@schrotthaufen@Gargron@anildash I’m not sure whether “unalive” is a way to avoid algorithms or just a way to avoid saying “dead.” Where I grew up, referring to someone as “dead” seems crude and disrespectful, so we would say “passed away” or “moved on” or “in heaven.” I wonder if “unalive” is in a similar vein.
@aral Everyone could run their own Fediverse-capable server, which would solve this, but that’s a barrier too high for many, who don’t want the cost (time, money, knowledge, etc.) it takes to run one. The best option is probably a mix of both, with better tools to help users move and take their accounts with them when they move.
@aral I recently did this and found that lots of older clients that used my RSS feed wouldn’t follow the 307 redirect because they hadn’t been updated in 10-15 years.
Today, I was cut in layoffs. I’m so gutted because I loved this company, & my team was the best; I’ll miss my team most.
Now, as I look ahead, I’m searching for a staff/principal role where I can help other developers level-up through mentoring, tooling/infra, architecture, & improving DX. I’d love to work with a company contributing to open source & even to the #PHP programming language itself.
If you’d like to work with me, you can find my contact info on my website: https://ben.ramsey.dev
@pluralistic After spending several months on Bluesky and working with the protocol (on building a PHP library for it), I realized it’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
Even if/when they do federate, the intent appears to be for large companies to run major portions of the protocol.
And Bluesky just converted to a C corp to take on venture capital.
I deactivated my account last week because I won’t get fooled again.
(I now have that song by The Who stuck in my head.)
@aral Arguably, opt-out search indexing helped the web become what it is today, but maybe it’s time to make these things opt-in, and granularly so. i.e., I opt-in to allowing indexing for the purpose of search but not for the purpose of LLMs. I’m not sure how that would work in practice. Technically speaking, it would be easy, but it all depends on everyone playing by the rules.
@Jdreben@alcinnz@lykso@flabberghaster This. A UBI would be better than putting money into open source software. If they directly funded OSS, they’d have to figure out who and what they intend to fund. UBI would leave individuals free to take some risks and build things that matter to them.