2026-07-16T21:13:55+02:00 https://nostr.ae Evan Prodromou https://nostr.ae/npub176495h5jd2deymed6taalm3mwgcg9k9qf6z03vac2wp84htwvzvs66nuj0 https://m.f-h.co/cosocial-ca/accounts/avatars/109/493/705/899/503/027/original/2dd02253e4e40ec1.jpg https://m.f-h.co/cosocial-ca/accounts/avatars/109/493/705/899/503/027/original/2dd02253e4e40ec1.jpg https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyfpjz9tqdn56jhk4at5l0vuqwcfyk2g43n8s67pkjr36k2chv2fszyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfj6rxdxy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp0lt7v7ujjaaydpn3ln6ldf6pzdxpjutrtnj6w6v7czcyhty363gulj47s'>nevent1q…j47s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t think your numbers are correct. 2026-07-15T02:47:36+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfyp29t5pdfmfdm08033yl7sg6czghenqvl36a2cd0m2hjj734rhqzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjun3qds How often do you buy gifts for friends and family back home when you travel?<br/><br/>#EvanPoll #poll #travel #gifts #GiftCulture 2026-07-14T19:23:19+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyyw9zhgpwvset39rmpa2mrgayet6p765xtvstfaeatnvjlvztcdqzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfj82uhrp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv5jwekamn5rr7cyxn5jpvesx04cm24gr4dedyk3c5f9mxsrcnp7c3avwpw'>nevent1q…vwpw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ikr! All&#39;s well that ends well but for a while there I thought I was going to live in Berlin permanently 2026-07-13T14:09:30+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyex3xj6qy0xz86wwa03z568n4u8al42y3tmc4899vqxzxgllmm3czyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjx49u3n I got to the Berlin airport early, checked in, went to my gate, listened to some music and waited for my group to be called, got in line, tried to buzz through the boarding pass reader and found out I was at the wrong gate for the wrong flight.<br/><br/>Sprinted for my actual gate, and the flight was closed. Non-refundable, cannot rebook. Fortunately I have enough miles that I could rebook through Heathrow with an overnight layover. I guess I get to have some extra time to hack today. 2026-07-13T13:34:35+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswav287ttsevfn0q70ztkdct9vanhjdelwm8g9y949s5244jk2sxgzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjnhvwsu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstggml4g3h25rjcc7dsglmgwj6ku4d2s3c0s8q8azvrclu5majt0sdqc7en'>nevent1q…c7en</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This thread is not a welcoming place for ableist or ageist bullshit. Think twice. 2026-07-13T09:17:29+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz4clpvhpy69m5m8lyhkxsau4hxtclmywe4x5wg7u7d0lcn2kwv7szyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjxra6q7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg5xqg49pycu9kj8we7myksm823744k47n3qpen9wf48t657jmercpnd0jj'>nevent1q…d0jj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thanks everyone who voted. I usually call it the Fediverse, but I&#39;ve started to use &#34;ActivityPub network&#34; to be clear exactly what I mean. 2026-07-13T08:26:53+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstggml4g3h25rjcc7dsglmgwj6ku4d2s3c0s8q8azvrclu5majt0szyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjgxv9kx How many prescriptions do you have? <br/><br/>#EvanPoll #poll 2026-07-13T08:25:25+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq5w8z3nlauj5pkgcjxmggahwvppevnu30nytg3f8fvf89drn5cmczyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfj64ksw5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs89vvwznckr064qc32t2w8325t0me84ashe2wy5uq0mteamc9u9pcczh0n2'>nevent1q…h0n2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The public key _is_ your identity 2026-07-12T08:24:01+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs89vvwznckr064qc32t2w8325t0me84ashe2wy5uq0mteamc9u9pczyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfj3u2nx3 What if public key encryption though 2026-07-12T08:22:26+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsylvlf263a7jlf8n6dqumaycsxepnmvjhn6ah999xxp0x4qml62jgzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfj5lyau4 Watching the junkyard coffee it&#39;s at #dwebcamp<br/> <img src="https://m.f-h.co/cosocial-ca/media_attachments/files/116/903/387/801/211/885/original/b7c69211e12699b1.jpg"> <br/> 2026-07-11T23:08:57+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg5xqg49pycu9kj8we7myksm823744k47n3qpen9wf48t657jmerczyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjvhf4qa What do you usually call it? <br/><br/>#EvanPoll #poll #ActivityPubNetwork #Fediverse #SocialWeb #OpenSocialWeb #Mastodon 2026-07-11T13:50:57+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgq88ngtaku5rea9hdpdks3epx8swa57nndk5dhrvz78hjuxxqweqzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjz502xk #Reddit notified me that I&#39;ve been using the service for 20 years. #CakeDay<br/><br/><a href="https://www.reddit.com/u/evanp/s/NhnCb1dyM5">https://www.reddit.com/u/evanp/s/NhnCb1dyM5</a> 2026-07-11T08:50:10+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv9f7hapktke2z0q9gcpxjetrd97pkal3z9y5485xkcv36wcrny4qzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjjs6qq4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs03xk3vf33j0xksuauevlee3d4adegnn8n6435ve8c0dstcurdtsgdec5du'>nevent1q…c5du</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>will it let users follow new tags? 2026-07-09T07:49:17+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs03sa9scp47uqft74lfv4xkdngm2mt0zuzz4musk5e6je0ssk675szyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjmq73c3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0svth23cr24cp2ndhyuj057kv6thcwt9avruul4lgtfdxl5k9nhsavwhmf'>nevent1q…whmf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>you can mute an instance?! 