Aaron Parecki

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rahaeli https://twitter.com/rahaeli

Okay, look, I can't sleep so you all get the cranky rant: I have seen multiple people responding to my criticism of Cohost and Mastodon, and Shep's criticism of Cohost and Hive, saying that we're just "haters" who are trying to destroy alternatives to Big Tech.

Portland, Oregon • 37°F

Mon, Nov 21, 2022 4:09pm +00:00 (liked on Mon, Nov 21, 2022 8:23am -08:00)
Peter Yang https://twitter.com/petergyang

Source is this post on @TeamBlind:
https://us.teamblind.com/s/4dnbo1Ft

Portland, Oregon • 37°F

Mon, Nov 21, 2022 3:39pm +00:00 (liked on Mon, Nov 21, 2022 7:58am -08:00)
Peter Yang https://twitter.com/petergyang

An advertiser explains why they’re pausing their Twitter ads campaigns:

Portland, Oregon • 37°F

Mon, Nov 21, 2022 2:15pm +00:00 (liked on Mon, Nov 21, 2022 7:57am -08:00)
Eric Schultz (parody) https://floss.social/@wwahammy

I think it's funny that ActivityPub has done more decentralization with a few million in total funding versus what blockchain did with tens of billions.

Portland, Oregon • 37°F

Mon, Nov 21, 2022 4:37am +00:00 (liked on Mon, Nov 21, 2022 7:48am -08:00)
Simon Willison https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon

@pilhofer Twitter just rug-pulled after 16 years (and an IPO) of me trusting them to be a good steward for my principal online presence
I don't see how ANY <month old startup could possibly convince me to trust them instead
If it's not implemented in a way that lets me take control of my own destiny (ala Mastodon/ActivityPub) I'm just not interested

Portland, Oregon • 37°F

Mon, Nov 21, 2022 3:32pm +00:00 (liked on Mon, Nov 21, 2022 7:46am -08:00)
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Portland, Oregon, USA • 37°F

Mon, Nov 21, 2022 6:11am -08:00
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Sun, Nov 20, 2022 10:17pm -08:00
nearcyan https://twitter.com/nearcyan

DeepCloning, the practice of creating virtual AI clones of humans to replace them socially, has been surging in popularity

Does this new AI trend go too far by replicating partners and friends without consent?

This court case may help to clarify the legality (2024, NYT)

Portland, Oregon • 39°F

Sun, Nov 20, 2022 8:32pm +00:00 (liked on Sun, Nov 20, 2022 10:07pm -08:00)
Boiglenoight https://universeodon.com/@boiglenoight • Nov 21
@aaronpk lmao this is great.

It really is

Portland, Oregon • 39°F

Sun, Nov 20, 2022 8:51pm -08:00
alfg/ffmpeg-commander: 🛠️ FFmpeg Command Generator Web UI (github.com)

Sun, Nov 20, 2022 8:37pm -08:00 #ffmpeg #video
a story in 5 parts. I appreciate the commitment to keeping the twitter reply chain going.

Portland, Oregon, USA • 40°F

49 likes 16 reposts 1 reply

Sun, Nov 20, 2022 8:13pm -08:00 #twitter
@therealtraceydelaney@mas.to https://twitter.com/TraceyDelaney

“The largest crowd I’ve ever seen out for a swim! 🏅” - Noah

Portland, Oregon • 39°F

Fri, Nov 18, 2022 4:59am +00:00 (liked on Sun, Nov 20, 2022 7:53pm -08:00)
Frank Lesser https://twitter.com/sadmonsters

"Our flight made all the newsreels. Oh, the publicity!"
-Captain of the Hindenburg

Portland, Oregon • 39°F

Fri, Nov 18, 2022 4:51am +00:00 (liked on Sun, Nov 20, 2022 7:53pm -08:00)
Oolong Muskrat https://twitter.com/vance_mike

“There have never been so many people out on the deck”
- Captain of the Titanic

Portland, Oregon • 39°F

Fri, Nov 18, 2022 4:43am +00:00 (liked on Sun, Nov 20, 2022 7:49pm -08:00)
Frank Lesser https://twitter.com/sadmonsters

“Rome has never been this brightly lit at night!” -Nero

Portland, Oregon • 39°F

Fri, Nov 18, 2022 4:09am +00:00 (liked on Sun, Nov 20, 2022 7:49pm -08:00)
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KungFuDiscoMonkey https://social.tsun.co/@kfdm • Nov 21
@aaronpk I read through https://aaronparecki.com/tag/activitypub some, but would be curious to read more about your setup sometime. Your site has often been an inspiration for me to experiment with various ideas. I’ve also been wondering what a list/circle based federation client would look like 🤔

Thanks! I realized I haven't actually written about this whole setup recently, but I do have a few older posts that describe how everything is connected. I'm probably due for a new blog post to talk more about this!

https://aaronparecki.com/2022/11/20/23/

Portland, Oregon • 40°F

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Sun, Nov 20, 2022 7:27pm -08:00
Scott Hanselman ✅👸🏽🐝🌮 https://hachyderm.io/@shanselman • Nov 21
@aaronpk what is the value in this over my own Pleroma or Masto instance? Or my webfinger implementation

That's a good question. I'd say, running your own Mastodon instance is a real commitment to upkeep and software updates. Also you probably don't want your actual home page to be the mastodon landing page, so you'd run it on an alternate domain or a subdomain, neither of which are ideal IMO.

As for the WebFinger route, that's only a halfway solution because the posts themselves live on your shared mastodon domain not your own. It's not terrible tho.

Portland, Oregon • 40°F

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Sun, Nov 20, 2022 7:09pm -08:00
Raptor 🦖 https://eightpoint.app/@rushkeating • Nov 21
@aaronpk heh that's why I moved to a smaller server

my server is as small as they get! It's literally just me!

https://the-federation.info/p3k

Portland, Oregon • 43°F

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Sun, Nov 20, 2022 6:12pm -08:00

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