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@Emerald @Melatonin honestly it’s just that we have a very different social style in general.

Allistic social patterns are focused heavily on social hierarchy and group dynamics, which we couldn’t care less about (see identity theory of autism, “group/organization/association based identity vs values based identity”.

As far as allistics are concerned we tend to be “overly blunt”, “too matter of fact”, “condescending”, etc etc… mostly because we don’t include all the subtle nods to social standings and hierarchy in our communication.

@thezeesystem I feel you, these are the best I’ve gotten. They also have in-ear which I’ve used and are equally good.

App isn’t required, but very recommended (firmware updates, calibrating the audio and noise cancelling to your hearing, managing multipoint ie. switching connections between devices)

Also has incredible pass through mode (allowing you to optionally hear people without taking them off, almost as good as without wearing them at all imo).

Plus insane battery life, advertised as 40 hours… enough that by the time I get the low battery warning I’ve completely forgetten when I charged them last.

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@Melatonin Yeah, I usually run into people who either assume everything is a hallucination or don’t understand that hallucinations happen and are unavoidable. Even less people even understand why or how they happen (ie. if you ask a question about anything not in the provided info, it’ll most likely hallucinate as if the answer was there)

@finkrat @Melatonin if you read it’s output and learn nothing then you’ve only saved yourself time, if you don’t understand and learn nothing, then you shouldn’t use it because you can’t vouch for it

@Melatonin @plactagonic just be sure to double check all references for hallucinations

@Melatonin just leaving this here…

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@HistoPol @jamie @oliphant @snarfed.org @luca @PCOWandre @chronohart @snarfed The alternative is making a new account and re-adding the same people.

I had to do that when I moved from Mastodon to Friendica.

@HistoPol @jamie @oliphant @snarfed.org @luca @PCOWandre @chronohart @snarfed missed this earlier, but the way out isn’t usually account migration, that’s a very specific and non-standard function that Mastodon implemented (Mastodon has a bad habit of only half-implementing ActivityPub and then rolling out it’s own features and forcing everyone else to comply with their non-standard nonsense… they’re kinda the internet explorer of the fediverse)

The way out is because you can leave without severing connections. I’m not saying you won’t have to re-add people… but that you still have the option to re-add people. If someone deletes their Twitter account… they lose access to everyone that’s only on Twitter. If Bluesky is bridged (and no ifs ands or buts, open bridges will exist despite people’s complaints) and they delete their Bluesky account… they’d still have access to those same people.

The whole reason Facebook sticks around and maintains enormous power is because so many people don’t have the option to leave without making themselves second class citizens in their communities. (Literally the only reason I have a facebook account… if I could access them over fedi, I’d delete my account in a heartbeat)

For journalists the value of the fediverse is in not getting silenced. It’s here to amplify voices in that fashion so that nobody can be silenced, for good or ill (ie. you can block Nazi instances so you don’t see them, but you can’t stop a Nazi instance from existing or sharing content).

If you operate in a “I control where my message goes” manner, then you’re operating in a manner that can be very easily silenced. It drastically limits your reach.

It’s one of those fundamental things where you can’t have it both ways, control over your reach is inherently limiting to your reach.

And when talking about the fight against fascism, uncontrolled spread is very much preferable as they can’t silence you. If you are careful in your security you can post from an account until the fascists shut down your server… but the post will still be out there floating around. And you can just as easily stay on the network by starting a new account every time they shut down a server… they’d have to shut down the whole network to stop you.

Bridges make it even harder for them because then you can also jump between platforms and if they can’t shut down your server they’d have to shut down every single bridge… which new ones can be started with trivial ease (a lot less work and resources than starting up normal instances).

There’s nothing they can do to you over a bridge that they can’t already do without a bridge, in fact they have less control through a bridge. But you on the other hand have your voice amplified even further.

Additionally the whole fediverse gets stronger as it encourages development on both sides, if one starts lagging behind in features/quality it permits users to move without “leaving” the fediverse.

If Bluesky starts pumping hardcore propaganda and silencing leftist voices… then the bridge offers a light, showing the abuse and giving them a way out that doesn’t involve starting over from scratch.

@HistoPol @jamie @oliphant @snarfed.org @luca @PCOWandre @chronohart @snarfed

@HistoPol @jamie @oliphant @snarfed.org @luca @PCOWandre @chronohart @snarfed The gist is that if you want to prevent your posts from being shared outside of screenshots and quote-posts (where the contents of the post are just copied) the only option is to join a whitelist-only server.

