Antoine-Frédéric
@af  ·  activity timestamp 3 years ago

What can I say? It's fair to assume that Twitter has a team dedicated to checking the Mastodon changelog to accomodate their users and avoid migrations, and I think we should try to bring features that are adversarial to their fascist business model (e.g. developing addictions and enabling aggressions to make their users feel endangered and force them to check their notifications periodically). I'd happily make a few suggestions to make more Twitter users migrate here. This isn't everything the :verified: LGBTQIA+ emojos are about, they're about bringing validation to people who were modelised so they wouldn't find it on Twitter of course, but it's part of it.
Antoine-Frédéric
@af  ·  activity timestamp 3 years ago

I don’t know if custom emojos are implemented yet, but this seems required to add them to your username, and I don’t want to assert my priorities or needs upon someone else, but these two examples I’ve made show this is a feature a lot of people rely on and will expect. I could as well add the :autistic: emojo (the rainbow infinity loop).

As with the former image, the "Twitter verified" button, but the blue background is replaced with the 2021 intersex-inclusive progress pride flag. Honestly I’ve had to fit a rectangular flag into a 512*512 pixels image, so I’ve had to cut it arbitrarily somewhere (making intersex people visible enough, keeping the trans flag and the brown and black colours in the center, without "erasing" the six stripes).
As with the former image, the "Twitter verified" button, but the blue background is replaced with the 2021 intersex-inclusive progress pride flag. Honestly I’ve had to fit a rectangular flag into a 512*512 pixels image, so I’ve had to cut it arbitrarily somewhere (making intersex people visible enough, keeping the trans flag and the brown and black colours in the center, without "erasing" the six stripes).
As with the former image, the "Twitter verified" button, but the blue background is replaced with the 2021 intersex-inclusive progress pride flag. Honestly I’ve had to fit a rectangular flag into a 512*512 pixels image, so I’ve had to cut it arbitrarily somewhere (making intersex people visible enough, keeping the trans flag and the brown and black colours in the center, without "erasing" the six stripes).
Antoine-Frédéric
@af  ·  activity timestamp 3 years ago

So of course I'm autistic and recovering from a web burnout so I'm trying to express myself as plainly and literally as possible, but I'm not complaining, and I'm very excited about boundaries basically following a Unix permissions model, this is something I've advocated for a few months ago. I'm just tired atm.


Indeed, if I create a web page, even if it's a microblog or plain WordPress blog post, I should still be able to control who can modify the page (by replying) or who can view it. This is infosec 101, whether the file is public or not.


It must be especially hard to implement and I believe Mayel and Ivan are geniuses for tackling this challenge, and I'm so glad and grateful they're doing it. I'm also very proud to contribute to this beta, and I hopee it will pacify the Fediverse (a bit).
Antoine-Frédéric
@af  ·  activity timestamp 3 years ago

What can I say? It's fair to assume that Twitter has a team dedicated to checking the Mastodon changelog to accomodate their users and avoid migrations, and I think we should try to bring features that are adversarial to their fascist business model (e.g. developing addictions and enabling aggressions to make their users feel endangered and force them to check their notifications periodically). I'd happily make a few suggestions to make more Twitter users migrate here. This isn't everything the :verified: LGBTQIA+ emojos are about, they're about bringing validation to people who were modelised so they wouldn't find it on Twitter of course, but it's part of it.
Antoine-Frédéric
@af  ·  activity timestamp 3 years ago

Sorry for the flood again, but I'd like to add, obviously, that making the best ActivityPub server and getting some traction in mainstream media will force Twitter to make its user experience more livable.


There are, for example, people who just need to feel listened to without advice or judgment, and of course the local TL does a lot of good to them. I have no advice to give to Bonfire contributors, but I'll think a bit about what else we could do for them.


I don't feel Bonfire as a Twitter clone but rather as something much more ambitious, and I know I've implied otherwise and I'm sorry. Honestly, I feel mad about something and this is the first time using social media doesn't only avoid fueling this, but also calms me so much.


Hmm, maybe a built-in mutual aid function? @BonfireBuilders #bonfire_feedback

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