🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

@dichotomiker

So our group server has two components, the group server itself, which is not usually where you will be viewing things or logged in. So no special sorting directly on the group server.

However on our normal server where the users live there is a “group directory” which is how they peruse the groups (as is the case for most fediverse activity). For the group support ont he client side there kinda of storting and filtering yes, but the sorting could be extended a bit to make it more powerful for sure.

@til

@dichotomiker

QWhen you say matodon groups do you mean the group server I wrote several years ago that integrates well with the standard, or did Eugene after years finally implement that feature lately?

@til

@dichotomiker

I havent played enough with lemmy to have an opinion. Very disapointed in their leadership though for reasons related to peripheral projects I wont get into.

@til

@dichotomiker

Correct me if im wrong but this isnt a top level post but rather a comment on an existing post?

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@ludrol

Weird, I’d expect that to ruin a blender.

@blender

@raymccarthy

Point is what happened the monkeys is perfectly normal and expected… so nothing “not straight” about that (other than the sadness of animal testing)…

That said I dont like them as a companya nd wouldnt buy an implant off of them if I needed one, sure… but you’d need a pretty solid objective reason to actually block them.

@ajsadauskas @technology

@raymccarthy

Why? We already have brain interface links that do similar damage to neuralink, this isnt unusual or unexpected. In its current form it is rightfully used on terminal patients with locked-in syndom. In other words, people before it damaged their brain in a meaningful way and whom cant be further paralyzed.

It would give these people a chance at someinteraction with the real world… What happened with the monkeys was about in line with other neural interfaces, its a consequence of the limits of the tech not negligence.

@ajsadauskas @technology

@macfranc

People have asked about setting up our code before and I know for a time some people did run forks of QOTO,. I dont recall the instances or even they are still up though. That said I do know of many instances that have taken code from QOTO.

As for our choice to let our users decide federation rather than the main admin, I dont disagree it was a gamble and has caused some to throw shade at us. However as I explained it came as adirect response and the at the request of our LGBTQ community. They made a clear argument why that choice was neccesary for their safety, and we decided their safety was the priority over any effect on public opinion. So while you arent wrong about your accessment of that choice I would argue it was still the correct choice.

What is concerning is Gargron basically thought that decision, one in which our LGBTQ communities safety was prioritized over popular opinion, is one he felt punishing exclusively due to popular opinion (he was aware of our stance for years and approved of it right until people started to break out the cancel culture nonsense).

@Shamar @treleonora @mcp @MariuzzoAndrea @bibliogadda @stefanodazzan

@macfranc

It is not a mastodon instance, it is a fork of mastodon. The proper thing to refer to it as is “a fork of mastodon”.

I dont mind you calling it “platypus soup” though i wonder what that is meant to convey… Many of the features we have QOTO was the first to develop, some we were the first to add to mastodon, others we borrowed from other platforms that set the standard.So im not sure QOTO is anymore of a “playpus soup” than any other fediverse software, we chose what features we wanted that were already out there, and added our own, thats all.

What perplexes you about that post, I made sure to clarify and backup any claim I made with evidence and screenshots. Most people are upset about it because Eugen is usually very much the politician, so he generally has a good public image despite repeatidly making many questionable decisions behind the scenes where he has thrown instances under a bus just to appease the crowd. It works well for his agenda actually and usually causes people to come to his defense when someone calls him out.

@Shamar @treleonora @mcp @MariuzzoAndrea @bibliogadda @stefanodazzan

@macfranc

Just to clarify we arent on an old release. Our version doesnt track mastodon, and you are correct we are not a mastodon instance we are a fork. So our version is not an indication of how “up to date” we are.

And yes we have features from many different “standards” and quite a few unique ones as well.

Kinda laughable the over-the-top comment though, would love to see an example of that.

@Shamar @treleonora @mcp @MariuzzoAndrea @bibliogadda @stefanodazzan