2026-07-08T22:45:50+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg7guaqxhyy65ycpky43jk3pgt5aqud0ckyvxnalz4y0xvhmerusszyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjt3x08f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxr594wu35hpnwl9njurz8v98yxahhswrnp94dpnlcj776fp8hmdc766zc7'>nevent1q…6zc7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>wtf 2026-07-08T22:41:36+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdw3wswncaaym6p9esz56gqex3uvx7rxkf8h0qrup90x323r0x3vgzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjlefxs0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8jell8tnrwvytc5790c8dklw0lcxqe4fkym6a3kdslykgrz8jukqq898wl'>nevent1q…98wl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>that&#39;s an interesting issue -- someone you don&#39;t dislike enough to fully block, but someone you kind of don&#39;t want watching you.<br/><br/>I can&#39;t find anything that says this is why Facebook discontinued FoF though. The best I can find is that the transition to algorithmic feeds made it less important. 2026-07-08T12:38:56+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstamneqvy48zg636qqhg230mpdw9qc22cq0jp4jfm95lhmxfjeavszyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfju93kv2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvk4zlwtxgnwra2j0revkp7f5jwtrgakn7kl5a0had4846kt875nsdq9hz7'>nevent1q…9hz7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Facebook used to have a Friends of Friends addressing option, but they have slowly deemphasized it, and as far as I know it&#39;s not possible to use anymore. <br/><br/>Google+ had Extended Circles, which weirdly enough was the following of your following, but it seems to have worked pretty well. 2026-07-07T20:43:47+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvk4zlwtxgnwra2j0revkp7f5jwtrgakn7kl5a0had4846kt875nszyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjuqpc9v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszjpcn0vqp7rwzjjdkgnlsy3g708ch029ks7znf7tp6udqz7egt8c5v09da'>nevent1q…09da</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think the most natural implementation of friends of friends would be as mutuals of mutuals, but there are definitely other definitions that could work. 2026-07-07T20:41:13+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0qn8gee4kw74af8rv42t8tv78clv9vuvl7wdkrta9adsf95x9tvgzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjqqc6nf Should the Fediverse have a &#34;friends of friends&#34; audience setting? <br/><br/>#EvanPoll #poll 2026-07-06T19:38:55+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq6eu68d4y5nm6mnsca9maxzpy4d85rzwnlp8vt9hfwdk5p3gxukqzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfj0z2v3c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswprr4k9ywq7v8y3umjuekx8yl9r82gu0s9e9ugv3v4pzkq3wykpg7s5cw0'>nevent1q…5cw0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>here is what I think is actionable:<br/><br/><a href="https://cosocial.ca/@evan/116853965581644827">https://cosocial.ca/@evan/116853965581644827</a> 2026-07-06T19:13:25+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswprr4k9ywq7v8y3umjuekx8yl9r82gu0s9e9ugv3v4pzkq3wykpgzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfj89rgjj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfw7teuv27qa3agxqagak4fszl2m4g7twyd67g7x0w0cdwnyrw6lcx85hry'>nevent1q…5hry</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>here are my thoughts:<br/><br/><a href="https://cosocial.ca/@evan/116853903065743983">https://cosocial.ca/@evan/116853903065743983</a> 2026-07-06T19:12:51+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqqxvgrqrgh2um5pe6vj43sulhj0ky6a77yuqjxhfyej5mmsg20eszyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjyh2r5s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9qevekqje4839ma8t0z95y3lz035zvscc4wykk8qdv66vzgdvjuc0j9uh2'>nevent1q…9uh2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I do not. I work on the Fediverse, and I am concerned with its overall health. I was polling my followers as to their thoughts on how concentration of users in one instance affects the wellbeing of the network. 2026-07-06T15:46:12+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8ent9pf863ta6gjwfl6ky02c4nrdu00prem37gc2vvslx9tfuhkczyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjtsnshy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr5dfv39yk2fjfvs07fua6fdw06c248nk0sktc88vxl4eer5qrr7smkndsq'>nevent1q…ndsq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I literally just did 2026-07-04T11:43:29+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvyd3lgh209mfl8t2uycppqvuv46ywrdxp5jrljhefvyagtxl2a5czyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjkg5dfy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrene4dj69s87actxm4u4pzdd2anvdrqhvzkte0v3ke7q2e4rs3hsz9uwzq'>nevent1q…uwzq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>One thing that people who don&#39;t write #ActivityPub software might not know is that Mastodon has remarkably low rate limits for other servers to make requests -- getting data from or sending data to a Mastodon server. The rate limits are hard-coded in the Mastodon software, and they&#39;re for the whole server. mastodon.social has the same rate limits as your server on a Raspberry Pi. That means that the server that you need to access about 1/4 of the time is throttling everyone&#39;s access to it. 2026-07-04T04:51:47+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs06awm4cgwvk4f9rw379pnpp9zuqjmgugaacvlz636smv93lfwlhgzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfj2cz50q Will you do anything to mark July 4?