Notices by switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at), page 58

@kensanata

Ah, yeah, I'm not Austrian! Many people think I am because of the domain. :blobsmile:

I picked mastodon.at because they allow English language posts and they've been a pretty reliable instance without being a megainstance.

@Wolf480pl @staltz

Interesting point, I'm not sure, guessing they didn't count the company salaries as donations?

As far as I can tell, this article only covers income from direct donations because this is the only data visible on OpenCollective?

@zudn @staltz

I tried to list four from the article (pressure on companies, unionising, more donations, alternative licences) but difficult to write it clearly within character limit :blobtongue:

@zudn @staltz

Well, the article suggests doing many things including pressuring companies, both as customers and employees.

@zudn @staltz

Well, the artcile suggests doing many things including pressuring companies, both as customers and employees.

@kensanata

Just to add, I'm not a lawyer so I don't know how Switzerland's surveillance laws are better/worse than other countries'.

It's difficult to know what to do with recommendations in this situation, as services are always going to be subject to laws of countries in which they are based and/or operate.

Is there a regularly updated table anywhere that compares different countries' laws in relation to online services?

@kensanata

(By the way, I don't speak German, the German language links I shared recently were for the German fork of switching.social which belongs to someone else.)

If I understand correctly, the article predates the response, and the article only talks about the response in the addendums. I thought this was just another link to the original article.

I think it's worth posting both links, because the author talking about a response isn't the same as reading both article and response.

@kensanata @fitheach

Protonmail did actually respond to that:

https://protonmail.com/blog/martin-steiger-false-statements/

@erdnaxeli @fedilab @Tusky

I've got to say, why do you have the word nazis in speech marks? Do you think Gab members aren't nazis?

Have you seen what Gab members do and promote?

" His bio said that "jews are the children of satan," his banner image a clear reference to a white supremacist meme. His last message (before murdering 11 people in a synagogue) read "Screw your optics, I'm going in."

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12150596

@erdnaxeli @fedilab @Tusky

I've got to say, why do you have the word nazis in speech marks?

Have you seen what Gab members do and promote?

" His bio said that "jews are the children of satan," his banner image a clear reference to a white supremacist meme. His last message (before murdering 11 people in a synagogue) read "Screw your optics, I'm going in."

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12150596

Last week, @staltz published an article looking at the funding of open source projects.

It's a long-form article full of nuance:

https://staltz.com/software-below-the-poverty-line.html

Tl/dr: More needs to be done to fund open development, including more pressure on companies to donate to projects they benefit from, unionising, alternative licences and more donations in general.

This made me wonder, should there be a day on the Fediverse where we promote donations to a particular project? For example a #SupportSunday?

@michel_slm

Yes, each instance owner can add their own custom emojis to the standard set. The custom ones appear at the top of the graphical emoji picker (the greyed-out face in the corner of the message box).

@michel_slm

Yes, each instance owner can add their own custom emojis to the standard set. The custom ones appearing at the top of the graphical emoji picker (the greyed-out face in the corner of the message box).

@michel_slm

Yes, each instance owner can add their own custom emojis to the standard set, with the custom ones appearing at the top.

Did you know you can search and type emojis on Mastodon just using your keyboard?

1. Type a : (colon) with a keyword straight after it with no spaces. This will automatically bring up relevant emojis.

2. You can select one with the arrow keys and the enter key.

That's it! 🎉

#MastoTips #Mastodon #FediTips

@snder

By the way, for anyone wondering what the keyboard shortcuts are, just press ? to see a list.

@snder

By the way, for anyone wondering what the keyboard shortcuts are, just type ? to see a list.

@snder

I knew about them, but the emoji : thing isn't on the list!

Mastodon is so full of secret cool features 😃