04

Anyway, I now have to stop posting and start taking apart my sister's laptop. Hardware tinkering is just lovely :-)

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simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Nov-2022 05:02:25 JST simsa04
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Yes, that is always the upside.

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simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Nov-2022 04:34:27 JST simsa04
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- simsa04
@administrator
... and how would one even find a rule of thumbs for that? Perhaps somethign like: the "igh interaction subscriptions" of a gs.net account are the last to be federated ...
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simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Nov-2022 04:30:30 JST simsa04
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The federation interaction could easily exceed exponentiality. The problem for gs.net is less the number of user accounts but the number of high interaction subscriptions allowed for every account.
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simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Nov-2022 04:09:55 JST simsa04
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I'm happy that we sit on this beautiful little island, sipping drinks at the sunny beach, enjoying the occasional #gnusocialmagic this lovely instance happens to put up in front of us for our pleasant amusement. Ah! Paradise, endless vacation, Gnusocial for ever :-)

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simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Nov-2022 04:02:27 JST simsa04

The #fediverse should perhaps think about bifurcation and split: the Mastodon-network that already creates a silo of its own, and the other instances. Right now the mass-scaling of the mastodon-network ousts smaller instances not running mastodon software.

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simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Nov-2022 04:00:49 JST simsa04
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what do they mean by this? queuing?

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simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Nov-2022 03:57:09 JST simsa04
- simsa04
Why the Mastodon-network slowly strangles the #fediverse

https://ar.al/2022/11/09/is-the-fediverse-about-to-get-fryed-or-why-every-toot-is-also-a-potential-denial-of-service-attack/

« If ActivityPub (the protocol) and Mastodon (a server that adheres to that protocol) were designed to incentivise decentralisation, having more instances in the network would not be a problem. In fact, it would be the sign of a healthy, decentralised network.

However, ActivityPub and Mastodon are designed the same way Big Tech/Big Web is: to encourage services that host as many “users” as they can.

This design is both complex (which makes it difficult and expensive to self-host) and works beautifully for Big Tech (where things are centralised and scale vertically and where the goal is to get/own/control/exploit as many users as possible).

In Big Tech, the initial cost of obtaining such scale is subsidised by vast amounts of venture capital [...]

However, unlike Big Tech, the stated goal of the fediverse is to decentralise things, not centralise them. Yet how likely is it we can achieve the opposite of Big Tech’s goals while adopting its same fundamental design?

When you adopt the design of a thing, you also inherit the success criteria that led to the evolution of that design. If that success criteria does not align with your own goals, you have a problem on your hands.»

#decentralisation #fediverse #federation !gnusocial !fnetworks
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  Is the fediverse about to get Fryed? (Or, “Why every toot is also a potential denial of service attack”)
  
  Every time I post something that gets lots of engagement, I essentially end up carrying out a denial of service attack on myself. What does this say about the design of Mastodon and ActivityPub and the future of the fediverse?
simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Nov-2022 03:46:24 JST simsa04
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- es0mhi
It's this one here https://gnusocial.net/notice/13090788

@es0mhi replied to it with https://tilde.zone/@es0mhi/109342849024494298 which doesn't show up as its reply here on gs.net, only on my backup account on m.s.

I sent an email to mastodon@tilde.zone asking if there were some decisions on their side with regard to (partial) defederation or some other glitches, but didn't hear back from them yet.
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  tilde.zone
  
  mastodon instance of the tildeverse, a collection of small public access *nix systems for collaboration, creativity, and socializing. a proud part of the small internet.
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  @simsa04@gnusocial.net This statement should trigger a much broader discussion than I have time for right now. Just a few brief remarks: I, too, find approaching people via interests rather clumsy. Outside the net, I am first interested in personality (I use this fuzzy term here on purpose) and only later try to find out via which interests someone has become that personality. Moreover, here in the fediverse it apparently leads to the fact that many create different accounts for their different interests. Which I refuse to do (until now). Since we can't "listen to the tone of a person's voice" here, don't necessarily learn about her mannors, the personality could be sensed in a different way. It would be helpful if people would express themselves more creatively. Simply boosting things, or spreading a link, a message, etc., is not enough. At some point, #GNUsocial was called 'statusnet' - an origin of which we hopefully emancipate ourselves - or not. Style would be of importance, style of writing, style of discussing. In a sharing culture, there is no room for style any more. I find 'personal info' sometimes helpful after all. You say that we have learned not to share it on the net. Well, I have also learned many things offline about what I shouldn't do - and do them anyway.
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  mensaje de simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net), el Monday, 14-Nov-2022 14:44:34 CET - gnusocial.net
  
  Over in the Mastodon-network (a silo of its own), people keep doing the self-introduction thing. I find this idea rather befuddling, esp. when it comes to sharing personal info which we learnt we shouldn't do on the web. I think you can learn more about a person when you listen to her tone of voice, her manners, and only to some extent via her interests. With regard to the latter, an annotated list of my tags may suffice. #batteries (although in the context of infrastructure, energy, climate, less as hardware or essential building blocks but as objects on which people put their misguided hopes on) #counterculture (I went along with it for many years, now I primarily think about its negative impacts; historical interest) #drought (is more than "heat" a concern to me) #ecocolonialism (from the perspective of how Greens and Progressives offset environmental costs on poor nations when trying to jump-start their green economies) #energy (broad category, includes "renewables", "nuclear", often "infrasturcture") #federation (how its technical aspects create the conversations-based foundation of the Fediverse) #fediverse (history as well as present and future developments of something that is more than the Mastodon-network) #goodread (a corollary to "sources") #heat (rarely) #identica (history) 1/2 [in case you can't see the sequel, click on "In conversation" below]
simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Nov-2022 03:37:51 JST simsa04
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Yes. Say both of us.