<br/><br/>#EvanPoll #poll #semiquincentennial #QuarterMillennial #sestercentennial #july4 #IndependenceDay 2026-07-03T17:13:49+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq9gej74nwgtuuwezfs5ue4q9dhzc746u24agfel82e4566lja7cszyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjv6fvmq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstjprd57yhc2umrl8kwracldwsu98pqeqnyac95fmynxvam20ly7qy7zd88'>nevent1q…zd88</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Are we having a pre-event in Berlin? Maybe a meetup next Tuesday night, 7 Jul?<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub108szh9nuv3e2ax0hq6f2frt5ae4ek93qyfug6rv0sywx98v46ggsn5tznn" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>samvie</span> (<span class="italic">npub108s…tznn</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1urx3t48an3pv2vh37akfaks6ty5aujgslfccaa2g4egmam4c2czqg3v0z4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Christine Lemmer-Webber</span> (<span class="italic">npub1urx…v0z4</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub17f3jl3althkr6ukayqeruqjs58g4azpv0vq2l35k9cckgtc2y8jqwhhrka" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>DWeb</span> (<span class="italic">npub17f3…hrka</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub19hhrsk4pdq4anvlalxlxamuwugyav3du42wc6cga0j9c9upy7cdqkzyxnx" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Michael Foster</span> (<span class="italic">npub19hh…yxnx</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1drf52wge3qrrczry9yw7zdkh53vh46mud3rujjq67sch4399znvsqufpxa" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Tommi 🤯</span> (<span class="italic">npub1drf…fpxa</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub14xc945uyl56whcxhumkyp7vm3xgnf5fuqd72xegle0yjvamstc9qytmzp3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Berlin FediDay</span> (<span class="italic">npub14xc…mzp3</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1s9xlpryl0hnllrqmu9ww8c7c57y5txg5eu4hygz0u9jfjwe8c60s7aa355" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>c-base e.V.</span> (<span class="italic">npub1s9x…a355</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fqw4kp7u7xcndkrfxdh22wwvegznsk8xjhkx7axh2c4syjqyaegqcwahus" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Digitale Gesellschaft (DE)</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fqw…ahus</span>)</a></span> [@offene_netzwerke](<a href="https://eupolicy.social/@offene_netzwerke">https://eupolicy.social/@offene_netzwerke</a> ) <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1kx9xxjn0sd4j53hzwn5qp8ah5knmgg7zxkgwmn4mecm0jpew0puse3l2em" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>vgrass</span> (<span class="italic">npub1kx9…l2em</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fmahdnemnvfjwzgkf4qq0qfwlg52snl0az9fhmdhhqq770ttl0ss33k2uh" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Elektropunk</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fma…k2uh</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ca7a3n20m934lx6t67fzf5pl9x4nld9995h58lsy8gaumdlv7kjslcpec8" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>GritM_Buendnis_OST</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ca7…pec8</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub16xnvqtgc6zmjrrsfzq5ymgtfdv0lmgd8rxr6afkgtqg5furcpkhsqzg7f8" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Free Software Foundation Europe</span> (<span class="italic">npub16xn…g7f8</span>)</a></span> 2026-07-03T14:02:33+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstjprd57yhc2umrl8kwracldwsu98pqeqnyac95fmynxvam20ly7qzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfj922vmp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs04k2p2lhzg224dmfuwc7tn40jkg52l58daf5trps8ke5pag5h8fqyjf2ec'>nevent1q…f2ec</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it will be great to see you! #dwebcamp 2026-07-03T13:44:51+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrene4dj69s87actxm4u4pzdd2anvdrqhvzkte0v3ke7q2e4rs3hszyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfj75e7dx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswvxefz9teckm6f4vm7mwc5sw8da2gpct8ssjk28q8yadujtrcgng8uwqau'>nevent1q…wqau</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>How could this happen? I can think of three reasons. <br/><br/>mastodon.social is run by a nonprofit with a million dollar budget. It costs about $100K/year for hosting alone. They might just run out of money. <br/><br/>There could be a legal threat, and the service might not survive it. <br/><br/>Or the team might just go in a different direction -- building a PDS or a collaborative notepad or something.<br/><br/>I don&#39;t think any of these is likely, but none of them are impossible. 2026-07-03T05:49:16+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswvxefz9teckm6f4vm7mwc5sw8da2gpct8ssjk28q8yadujtrcgngzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfj9p40q6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszgwrp9cz2a080vls7ad06szmzu5rsx5rkxw65k0g7xd5teexau3qklcznq'>nevent1q…cznq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Anyway, my answer is no but. No, the Fediverse would not survive, but some remnant ActivityPub servers would. 