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jdp23 jdp23 @kbin.social

Hi!!! I’m a strategist/entrepreneur/software engineer/activist, focusing on the intersection of justice, equity, and software engineering. I've been on the fediverse for a long time and am currently checking out /KBin. @jdp23 is my main account on Mastodon, and I also run @nexusofprivacy

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Can the Fediverse Help Stop Bad Internet Bills?
  • Thanks the thing, when internet folks get riled up we can have a serious impact. Redditors have always been great at this -- Restore the Fourth, the SOPA/PIPA protests in 2011 -- and Lemmy and kbin can be a great vehicle.

  • Thoughts on doing activism on kbin or Lemmy?
  • Thanks, totally agreed ... we learn by doing!

  • Thoughts on doing activism on kbin or Lemmy?

    I'm working on an activism campaign kicking off next week opposing some bad internet bills in the US -- here's the magazine I just set up. Once things get going, we'll be sharing links there including information and actions people can take.

    Have there been other activism campaigns on kbin and Lemmy, and if so what to learn from them?

    Or, any thoughts on what could make an activism campaign successful here?

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    Call to action - renewed protests starting on July 1st
  • Two reasons the ongoing Reddit protests are important:

    1. the protests keep the pressure on reddit and can lead to ongoing news coverage (which also keeps the pressure on reddit) . Otherwise, reddit will be able to spin the narrative "see? we told you it would just blow over and it did"

    2. kbin, Lemmy, and other alternatives aren't yet at the point where they're ready for millions of redditors. For example, the modCoord post makes the important point that a lot of reddit's moderation functionality isn't accessible ... but almost none of this functionality even exists yet on kbin and Lemmy. So most people aren't going to leave yet.

    Don't get me wrong, leaving now is also a good option if you can find what you want elsewhere! But not everybody's there yet.

    #reddit #kbin #lemmy

  • /kbin server update - or how the server didn't blow up
  • Thanks for the update, thanks everybody who's helping ... and great decision handing off admin support

  • Should the Fediverse welcome its new surveillance-capitalism overlords? Opinions differ!
  • @MyOpinion Totally agree, there's some discussion at the end of the article on the need to improve moderation tools. Specifically for kbin and lemmy, I also talked about this in the Invest in moderation tools section of Don't tell people "it's easy"

    @fediverse @fediverse @thenexusofprivacy

  • r/Blind's Meetings with Reddit and the Current Situation Regarding Accessibility and API Changes
  • A valid concern -- and a good point on the nested list item!

  • Eight days later: KBin, Lemmy, the landed gentry, and the rise of the "threadiverse" (DRAFT)
  • I know, it's amazing Ernest is getting any sleep at all!

  • r/Blind's Meetings with Reddit and the Current Situation Regarding Accessibility and API Changes
  • Agreed, great idea. Maybe a code bounty for this?

    Ernest says he's definitely interested in accessbility -- he replied when I originally posted "Don't tell people "it's easy", and six more things Kbin, Lemmy, and the fediverse can learn from Mastodon", which has a section on accessibility. But there are a heck of a lot of other priorities so boosting this would be very helpful.

    Here's a post from @weirdwriter noting that kbin's fairly good for accessibility. but I know there are some problems -- here's a bug I filed last week.

  • Eight days later: KBin, Lemmy, the landed gentry, and the rise of the "threadiverse" (DRAFT)
  • Thank you very much, I didn't know about that and will add it!

  • Eight days later: KBin, Lemmy, the landed gentry, and the rise of the "threadiverse" (DRAFT)
  • Thanks! I'm not sure, it could be that he is and I just didn't find the quotes.

  • It makes all the difference...
  • Yes they do! I clicked on the #mosstadon hashtag and it took me to https://kbin.social/tag/mosstadon just as one would hope!

  • Beehive: an update to defederating from sh.itjust.works
  • I know it's on their list, not sure where it'll get prioritized. I shared a link to kbinMeta with beehaw.org's list of needed moderation functionality, which applies to kbin as well, but so far the only comment is "jesus christ, here we go again with all this blocking bullshit". 🤣

    https://kbin.social/m/kbinMeta/t/37130/Beehaw-s-mod-tool-needs-Useful-for-KBin-as-well-Discuss

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    Beehaw's mod tool needs (Useful for KBin as well) - Discuss Online

    discuss.online Beehaw's mod tool needs - Discuss Online

    Here’s a laundry list of sort with tons of tools we’d like to see - Role for approval of applications (to delegate) - Site mods (to delegate from admins) - Auto-report posts with certain keywords or domains (for easier time curating without reports) - Statistics on growth (user, comments, posts, rep...

    Beehaw's moderators have a good post listing the tooling needs -- all of which make a lot of sense to me. Definitely worth looking at these for kbin as well!

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