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Every day I’m more convinced that the Fediverse’s slow mainstream adoption isn’t really about usability.

People say it’s because it’s hard to join, the terms are confusing, or the apps aren’t polished enough. Maybe a little. But honestly… look at the platforms people already use.

Finding anything on LinkedIn is painful.
Trying to locate the original video on TikTok is a scavenger hunt.
Facebook is still full of weird bugs and odd UI choices.
Instagram hides posts behind algorithms.
Twitter/X constantly changes the rules of engagement.

None of these platforms are exactly “easy.”

People stay because their friends are there. Because the big creators are there. Because that’s where the conversation already lives.

And, if we’re honest, because these platforms are engineered around a very effective reward loop: notifications, likes, infinite scroll. A dopamine machine. You learn the confusing terms and awkward interfaces because there’s a constant reward for doing so.

So yes, making the Fediverse easier to join absolutely helps.

But what would help even more is something simpler:
more mainstream, recognizable, official accounts showing up here.

That’s how networks grow.
People follow people not platforms.

#Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon

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#PeerTube

Today begins the 2-weeks of spring calendar chaos created by George W. Bush and perpetuated by every US president unwilling to end daylight saving time.

https://www.npr.org/2010/11/10/131211321/the-new-republic-how-bush-ruined-daylight-savings?ref=activitypub

#USPol #EndDST

많이들 AGI가 안왔다고 주장하는데 의외로 문제는 AGI가 아니고 사실은... 사람 머리처럼 돌아가는 메모리 메카니즘? 구조?가 없어서 그런듯한데 음 하여간 AI시대는 이미 와있지만 아직 안와있는(?) 묘한 그런 느낌이 있음

Found on Bluesky. The perils of machine translation exemplified:

はじめての百合スタディーズ 2장까지 읽었고 좌담회라는 내용에는 불만 없지만 애초에 이 책이 그렇게 홍보된 게 아니었던 것 같은데? 이건 출판사가 잘못한 거 아닐까 싶고.

Nobody likes you Tony, you Epstein Class fuck.

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/tony-blair-us-iran-war-keir-starmer-403826/

#TonyBlair #UKPol #UKpolitics #KeirStarmer #EpsteinClass #IranWar

작업표시줄에서 따로 창 없이도 제어도 할 수 있다 일어나서 사이클 수 ♡포도알♡로 추가해여디 근데 문제는 여기서 개인 커스텀 설정을 추가 못 하겠다 나는 기능에 지장없어서 걍 저대로 쓸 것 같은데 알람 대사, 아이콘, 이미지 추가 다 커스텀 할 수 있긴해 근데 코드를 까야 바꿀 수 있지 설정창에서 바로바로 바꾸게는 못하겠(사실 귀찮)다...

now this one kind of surprises and impresses me ... I never knew her as a left winger but she is an incredibly sharp and knowledgeable writer. quite a get, as they say.
https://www.straight.com/city-culture/5-thoughts-on-veteran-vancouver-journalist-frances-bula-running-for-council-with

#VanPoli #OneCity

Kuwaiti F/A-18's Triple Friendly Fire Shootdown Gets Stranger by the Day

Link: https://www.twz.com/air/kuwaiti-f-a-18s-triple-friendly-fire-shootdown-gets-stranger-by-the-day
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47310556

seccomp — Unsafe at any speed (2022) https://lobste.rs/s/kl1gd6 #linux #security
https://blog.habets.se/2022/03/seccomp-unsafe-at-any-speed.html

Revealed: UK's multibillion AI drive is built on 'phantom investments'

Link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/09/revealed-uks-multibillion-ai-drive-is-built-on-phantom-investments
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47309811

어차피 SNS로 날리는 시간 돌이라도 하나 더 캐는 생산적인

작업표시줄에서 바로바로 제어도 할 수 있다 일어나서 사이클 수 ♡포도알♡로 추가해여디 근데 문제는 여기서 개인 커스텀 설정을 추가 못 하겠다 나는 기능에 지장없어서 걍 저대로 쓸 것 같은데 알람 대사, 아이콘, 이미지 추가 다 커스텀 할 수 있긴해 근데 코드를 까야 바꿀 수 있지 설정창에서 바로바로 바꾸게는 못하겠(사실 귀찮)다...

Can anyone recommend a wine that goes well with Robitussin?

A kiddie and their script, part N of N!

Mar 9 17:54:52 skapet sshd-session[97161]: Failed password for invalid user %company% from 20.83.3.189 port 17677 ssh2

#scriptkiddies #sshgropers #passwordguessing #cybercrime #ssh #security

And if you need some reading material, https://nxdomain.no/~peter/hailmary_lessons_learned.html (or g-tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-hail-mary-cloud-and-lessons-learned.html)

Ich würde wirklich gerne mal wieder ein Kälbchen streicheln.