2026-07-03T05:41:01+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszgwrp9cz2a080vls7ad06szmzu5rsx5rkxw65k0g7xd5teexau3qzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjdvdums In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswzpszx07pewlzj5nvcus4rxhkdjltjy4m45axpr085gucc8gldhc04u6t9'>nevent1q…u6t9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>How do we avoid this? I think we need more people here. More big servers. And a more diverse set of protocol implementations. 2026-07-03T05:40:11+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswzpszx07pewlzj5nvcus4rxhkdjltjy4m45axpr085gucc8gldhczyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjj46n0h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswxe2pqd5lu09gkwr6q0nrayarpj5htkkmfhcsm8r3srkcqznypvsv8ykh5'>nevent1q…ykh5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In this situation, if we&#39;re lucky, ATProto would continue to take off and would stay open.<br/><br/>If we&#39;re unlucky, under VC pressure Bluesky would try to claw back some control over the network and/or protocol. <br/><br/>If we&#39;re very unlucky, Bluesky would eventually close, too, and probably take the ATmosphere with it. 2026-07-03T05:37:48+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswxe2pqd5lu09gkwr6q0nrayarpj5htkkmfhcsm8r3srkcqznypvszyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjmjmwy5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstsnutszsp9zc4ajfgvmuyqs56ha2x0tq6z53864d7myaw3ewewyst578wp'>nevent1q…78wp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But I don&#39;t think that&#39;s necessarily a &#34;real&#34; social network. 2026-07-03T05:34:58+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstsnutszsp9zc4ajfgvmuyqs56ha2x0tq6z53864d7myaw3ewewyszyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjzy405s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyfrqnv8eyflev2sl30hc7gexncdwayjsu4t2jtfsas4ukawkw0ng6zgg02'>nevent1q…gg02</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think there will always be servers speaking ActivityPub on the Internet. 2026-07-03T05:34:26+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyfrqnv8eyflev2sl30hc7gexncdwayjsu4t2jtfsas4ukawkw0ngzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjppjjqh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv22jd4y7hm56kqx2v5rat3mvsnssxgw8a8ktya8hcpwtfkmyqmpqdfwd3t'>nevent1q…wd3t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think there would be a period of activity as those of us who are left try to figure out what to do next, and a bunch of other servers throw in the towel too. Then, with considerably less activity, a slow decline. A few holdout servers, a long tail of family or personal servers, and then quiet. A lot of bots still running. Without content, people wouldn&#39;t load their timelines, and without people being active, no new content. Vicious cycle. 2026-07-03T05:28:27+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv22jd4y7hm56kqx2v5rat3mvsnssxgw8a8ktya8hcpwtfkmyqmpqzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfj0ggs2y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfsarjh3l4mgvd4ups8xlr087jw9vqucx4upunmxz6fh6cd5vnhsgmcujh6'>nevent1q…ujh6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thanks, everyone. So, Fedidb.com shows that about 1 out of every 4 users on the Fediverse is on mastodon.social. I think if mastodon.social rolled up over 3 months, per the server covenant, then maybe 10% of them would move to other servers. Most accounts would just disappear. 2026-07-03T05:24:18+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswnvj9celtgh6l06yssavjl2dwzsec8sx72le5n2dk5plgnz83nwqzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjtkhy8j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy8e554c8h3e0uafpzss988gx45eq4c7jztu0526nu7sdpjxt9qsggst36n'>nevent1q…t36n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>do you want to just read the number, or do you want to calculate it yourself? 2026-07-02T15:46:05+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqfmvxwsv5sam97xfsarrr76ywxfd06cd7gheh9p3mcgspxwrcyjczyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjwf7rwd We went to #Shortbus at #CinemaDuParc tonight for the 20th anniversary showing with A&amp;A with Sook-yin Lee and John Cameron Mitchell. It was really a pleasure to watch; a snapshot in time from the mid-2000s. See it if it&#39;s coming to your town! 2026-07-02T04:23:31+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8ul7cwf0gndvz2ycxjn4nv46m6ytjpzjnfwme26mpnaer5279w5qzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjeka997 I celebrated #CanadaDay by reading over the 94 Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and getting a book to learn some Kanien’ké:ha, the language of Tiohtià:ke, the place where I live. 2026-07-02T00:34:59+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrsec0yw9gesyg2w39c2tjsen6cn7evcns906l83udrtf8mfu6pjczyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjr6kuyq Who else is going to #DwebCampBerlin ? 