smitten

@smitten@key.portend.place

queer, interested in software, games

attempts anticapitalist, antiracist, antifascist. anxiously shitposting. eminently mutable

boosts are ok for unlisted

oobleck block universe believer. friend to spiders. more kiki but I have my bouba moments
#exCult #yallMasking

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smitten , to random

this is my biggest pet peeve about mastodon. the UI leads you towards registering for no good reason. "Joining" a server should feel like an intentional decision without UI hints to get you there. UI for logged out users should help you navigate back to your home server, and take actions on the post there (reply, star, boost, etc)

RE: https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/112643604060846797

smitten OP ,

I guess I'll take this opportunity to push my pet feature again. Fedi needs a URL protocol so that we can direct users back to their home server from any remote origin. The experience should be seamless so that non technical users can click a "see on my home server" link.

https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/fep-07d7-a-custom-url-scheme-and-web-based-protocol-handlers-for-linking-to-activitypub-resources

smitten , to random

"What tech issue radicalized you?"

Aaron Swartz downloaded PDFs from JSTOR so they hit him with a 13-count indictment and MIT didn't even step in to help him

Blort Bot ,
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@smitten
For me it was when Facebook casually mentioned at some conference that they were intentionally performing (successful) psychological experiments on teenage users to manipulate their thoughts and feelings and then a couple of days later it wasn't even part of the news cycle.

I mean, as much as I'm no lover of huge pharma companies, if one of them admitted to experimenting on teenagers with mind altering substances and no consent, they'd be sued to oblivion in a heartbeat.
@DrewNaylor

smitten , to random

people who say their city name without saying what state it is... or which country it is. why?

smitten OP ,

@dillyd Montreal can be an exception

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