Eugen Rochko
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@Gargron@mastodon.social

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Eugen Rochko's Bio

Founder of @Mastodon. Film photography, prog metal, Dota 2. Likes all things analog.

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Eugen Rochko has 46 posts.


404 Media

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New: Meta has deleted trans and nonbinary Messenger themes, as well as the blog posts announcing them. Happens the same week that it has changed its rules to allow users to say LGBTQ+ people are "mentally ill"

404media.co/meta-deletes-trans


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JP

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youtube.com/watch?v=KnozAHKTz9o the thing about "clearing the uncanny valley" is that the audacity with which various teams claim they've done it is nearly perfectly inversely proportional to how badly they've stumbled straight into it. and this same cycle has repeated for decades now.
meanwhile, pixar et al have been content to confidently hold a sick handplant at the near edge of the valley, with well-acted stylized characters. at some point you have to ask what ideologies are being upheld here.


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Jonas Wisser

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The (shown here with a small owl pal) is about a third larger than I expected, but I am delighted to report that it is just as friend-shaped as I hoped. :3


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Nash

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[seeing somebody boost a joke post from a while back] wow that was a blastodon from the pastodon


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Casey Newton

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NEW: Platformer has obtained the dehumanizing new guidelines moderating what people can now say about trans people on Facebook and Instagram. Employees tell me these changes are likely to inspire more violence against LGBT people: platformer.news/meta-new-trans


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@dj ?


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Climate Jenny 2.0

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Checking in with friends before starting the day.


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@NOOBMASTER It was decently fun, especially the minigames, Nest of Thorns in particular. Have been playing that more than the actual game.


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@mntyfrsh @dansup @pixelfed Removing such limits altogether exposes the service to denial of service attacks. The limits are pretty high at the moment though, I am a photographer and I have no issues uploading high resolution photos. What limit are you running into?


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Eugen Rochko

Wormsign.

📷 Pentax KX
🎞️ Ilford HP5+ @ 1600
🔭 Pentax M 50mm/1.7
🐱 Jiji
⚗️ Spieker Film Lab


Tags: #believeinfilm #filmphotography #analogphotography #blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhite #monochromephotography #35mm #catsofmastodon

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@Greengordon The mobile app and the server software have separate versioning. The server is 4.3, the most recent Mastodon for Android version is 2.9.4. If the error persists, let me know.


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@fubaroque At present we receive very few reports about Threads accounts. 68 in total since its launch. For comparison, we handle about 4.4K reports every month.


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@timonus That's unfortunate.


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@timonus Any plans to?


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@timonus Can I follow a Retro account from Mastodon?


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@davidaugust Yes. Sadly the interoperability on Threads' side is still lacking in this aspect, and they cannot move accounts between servers like Mastodon users can. However, at least those who migrate can re-follow their Threads contacts manually to help them make the transition to Mastodon. Maintaining interoperability from our side is important to enable this.


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@gelbphoenix Absolutely.


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The moderation policy changes at Meta are deeply troubling and should be a concern to anyone with a conscience. While the fediverse is a decentralized platform where different service providers have different moderation policies, at mastodon.social, hate speech is prohibited, and we will take action on any Threads account found violating our policies. I would strongly urge anyone with a Threads account to reconsider their alignment with the new direction at Meta and move to Mastodon instead.


@Gargron I blocked Threads as soon as it arrived. Meta has always been pretty toxic.

by Miranda Whiting ;

@Gargron @RobotDiver Thanks Eugen for standing with us. 🏳️‍⚧️

by 🌺 Sweet Ms Lily 🏳️‍⚧️ ;

@Gargron Or CherryPick or Misskey.

I like Mastodon, but there are other platforms with more options.

by Linux Is Awesome ;

@Gargron
Why would somebody want more censorship?

by Djssjcjeert6 ;

@Gargron Playing individual account moderation whack-a-mole with Threads' much larger userbase is a bad idea and exposes users of this instance to harm. It allows for all sorts of doxxing and dog-piling which individual users from these groups are not emotionally and logistically able to handle. Please reconsider and ban Threads outright. This should not be a "just manage it yourself" situation.

by Infoseepage #StopGazaGenocide ;

@Gargron Tech-bros are not your friend. Those you share your society are your friends.

EVERYTHING you post and do while connected to Meta will be sold and trained on. EVERY scrap of data.

by Paladin :verified: :ak: ;

@Gargron OK, a legitimate question: What is the threshold for Threads accounts being reported until you block and defederate from them?

I'm already seeing some chomping at the bit to start going after marginalized communities again.

by Shadow Heart ;

@Gargron How anyone can say this, watch behave in the poisonous way it always has, and not advocate blocking altogether mystifies me.

I mean, if Twitter were federated would that also be ok?

How vile do these corporations have to be before we stand up and say that's enough?

by Mark Hughes ;

@Gargron I wonder how many hate speech posts have to be cross posted before the it’s decided to block the entire service from the server. At some point that could be the rational decision.

by smellythief ;

@Gargron Your platform banned me, for disagreeing with a trans person. I have no problem with trans people. She was simply illogical. The decision assumed malice. My appeal was ignored. I cannot recommend mastodon.social either.

by Andy Wootton ;

@Gargron I have a threads account but Its largely been abandoned for the last few months as I take a deep look at what those platforms deliver for their end users. Threads always had a way more corporate feel to it and towards the end of my usage of the platform, began to be filled with more AI Slop as meta desperately looked to keep the platform alive. This aligns with their current plans of AI personas on their platforms which I cannot support.

by Liam ;

@Gargron the outcome of the election impressed upon me that way fewer Americans have a conscience than I estimated. We. Are. Fucked.

by Lavachickie ;

@Gargron Just do what is obvious: defederate. Threads was a mistake from day one. Now you know 100%. Do it and move on.

by hansup ;

@Gargron good to hear this 🙏

by kcarruthers ;

@Gargron
...or to any other Project in the Fediverse.
@roblen

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Mastodon Engineering

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New year, new role @Mastodon!

Our core team is looking for a senior Front-end Developer to elevate the web UI/UX experience for our users.

Ideally:

1. You are highly skilled in accessible and semantic
2. Proficient in modern
3. Experienced with , and complex React/Redux applications

This remote full-time position requires a 4-hour overlap with the CET timezone.

For more info/to apply:
jobs.ashbyhq.com/mastodon/6a09


Tags: #html #css #javascript #typescript #fedihire #getfedihired #hiring #frontend

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