@cwebberChristine Lemmer-Webber fixing your ratio by removing the divide by zero

Video Conferencing with Postgres https://lobste.rs/s/yg9m2q #databases
https://planetscale.com/blog/video-conferencing-with-postgres

Meta’s Renewed Commitment to jemalloc https://lobste.rs/s/k6vpjh #programming
https://engineering.fb.com/2026/03/02/data-infrastructure/investing-in-infrastructure-metas-renewed-commitment-to-jemalloc/

주식시장이 생각외로 덜내려앉는걸 보니 다들 엄청 줍줍하는 모양인데 여러모로 참 ㅋㅋㅋ... 전쟁이 길게 가지 않을것이라고 보는것 같기도하고 ㅎㅎ

Ich würde wirklich gerne mal wieder ein Kälbchen streicheln.

man, "generally keeping your shit together" has gone from a full-time job to an ultra-marathon

핸폰을 덜 본다는 점이 정신건강에 좋군

Even if rich people were no more likely to believe stupid shit than you or me, it'd still be a problem. After all, I believe my share of stupid shit (and if you think that none of the shit you believe in is stupid, then I'm afraid we've just identified at least one kind of stupid shit you believe in).

--

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/09/autocrats-of-trade/#witness-the-firepower-of-this-fully-armed-and-operational-battle-station

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@lcamtuflcamtuf Nilay Patel of the verge was commenting on the same as it had featured him: https://bsky.app/profile/reckless.bsky.social/post/3mggamj2b6k24

cost of war

bleh

What is “isolation” in Swift? And why does understanding it matter? It turns out many frustrations developers encounter in Swift concurrency evaporate when they internalize the concept.

These videos are going to go beyond basics, so let’s get into it: https://www.pointfree.co/episodes/ep357-isolation-what-is-it

Habt ihr schon jemals erlebt, dass "mangelnde Motivation", die man einer Gruppe, Abteilung oder sonstigen Organisationseinheit nachgeredet hat, irgendwas anderes war als ein Führungsproblem?

Wenn ja, dann beschreibt mir die Situation bitte.

Gerne auch weitertröten.

Hoho, Microsoft are rolling out E7 license... with a bunch of AI junk.

"Microsoft 365 E7 unifies Microsoft 365 E5, Microsoft 365 Copilot and Agent 365 into a single solution powered by Work IQ"

For those not in enterprise IT, a significant amount of IT budget goes on E5 licensing. A lot of companies can't afford it. So Microsoft are trying to upsell it with AI stuff, as that stuff is CIO pornography.

회사일로 보니까 현재 언어모델 기반의 자동화는 한계도 분명하고 가능성도 꽤 큰것 같다 한계는 다들 잘 알겠지만 지금처럼 턴바이턴으로 진행되는것은 입출력 정리도 안되고 턴이 길어지면 컨텍스트가 망가지는데 이 부분 해결이 시급한듯 다들 열심히 많이 해보고 있긴한데... 생각외로 잘되는것 같진 않음; 이 부분이 잘 해결되고 비용이 더 낮아지면 아마 사람처럼 잘할수 있을것 같은데 사실 지능(?) 자체는 이미 필요이상인것 같긴함 코딩 자동화하는것보면 그렇고...

haha ratio'ed (literally any reply vs original post responses is a ratio)

FrameBook

Link: https://fb.edoo.gg
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47298044

A kiddie and their script, part N of N!

Mar 9 17:54:52 skapet sshd-session[97161]: Failed password for invalid user %company% from 20.83.3.189 port 17677 ssh2

#scriptkiddies #sshgropers #passwordguessing #cybercrime #ssh #security

And if you need some reading material, https://nxdomain.no/~peter/hailmary_lessons_learned.html (or g-tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-hail-mary-cloud-and-lessons-learned.html)

No need for further comment...

My projects folder is worth $55 million?

Hoho, Microsoft are rolling out E7 license... with a bunch of AI junk.

"Microsoft 365 E7 unifies Microsoft 365 E5, Microsoft 365 Copilot and Agent 365 into a single solution powered by Work IQ"

For those not in enterprise IT, a significant amount of IT budget goes on E5 licensing. A lot of companies can't afford it. So Microsoft are trying to upsell it with AI stuff, as that stuff is CIO pornography.

Word of the day: vexatiously

Used by a federal judge in a statement about DOJ lawyers

Nobody likes you Tony, you Epstein Class fuck.

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/tony-blair-us-iran-war-keir-starmer-403826/

#TonyBlair #UKPol #UKpolitics #KeirStarmer #EpsteinClass #IranWar

Habt ihr schon jemals erlebt, dass "mangelnde Motivation", die man einer Gruppe, Abteilung oder sonstigen Organisationseinheit nachgeredet hat, irgendwas anderes war als ein Führungsproblem?

Wenn ja, dann beschreibt mir die Situation bitte.

Gerne auch weitertröten.

Is legal the same as legitimate: AI reimplementation and the erosion of copyleft

Link: https://writings.hongminhee.org/2026/03/legal-vs-legitimate/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47310160

RE: https://io.mwl.io/@mwl/116199148358378037

FOUR HOURS

Erinnert sich noch wer an das Metaverse?

오세훈, 끝내 공천 신청 안 했다…“윤어게인과 절연 우선”

https://n.news.naver.com/article/028/0002794912?ntype=RANKING

이번 선거 나가봐야 경력에 낙선 기록만 추가될테니 ㅋㅋ