These are servers that federate only with explicitly approved servers, ie. if someone tries to connect from any instance not on that list they’re blocked by default.

That’s kinda the root of the argument here where a great many people have a false assumption that the fediverse is about control of your data when it is quite the opposite. It’s like trying to protect your art from being used by others… by marking it Creative Commons.

The entire design of all federated systems is around open sharing, you can only get control over how your posts spread in a closed system with little or no federation.

As far as whether or not you use those platforms, my example was regardless of whether you’re a user.

My server federates across multiple different protocols, if I boost your post then your post is probably being made available to multiple different networks automatically.

The protections and control involved in federated networks is not in how your data is shared, but in how your access is controlled.

In the fediverse you don’t have to worry about a bad admin blocking your access to everyone you know, you can freely move accounts between instances. If you piss of Elon for instance, you’re cut off from Twitter and everyone on it… full stop… but if you piss off your instance admin, you just move instances and can still connect with everyone.

It’s also control over your experience in that you’re not relying purely on what their algorithms think you should see. If the instance your on has an algorithm set up that you don’t like, then you can move instances to one that has the algorithm you like.

You also have protections against enshittification (the process by which those other networks will draw you in with great features, and then once you’re locked in slowly shut down or degrade those features). If features that are important to you start getting shut down on your server… you can move to one that keeps them. If a platform developer does it, another developer can fork the project to keep those features alive.

You also have choice in terms of clients and experiences. You’re using Mastodon and I’m on Friendica (I know your instance type because Friendica shows me a little icon beside posts). I vastly prefer the Friendica experience, and I have the choice to use that. And I can use that without forcing you to use the same interface.

@jamie @snarfed.org @oliphant @HistoPol @luca @PCOWandre @chronohart @snarfed a boost in this case will operate the same as with normal ActivityPub, in which case the block should remain honored. It’ll be the exact same as someone boosting your post and whether someone you blocked on AP can see that post.

I’ll note however that the bridge should not be a concern if you’re worried about that, instead you should be concerned of the thousands of instances like mine (Friendica and Hubzilla) that will natively support Bluesky. If we boost your post, then it’ll be copied over to Bluesky with no actual connection to you in the network, so your blocks will not apply and you will have no control over the post afterwards.

@wisdomchicken Lemmy is ActivityPub so it mostly works, though it has occasional problems on it’s end with how it shares comments. Namely it has a bad habit of not sending all the comments on it’s own and instead the other server has to explicitly ask for them one by one…

@Murdoc Oh yeah! And that’s how “regenerative braking” works!

@taladar @Jeraxus It’s a Guinness World Record for number of tires per year (ongoing record holder), in volume they don’t remotely compete.

@shootwhatsmyname Two parts, the easier to chew is that Microphones are basically just speakers wired backwards.

The second part is Solar Panels are basically just LEDs wired backwards.

(In both cases there’s a lot of design work around them to make them better at one task than the other, but the technology is still the same)

@lauha @shootwhatsmyname Special interests

@Tsun In the US there’s little to gain really, being autistic is both for and against you and formal diagnosis applies to both ends equally.

It gets used in child custody hearings to take children away from parents, conservatorships to take away our rights, etc.

And for accommodations, depends on your state. Half the country has “at-will-employment” laws, which practically means you have zero protections, so a diagnosis doesn’t offer much help there.

@cogitoprinciple Yeah, unfortunately it rules me out of having any information since I’m in the US

@cogitoprinciple it’ll help a lot if you edit to include what country you’re in

@r3df0x @SuddenDownpour That’s not remotely what this is referring to and it makes me wonder if you read the article at all?

They were comparing public vs private actions of allistics vs autistics and basically determined that autistics are more likely to be charitable/kind without needing recognition or attention to it.

The real findings:
* We’re less likely to differ our choices based on whether or not they’re perceived
* We’re more kind by default

What you’re talking about is a separate, but also common thing, called fawning. A trauma response that many of us also have in which we do whatever we think a person wants to avoid perceived threats and harm, even if that action itself causes us further harm.

This test did not examine fawning and did not examine charity at great personal cost. It was just whether or not someone would act charitably at personal expense or uncharitably at personal gain… an allistics basically were only good when people were watching while autistics were consistent regardless.