If I had a nickel for every time someone got a bug up their ass about my politely asking that they not "helpfully" answer a question I didn't ask in response to a question I _did_ ask, I'd have a surprisingly large number of nickels. One more today, too.
Seriously, if someone asks a question, it's not necessary to respond by questioning their premise unless they've asked for that too. It's irritating, condescending, and makes more noise than sense.
I think the long Discourse about ATproto and ActivityPub "decentralization" yesterday crystallized the difference between the two models and why they both serve complementary and distinct needs for a true decentralized network. ActivityPub optimizes for decentralization of policy, ATproto optimizes for decentralization of ... ownership, maybe?
Okay, I want to know if there is any way to geo-block access to this Mastodon instance?
Also, I want to know if there's a bat-signal hashtag that reaches Mastodon instance admins (so I can follow it AND use it)
Boost please?
"Who Goes MAGA" by Mike Masnick is pretty good.
"The Normie" is the one I worry most about; I have so. many. friends who have said just that kind of thing -- hell, my dad was a bit like that ! -- for me to be relaxed around the attitude.
I just accidentally opened an article without adblock on, and I was astonished at how unusable it was; the text reflowed and would jump in the window, and even in reader mode the ads were breaking the page content.
Seriously, how do people who don't use adblock actually, like, read on the internet?
I'm starting to suspect... they just do not. Nobody does.