2026-07-01T21:56:31+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfsarjh3l4mgvd4ups8xlr087jw9vqucx4upunmxz6fh6cd5vnhsgzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfj6lehwz Would the Fediverse survive mastodon.social going offline? <br/><br/>#EvanPoll #poll 2026-07-01T17:50:56+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8259gh36vrngav0y4xw6wcrvufuqqer53mxpdv6va4pyu824qg8czyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjh90tez In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspquj677cj8vgc533s82n7mwmxq0lfurw2whs8n35xrjuduwru4mqp9rrlh'>nevent1q…rrlh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think the problem is that it&#39;s way too much data for small servers. It&#39;s a lot better to subscribe to tags you&#39;re interested in, and just get that stuff. 2026-06-30T02:29:18+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq45fggpayceansccff4zq3zlpnw7p2f44vg64quzn9v6wndwtzeszyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjpqn4cg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyl2a7jun39ytqy4vklk9wt9puq2092g4yznuap0wep2s8v08ypmsprvcyq'>nevent1q…vcyq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yes 2026-06-28T18:47:46+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspvetlm5uukqwfgwxpg96p9m9vkcf6uzv55td6gtel826ygcmtwsszyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjv6ns9h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdgxgqq8chjzscd5nerjh5u2sx4ayvqk2hkhp3rdtyavdzlmwq95q7zjp6d'>nevent1q…jp6d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We have hundreds of thousands of accounts that are created automatically; one for each of the very many hashtags that people use on the Fediverse. We didn&#39;t target Alice specifically.<br/><br/>They have blocked the server, so their content won&#39;t be shared by tags.pub any more, and to avoid this kind of problem in the future, I&#39;ve disconnected tags.pub from open registration relay servers. People can still connect their account or server directly to tags.pub:<br/><br/><a href="https://socialwebfoundation.org/2026/06/28/unsubscribing-tags-pub-from-open-registration-relays/">https://socialwebfoundation.org/2026/06/28/unsubscribing-tags-pub-from-open-registration-relays/</a> 2026-06-28T11:32:51+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxg7adv55204f2efdgs0258de3xh6t93svx6qg6nxtp0lyqd62j8szyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjqms2as In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvfmc2xr7hvj5uamk2yps9dddggjf3pcg5g6w8djsa8xp0xu8gffc2swlqf'>nevent1q…wlqf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>They let people follow from small servers or non-Mastodon platforms:<br/><br/><a href="https://tags.pub/#why">https://tags.pub/#why</a> 2026-06-28T06:53:45+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs88n83qh9ap7hdwzrkfuwg7ekc3ufgyrh5erp3lk2er04zklwukngzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjawcy8n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdlz96xq3y9978f28rlv3ps8nxyz47f64hc0drfg50uw7wazevtnquaud6v'>nevent1q…ud6v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>oh shit this crowd is crazy! 2026-06-28T03:07:02+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszumnkgmujhz8jh82ug6jqqjnjrk7u04gg3c36yrcx5qylgr7cvqgzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfje33hfx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd7psnu95qgzywfa94w6aysv3tmrkf93jwfwd8cxayq6cynrt6fvqvvlcj0'>nevent1q…lcj0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>OK! Are you on Mastodon 4.6? You can now disable notifications from bots. 2026-06-27T15:39:47+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy3vxmawtzzcayg7dt7gtetqx0v8cegxlkhmj4fvl2zeerfuh2qwczyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjxruysu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqke9pqqel5w5kzh8z8fm0gcfke7gsvz9ele62636s9ygcgex3urs0qqz5t'>nevent1q…qz5t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yes, it reposts every tag. You can opt out here: <a href="https://tags.pub/#optout">https://tags.pub/#optout</a> 2026-06-27T13:40:47+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx3vm4rxppsm9ygsh72u2jd6t42nduul0q4skts50mvhxpumdqakgzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjthszpr Happy #StJohnsDay to those who celebrate.<br/><br/>#SaintJeanBaptiste #StJean #SaintJohn #fetenationaleduquebec 2026-06-24T20:37:59+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyqpxg46wx0w4d60qynkg7588nwttceztx74rxydpj4tf0av4c3ugzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjwts7n2 (let ((coffee &#34;☕️&#34;))<br/> (lambda ()<br/> (string-append coffee &#34; is for closures&#34;))) 2026-06-24T18:16:12+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs97vpe9unwk6xu36l6gpwsfvu3f8fcja7x2c0ju60yryykd0ft52qzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjmlu62c How do you share someone else&#39;s content with your followers?<br/><br/>#EvanPoll #poll 2026-06-23T04:48:45+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsva2zjr8f782vayvd2x5zyd392ta5mccxal7mytft54x2yc0ypnpqzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjdcn5rm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdlc04r9p36naxnqzr8yv2lly76k3pgt9jskees3ukv4lznkvuyrgn2tnt8'>nevent1q…tnt8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I want to answer your question for me personally now that the poll is over. <br/><br/>For me, being responsible to someone means what obligations you owe them, and how much you should consider them in the decisions you make.<br/><br/>An example would be the current situation in Cuba. Do I, a Canadian and an American, have an obligation to stop the deliberate immiseration of this country of 11M people, or is it somebody else&#39;s problem? 2026-06-21T21:26:56+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr23nhe0gkaqrxyw8d77xaa5qm47vglxuuwjnl2gqvgev4p4eyqeqzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjpnla75 I would simply not let my global economy become dependent on a resource that is shipped through an obvious choke point. 