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1. errante (errante@rot.gives)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Apr-2023 19:14:27 JST errante

   • pistolero :thispersondoesnotexist:
   akkoma's attitudes to software are pretty funny. i think you'd get a kick out of this @p
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   • pistolero :thispersondoesnotexist: (p@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Apr-2023 19:14:26 JST pistolero :thispersondoesnotexist:

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     @errante Oh, holy shit.
     
     Blockbots are just a solution to the problem of "UI gives no indicator that you are blocked and thus your attempt at a thoughtful response has gone directly to the void". Blocks as currently done on fedi are a passive-aggressive shitshow and Masto/Akkoma/etc.'s attempts to hide them are what created the blockbots. Then the "Oh, no, don't tell anyone about the blocks!" boshit is what caused the "Let's make a public blockbot!" drama. Someone clicks a button that says they don't wish to talk to me, that is useful information to me: I can avoid wasting time trying to talk to them.
     
     It's like a horror film watching these people try to build this wall to conceal the operation of the network from the people using it. I disagree with but can understand trying to present a simplified view of the mechanics of fedi, but the number of times I have had to explain to someone on FSE the reasons a follow request might get stuck seems to indicate that the abstractions are too leaky. But this is a different thing, right? "You're blocked but may not know about that" is actually the server, the goddamn *machine*, keeping a secret from the human about the human's account. It's fucked, Akkoma is the product of a diseased mind.
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   • pistolero :thispersondoesnotexist: (p@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Apr-2023 21:37:22 JST pistolero :thispersondoesnotexist:

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     @errante
     
     > i agree with this 100%; blocks are just. useful info.
     
     Yeah. "I want to block this person but I do not want them to know" is some kind of fucked up game. Maybe done by people that have been...oversocialized. :tedk:
     
     > then jojo spammed it so i turned it off because it was annoying
     
     Ha, we actually blacklisted him in the hacked up version of the blockbot. The newer version mitigates this by not sending messages if the blocked account was already blocking the other account, which (aside from solving the spam issue) makes sense: you're not going to waste time trying talk to someone that you have blocked.
     
     > the aspect i really like about that message she sent was the idea that we need to prevent actively awful people from using free software. seems like a weird attitude.
     
     The software was created with that goal, and "awful" is much broader than you might expect; have a look at that blog post, https://coffee-and-dreams.uk/development/2022/06/24/akkoma.html , "As many of you will be aware, back in 01/2022, there was something of a schism in the smallish group of Pleroma developers with no single cause in my eyes - it was the culmination of years of mounting tensions between two competing interest groups. Pleroma has ever been an uneasy alliance between 'free speech' people and free software people, and as the project's creator aligned more with the former group over time, it was only really a matter of time before something acted as a catalyst to break the alliance." So, in addition to the very strange distinction (freedom of speech encompasses free software, last I checked), "awful" here means "free speech", there were a lot of rants about loli-posters, etc. (The "Pleroma is terrible because people post lolis" bit was the cause for bae.st tweaking its code to report that it was running Akkoma, and to declare itself the flagship Akkoma instance.)
     
     Hilariously, it is very popular with people FloatingGhost considers awful. DRC uses it, shota.house uses it, rapemeat.solutions and youjo.love use it.
     
     > also, what the fuck is that image?
     
     The anime girl is peeing and FloatingGhost is receiving the urine intravenously. The title of the blog post has been superimposed.
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   • errante (errante@rot.gives)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Apr-2023 21:37:23 JST errante

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     • pistolero :thispersondoesnotexist:
     @p i agree with this 100%; blocks are just. useful info. i ran the blockbot because i wanted to know when i should stop talking to someone. then jojo spammed it so i turned it off because it was annoying
     
     the aspect i really like about that message she sent was the idea that we need to prevent actively awful people from using free software. seems like a weird attitude.
     
     also, what the fuck is that image?
   •  (mint@ryona.agency)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Apr-2023 21:38:12 JST 

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     • pistolero :thispersondoesnotexist:
     • divVerent
     @divVerent @p @errante Your first mistake was using any other scopes than public to begin with.
   • divVerent (divverent@blob.cat)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Apr-2023 21:38:13 JST divVerent

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     • pistolero :thispersondoesnotexist:
     @p @errante What is the current state? If I reply and was blocked, then the reply was typed for nothing. I then usually copy-paste the reply into a public post out of sunk cost fallacy ;) but seriously, blocks should show up BEFORE typing up a reply.
     
     Is that still the current state, or do blocks now get hidden fully - you can send your reply, but nobody - not even other users - can see it?
     
     Personally I am rather in #TeamMute. I do not intend to restrict how other people talk to each other. Blocks are for exceptional circumstances only.
   • :blank: (i@declin.eu)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Apr-2023 21:38:44 JST :blank:

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     • pistolero :thispersondoesnotexist:
     @errante @p >Option to disable federated timeline
     >Relays from akkoma are now off by default
     
     I LOVE WHEN THE FEDERATED NETWORK DOESN'T FEDERATE
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   • errante (errante@rot.gives)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Apr-2023 21:48:46 JST errante

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     • pistolero :thispersondoesnotexist:
     • Tadano ❄️🎅
     @Tadano @p i want bubble timeline and custom emotes
   •  (mint@ryona.agency)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Apr-2023 21:48:46 JST 

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     • pistolero :thispersondoesnotexist:
     • Tadano ❄️🎅
     @errante @Tadano @p Custom emotes have been in upstream for at least two months.
   • Tadano ❄️🎅 (tadano@amala.schwartzwelt.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Apr-2023 21:48:49 JST Tadano ❄️🎅

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     • pistolero :thispersondoesnotexist:
     @p @errante Once again, there is never, ever any reason whatsoever to use ACK!-oma. :potofgreed:
   • errante (errante@rot.gives)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Apr-2023 21:52:35 JST errante

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     • pistolero :thispersondoesnotexist:
     • Kyou
     @Kyou @p you copy a file into its location
     https://gitgud.io/ryonagency/pleroma/-/blob/4401beb8c0dea1a490b0234ed2cf4453cdd001fd/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/block_bot_policy.ex
     
     specifically, put whichever blockbot MRF you want into the lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/block_bot_policy.ex
     
     then you restart the instance an configure it in adminfe
   •  (mint@ryona.agency)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Apr-2023 21:52:35 JST 

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     • pistolero :thispersondoesnotexist:
     • Kyou
     @errante @p @Kyou I have put together a better policy since then, with unfollow motifs and cachex-based ratelimiting.
     https://git.kiwifarms.net/mint/pleroma/src/branch/ryona-dev/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/high_roller_policy.ex
   • Kyou (kyou@kyou.social)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Apr-2023 21:52:38 JST Kyou

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     • pistolero :thispersondoesnotexist:
     @errante @p I want a blockbot too but i have no idea how to setup one :deadInside:
   •  (mint@ryona.agency)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Apr-2023 21:56:25 JST 

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     • pistolero :thispersondoesnotexist:
     • Tadano ❄️🎅
     @errante @Tadano @p Skill issue. Been running patched upstream for a year at this point, had no issues that weren't self-imposed.
   • errante (errante@rot.gives)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Apr-2023 21:56:26 JST errante

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     • pistolero :thispersondoesnotexist:
     • Tadano ❄️🎅
     @mint @Tadano @p ok but i dont want to use upstream, i want to use releases
     
     the last intance i was on that ran upstreams ate shit and died so i dont trust em