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[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (17 children)

Very interesting.

I take it ActivityPub has already worked out the kinks of having decentralized sources and negotiating the database build like negotiating building the blocks of a blockchain?

I didn't mean community in that sense. I mean that there are a lot more folks who can code HTML than know how to code for an open source Reddit fork. I'm guessing there may be more folks using ActivityPub and willing to share their expertise on it compared to SaidIt's two code-monkeys : magnora7 and d3rr.

[–]wizzwizz4 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (16 children)

I take it ActivityPub has already worked out the kinks of having decentralized sources

Yup.

and negotiating the database build

It doesn't actually cover this; it's purely a communication protocol with objects (e.g. post, comment) and verbs (e.g. insightful, funny, create (post / reply)). You can make your own verbs, which Insightful and Funny would be.

I've just asked some people on Fosstodon whether they'd want to help… not that many people would see that post.

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (15 children)

And more emoticons/votes? I'd like to see more options. But I'm overwhelmed by the emoticons on YouTube and Discord - almost an identical set of endless crap.

Very kewl link. Ima gonna join.

Maybe post a link back to this discussion so they see what we're talking about and what Saidit is all about.

[–]wizzwizz4 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (14 children)

I actually found Saidit from Fosstodon, interestingly enough.

(Note that Fosstodon is only one part of Mastodon.)

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (13 children)

Where? I'm sure /u/magnora7 would be interested to know that if you haven't shared that with him already.

I joined up. Any tips? Any favourites? Is it a big timesuck? I'm not sure I need another distraction right now. And yet I'm curious on many levels. I'm afraid to look/explore and be pulled in.

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That is cool we've gotten people from Mastodon!

[–]wizzwizz4 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (11 children)

It's not a big timesuck; it's good for social mediaing with friends though!

Don't be too offended that I haven't followed you back, though; I don't want to fill up my feed with lots of stuff I don't care about. Only close friends' messages and post tags, or it would become a timesuck like Twitter.

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

No worries. I don't know how much time I'll spend there. I don't do much social media stuff, the last two months excepted. I intend to be distracted for a little while longer before focusing on my own projects.

[–]wizzwizz4 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

Ooh! What sort of thing?

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

If I can eventually pull away from all my distractions...

At Xmas I came up with the idea to develop a "Truther Newbie Crash Course" (https://saidit.net/s/SaidItSurveys/comments/9hi/saiditsurvey_how_to_gently_red_pill_newbie/) that along with my TT20 talking point lists (https://infogalactic.com/info/Truther_Top_20s) will support curious fans wanting more info after watching my open source "Trutherism 101" short animated truther comedy series (like comic strips with motion) that will all fit on a framework flow for a potential mocumentary. And that T101 project will express /purge all my conspirophilia stuff while supporting one of my screenplays, the important one, that will have a deeper context without the didactic preachy truther stuff, and I'll make that story into a storyboard / graphic novel with hopes that it may be picked up and made into a feature film (doubtful but I must try). It's a near future HARD-sci-fi dystopian cautionary tale. I can't share the name yet, but a friend came up with a very funny but not very misleading temporary working title, "Foiled Again"

I started this sub / list recently too. (https://saidit.net/s/AnimatedShorts/) I have way more to add. They are diverse so if you don't like one, just move on because there's all styles. Most can be considered "Truther" themed in some small or great way, but not all.

[–]wizzwizz4 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

Have you read HPMOR? It's a fun little Harry Potter fan-fiction, but a hard read; not textually but psychologically. It's extremely difficult to get yourself to think in a way that allows you to anticipate the plot. As you go through the book for the first time, try to do so; it's good practice to pick up on the little things.


On an unrelated note… Don't take this the wrong way – it's better than blind conformity – but you seem to just be going against the established narrative for the sake of it. It reminds me of "Pretending to be Wise", though of course I'm not accusing you of that! But it's something to think about.

And no, I'm not trying to be meta-contrarian here. :-) All I'm saying, really, is that just because they're out to get you, doesn't mean everything they say is a lie. Practice thinking for yourself, and admitting that they might be right about some things, because lying is risky for Them. Post both established narrative and alternative narrative evidence (or even "evidence", though try not to do that too much).

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you, but just because they're out to get you doesn't mean they're always out to get you.

I know you're a Truther, but I think you'd do better as a Rationalist.