2026-06-20T17:13:58+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdlc04r9p36naxnqzr8yv2lly76k3pgt9jskees3ukv4lznkvuyrgzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjjllnll In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst74yv9trfjv0mhusq503ees0fnfu49uep7gxekdqafkd2w67wxfqa84gzv'>nevent1q…4gzv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>that&#39;s a great question to ask! But you&#39;re going to have to answer it yourself. I don&#39;t usually provide further definitions or clarifications. <br/><br/><a href="https://evanp.me/pollfaq#define">https://evanp.me/pollfaq#define</a> 2026-06-20T16:05:27+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrtyghk55h8lsu24z03hvjxxfpgyvydf7gwl7r7269a52ewjqmhuqzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjn2ua9e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvjk3qf2w0hjztdmw5fxahpzx3vn9qzsv22axmkalx4yh30t9el4cmkzdds'>nevent1q…zdds</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I asked &#34;responsible *to*&#34; though. 2026-06-20T04:44:18+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdm8d9z7jpgytrcn6fagp49tnk5fv8gcdh9fmvkjqza7z6znez6pszyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfj0jh6yj Are you more responsible to citizens of your own country than you are to other humans on the planet?<br/><br/>#EvanPoll #poll 2026-06-20T01:28:11+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswdhv8wkjjgutwek2w45r58cfgjd4l0lg0wtjutwdct5pg97wtk4czyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjzegxuv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstf2jjr9eewzsx5hdnwus43phejjlghxkqvj9f8cau655p3x7cmtsy8k8hg'>nevent1q…k8hg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>من القدس 2026-06-19T15:16:31+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9dckvq3qqt0euvj2nstm7nr95thjdr3ad3dwmhp7s0x7clzpvpzgzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjyae04g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfluk3xqef28psrvsw3jmmecxjzpcds9785c96gax0k2xjkse3stsj0n0yf'>nevent1q…n0yf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I drink alcohol, but I don&#39;t abide people who drink and drive. My cousin was killed by a drunk driver. 2026-06-19T02:23:45+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvpyj3hezmj40gxx9h9k5j5vyn6j4rhk8fpwrr9wm5dvqxs4xthmgzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjk0q7m5 How often do you drink alcohol with lunch? <br/><br/>#EvanPoll #poll #alcohol #lunch 2026-06-18T20:05:06+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0wvktz7sxuxyvw6yqg0mel9lflh6dtyh0ml806mtnjuwxjjk3naqzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjtkkze7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxl4ssq2e33adwygaf3uahewlqcckwg7xje9yfwafsazjngudzpegfh94az'>nevent1q…94az</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>we stopped in #WestGloverVT at the #ParkerPieCompany on Friday and got this beautiful #pizza -- apples, spinach, Vermont cheddar, drizzled with maple syrup. It&#39;s a good one!<br/> <img src="https://m.f-h.co/cosocial-ca/media_attachments/files/116/750/715/042/249/980/original/b71922b1e325f4e5.jpg"> <br/> 2026-06-15T00:02:15+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdhry77c99pe50gw6n4m3p6gprx9tqex202vdj5awqn2ghj9u4r5czyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjuw42kc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspej6uwwrr8ukw4n7rtqu0nvs43urr9sg24h37dqxhj70jn0juqggkakdsc'>nevent1q…kdsc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m in /St. Johnsbury, Vermont/ this morning, btw. 2026-06-13T16:09:56+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspej6uwwrr8ukw4n7rtqu0nvs43urr9sg24h37dqxhj70jn0juqggzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjappefh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsry39wqpuhrd5nh0hxqvw7jn2haknwx474f8wnnv7mynwwr9ckuaqqy5rum'>nevent1q…5rum</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But it came up during our review on Thursday that a lot of people use place hashtags like #vermont or #stjohnsbury or #vt to mark a geographic topic. I think it requires a lot of work on the back end, though. 2026-06-13T15:52:33+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsry39wqpuhrd5nh0hxqvw7jn2haknwx474f8wnnv7mynwwr9ckuaqzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjwfp307 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp082al4q74u05g0f8jgann49smz0lptaekvgwgsypzeusshg5yrc2hsy9z'>nevent1q…sy9z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thanks to everyone. This is a topic we&#39;re addressing in the Geosocial Task Force at the W3C. There&#39;s a doc right now outlining the first 3 options and how they can work with ActivityPub:<br/><br/><a href="https://swicg.github.io/geosocial/microsyntax">https://swicg.github.io/geosocial/microsyntax</a> 2026-06-13T15:50:45+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstahnsa7e3aweq7nwn5gpda7lmwxpj05j5f28wcqn90q7gp7wrnjczyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfj4etja0 How the hell does anything Donald Trump says move any conceivable stock market? Why are markets rallying again? Are they dumb? 2026-06-12T06:53:42+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp082al4q74u05g0f8jgann49smz0lptaekvgwgsypzeusshg5yrczyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjn7qx9s What&#39;s the best way to identify a location in a Fediverse post? <br/><br/>#EvanPoll #poll #geosocial #microsyntax 