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simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Nov-2022 03:33:16 JST simsa04
- Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan, "Is the fediverse about to get Fryed? (Or, “Why every toot is also a potential denial of service attack”)" https://ar.al/2022/11/09/is-the-fediverse-about-to-get-fryed-or-why-every-toot-is-also-a-potential-denial-of-service-attack/

A wonderful blogpost explaining why mass and scale are a danger to the #fediverse. Thanks @aral for unearthing this problem for the #Fediverse (not just the silo-esk Mastodon-network).

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« [O]n the fediverse, I find myself in a somewhat unique situation where:

1. I have my own personal Mastodon instance, just for me.4
2. I’m followed by quite a number of people. Over 22,000, to be exact.
3. I follow a lot of people and I genuinely enjoy having conversations with them. [...]

Unfortunately, the combination of these three factors creates a perfect storm which means that now, every time I post something that gets lots of engagement, I essentially end up carrying out a denial of service attack on myself. [...]

So, what’s the solution?

Well, there’s only one thing you can do when you find yourself in such a pickle: scale up your Mastodon instance. The problem with that? It starts getting expensive. »

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Yes, scale the instance and have it get more expensive is one problem.

But the other is that by doing so you either oust smaller instances or force them to scale up as well to stay visible and "see" enough accounts.

#fediverse #federation !gnusocial !fnetworks
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  Is the fediverse about to get Fryed? (Or, “Why every toot is also a potential denial of service attack”)
  
  Every time I post something that gets lots of engagement, I essentially end up carrying out a denial of service attack on myself. What does this say about the design of Mastodon and ActivityPub and the future of the fediverse?
simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Nov-2022 03:09:34 JST simsa04
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- Rysiekúr Memesson 🇺🇦
I find the subheading "Mastodon: denial-of-service as a service?" gorgeous.

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simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Nov-2022 02:59:41 JST simsa04
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This baffles me.
#gnusocialmagic

cc @administrator https://gnusocial.net/attachment/ee5821849c6a892aedfdede14056c78017210071bf93d873b7f04e15b420fb31/view
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simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Nov-2022 01:07:56 JST simsa04
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@administrator
Could you please run the script again? I don't get replies from tilde.zone. Thank you.
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simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Nov-2022 00:03:03 JST simsa04
- simsa04
Yes, that may be a solution: Single-user groups to sort content. And as even groups with the same name have different URLs (as stemming from
different instances) there will be no confusion or intrusion of unwanted content.

#talkingtomyselflettingyoulisten

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simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Monday, 14-Nov-2022 23:58:55 JST simsa04
- greggyb
Look into the guide mentioned here https://mastodon.social/@WillDHB/109305503812302389

The screenshot below is from page 7 of the document.

(Please keep in mind: These are "norms" that are kind of common on Mastodon-run instances. As the fedverse consists of many more instances they won't apply there. But for your start in the Mastodon-sphere it may be helpful.) https://gnusocial.net/attachment/6750600fc320aec78fd432ba440fd8ebc42f20b31c0d6e602f91f5942dc29574/view
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  WillDHB (@WillDHB@mastodon.social)
  
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  @hrheingold Here is one (of many) guides: https://github.com/joyeusenoelle/GuideToMastodon#whats-the-generally-accepted-mastodon-etiquette
simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Monday, 14-Nov-2022 23:47:57 JST simsa04
- Christina ✅ 🇨🇦
This may be true for the Mastodon-network but not outside of it.

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simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Monday, 14-Nov-2022 23:47:19 JST simsa04

Oh, I see that due to the increase in the number of people in the fediverse, tags lose their ability to sort and point to ontent. Guess I will have to move from tags to groups to not be overwhelmed by same-tagged content that is irrelevant to me.

#talkingtomyselflettingyoulisten

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simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Monday, 14-Nov-2022 23:35:55 JST simsa04

I have the impression that people clinch way too much to the image of a fediverse instance as some sort of appartment building with a landlord (the host/admin) having to deal with raucous tenants (the users).

Instances, IMO are not places but conversations (or: doors into communication). They have their own atmosphere, grow their own reputation, they rise and vanish.

The "house-landlord-tenant" image involves a hierarchy that neglects the mutual dependence of user and admin, and the mutual responsibilities thereof.

Forget the technicalities and the hardware. The fediverse and its instances are a far more floating and evanescent thing.

To put it even more in visual language: What we are doing (with the use of technicalities and infratstructure) is:

*Dancing a Thought*

#talkingtomyselflettingyoulisten

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simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Monday, 14-Nov-2022 23:27:25 JST simsa04
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- Joe Sondow
Let me suggest to you instead:

* Instances are not *places*. Instances are not places at all but *conversations*, most often mingling with others farer away.

* Accordingly, not only are users dependent on their hosts but hosts are dependent on their users as well, for the quality of the conversations that take place, the atmosphere that rules the instance, and the reputation the instance "acquires" (or rather: *grows*) from that.

Obviously one should support the host/admin in the various ways that are possible. But an instance is not an "appartment buidling" in which the landlord deals with raucous tenants ("My house, my rules"). Nor is it a "community". It's voices mingling, and ideas taking advantage of that, pursuing their own goals and destinations.

#fediverse

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