2026-06-12T06:48:22+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg6wq49d6hdjh8wy9zsrg09csrh2st73qn79ysfwucadgw04g9zrgzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjp3jke2 Do you thank the bus driver? <br/><br/>#EvanPoll #poll #buses #ThankTheDriver 2026-06-12T00:02:18+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx025p5w5rj3fdtywpss7hc79wunrx20tg096z3nuyerxn6l27f5gzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjhl7k79 Is it ok for straight people to eavesdrop on Pride Discourse? <br/><br/>#EvanPoll #poll #PrideDiscourse #HappyPride 2026-06-10T19:05:00+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9azyc2z4p9za4a32g0dru0e8nhr9w0dsva62qsj3tuc929h69spszyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjd5xs83 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswaqgzvpl4zjtn3w8q6yrtgvh66psecd37hjj6usf26l2t0v5rcygk7ym2e'>nevent1q…ym2e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>... hammers, anime, hot sauce ... 2026-06-09T16:30:13+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2c62v6u06p3ulkd9am3s4ey4jetpjmfmx4nsf3x289zyl0lmmfxczyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjnzr7l4 Is cannabis good for you? <br/><br/>#EvanPoll #poll 2026-06-08T22:46:00+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs868wx2h4jlean5fa6ypfyuvycgmnehptv34k5lyzflggvdsrn9cgzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjufgct4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs89jf9sx9yxawhg24skadcxtjaxvrcjhv23mezqquzwc8zpl3tyec4fue6a'>nevent1q…ue6a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;d rather they didn&#39;t exclude bot accounts. They are active and useful parts of the Fediverse. However, I do think it&#39;s good to be able to track humans. 2026-06-08T15:55:57+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv2g5kvy8uv7wvx2xs8d8357n9u0xk342pfra7598ramxn3pehyrszyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjwekuy8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst3hryyphfuf32r5jtjdzk4jzn6ydveqd3z8npwgwwvr2zd5flcjsqycu6z'>nevent1q…cu6z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ah, ok. I&#39;ve started a discussion on this here:<br/><br/><a href="https://github.com/jhass/nodeinfo/issues/110">https://github.com/jhass/nodeinfo/issues/110</a> 2026-06-08T13:53:38+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv2f5zn60t70vewl6y2q7l7esamuzfgaftkmsfhxxknrlha84xrnszyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfj89w09t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqrtefvjfq0mxfuuf36ju3nme2jqnhpqrqfwaugsa34hufzxpk3wgdtasht'>nevent1q…asht</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>why is that a bummer? 2026-06-08T13:39:10+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsddx6pyncx6h3zueflp0gfspj8tc72yj70uu8285cq8ldmlnzrshqzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfj8585vd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsykwz0mx8dzn2uefjc06adc736kraq4jgv4c96aw824um4qqy7ksqgf0m6k'>nevent1q…0m6k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That doesn&#39;t have anything to do with social networks. 2026-06-07T17:40:43+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswdsgte8wsdyw2zwqhfe6dv8skex00qjrxq5vxv2psvapaqw4rh7czyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjj3a23d Is there a social sovereignty movement in your country or region? <br/><br/>#EvanPoll #poll 2026-06-07T16:57:34+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgzegvef05nz9ughd20psgxkeqkqsnmdjuuhcm5czfeq93jnaxtzszyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjpyveer In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgxnhyvucaxr32dh28wc02akrdu92ra6xess7xst7k0d7lmj3jg9s6qpmcf'>nevent1q…pmcf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I did this!<br/><br/><a href="https://tags.pub/#why">https://tags.pub/#why</a> 2026-06-06T23:56:53+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf4qpeg6x90qmuhuwq87azarey2al35ul96ce50kqhvclpaznghyczyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfj6pvhyv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspl372djemr82rh8dehz7d2g5wzp4ztnlpqvts94jqpmsan263x8sez5t7v'>nevent1q…5t7v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That&#39;s exactly the kind of expression of solidarity I&#39;m talking about. If Democrats make that case to Palestinian and Arab Americans this fall, they&#39;re going to have a lot better results at the ballot box. 2026-06-06T22:00:54+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdxw27fynzpz9jayjwsnvwayfxcdmncw00yk4psljqlth0wanyyqszyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjuv8whe In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstm6qe656xt8lxhx7md4zxfzhkt8hfjlxs5hc72892rm7jqu23y3spmnr2l'>nevent1q…nr2l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I also think those pro-Palestinian votes could have made a huge difference. I hope candidates and the party do a better job getting anti-war, anti-genocide voters into the polls in November. 2026-06-06T18:25:35+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdgwd7x65tp3qh7kr2r0rlyy249jwmcl0s8nz9n55hrcqfs73zymqzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfj97mp00 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9qk4red5exdgclsxdwe7krqmwh9x9vdmp5kcdj4df4z27l85x8ychq3dj9'>nevent1q…3dj9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Good for you! 2026-06-06T18:02:49+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs887hx9mgs7yj80x2gcqrp3kshq8zpvspqu6ztfe0e5s723e0jf4szyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjgtfnju Some people say that all Democratic politicians are flawed, and that if we want to win races, we need to overlook those flaws. They talk about Graham Plattner&#39;s tattoos and sexting, or Eric Swalwell&#39;s sexual harassment. But there are a lot of Democrats who haven&#39;t had scandals, like Zohran Mamdani. It took me a while to realise that the people who say this *do* think he has flaws -- to them, he has the wrong skin colour, the wrong religion, the wrong politics. 2026-06-06T17:54:49+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqqkrpsclpx8fp23n8pktdlhakzgz0vw6xrx47c7htc4crxarulvgzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjcjedvn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg9wu53vmwyrdpwwwnwsfd8w6us3w3eqm5me933qrf074h60er65sdkpgwh'>nevent1q…pgwh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I pushed another fix, and now I think it really stuck. I tested server domain blocks, user domain blocks, user blocks on a particular tagbot, and the NoBots/NoTagsPub/NoBot profile tags. You can see my test of the user domain blocks here.<br/><br/><a href="https://cosocial.ca/@evan/116703801627899950">https://cosocial.ca/@evan/116703801627899950</a> 2026-06-06T17:15:32+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg9wu53vmwyrdpwwwnwsfd8w6us3w3eqm5me933qrf074h60er65szyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfja4cscs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspxgagufjzqqpw3dfzhhla9r8fvtp30fsw5fm7xqmkltvynajsxdcqrnku6'>nevent1q…nku6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thanks, I can confirm it. Please turn the server block back on. You don&#39;t have to test this anymore. I&#39;ll take it from here. 2026-06-06T13:56:04+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdfh4wechmzk332tpknsc2ks5j4fd6l69fzaduqjzkzlwu8pdywfqzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjqgtw7d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswnryskv47uf7zu4jg6ygme5mx2f8fm87l34q6vj3xj77gd44mwyczz3v47'>nevent1q…3v47</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t think we have a societal stake in Kalshi being &#34;fair&#34;. I think *Kalshi* does, and they should definitely have rules for saying who can and can&#39;t participate in their service. But if someone breaks those rules, is that a criminal case? That seems extreme. 2026-06-05T19:22:55+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspazulg6wltelxs476tc7zxdn3n8uzxw55lj55x5q6ajx8dhes5sszyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfj5y2pck In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvzrcrq0c2fjxe5rt3kc24y6vrn26lsepksxur50sg6m9xuvgmkwc2exyp4'>nevent1q…xyp4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I feel like in stock markets, we know what an &#34;insider&#34; is. They have fiduciary duty or an agreement of confidentiality. If the pizza delivery man notices that he&#39;s making a lot of late night stops at Google headquarters, infers that they&#39;re working on an important project, and buys $GOOG, that&#39;s not insider trading.<br/><br/>In prediction markets, the idea of an &#34;insider&#34; breaks down. Can George bet himself? What about George&#39;s family? His hairdresser? Who&#39;s on the &#34;inside&#34; here? 2026-06-05T17:42:50+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvzrcrq0c2fjxe5rt3kc24y6vrn26lsepksxur50sg6m9xuvgmkwczyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfj5lnjq9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspg0ejxucce3pzssfa0sak039tufam5efwcda4w70sq2ln37hlync9ufpv6'>nevent1q…fpv6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>George Santos is being investigated for insider trading because he bet No in the market &#34;Will George Santos attend the State of the Union speech?&#34; and then turned down his invitation to the event. I am the last person to defend the ethical standing of George Santos, but is this really &#34;insider trading&#34; in the way we mean it for regulated stock markets? 2026-06-05T17:16:34+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqw0dzwnm5vm3u36afrz04tmaehuhhzvpmvp9xgcwmg9cz7hugr6gzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjmpnhtn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxj3ssmkvuhj8fu9pgtf2a3aq2yzc4u6gvdhwynzyeuk8dpy4sgkc5pmprt'>nevent1q…mprt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Personally, I think we have work to do on the Fediverse to make relays more responsive to server blocks. <br/><br/>I added an issue for Mastodon here: <a href="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/39293">https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/39293</a> 2026-06-05T15:09:18+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvmt9q7fjr4vdyyuyrk9ul5lfrzyjsarwg9lrtdfr6kkwj4kcpv3szyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjck5cw3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0d2kja94nmfurj557nsg8zra487nteehc9en9ep8vjyc9h0t2h0qzyxyrz'>nevent1q…xyrz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>every Mastodon server has a feature for filtering posts by hashtag.<br/><br/>Can you let me know if your server block worked? 2026-06-05T14:42:09+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxj3ssmkvuhj8fu9pgtf2a3aq2yzc4u6gvdhwynzyeuk8dpy4sgkczyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjstvg64 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd6k8er5nl5p9w4kjkucmtlf709vju2zpla2a0sa0g35cm2gq3rvsr3ayrz'>nevent1q…ayrz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>if this is a concern, you should not be connected to a public, open registration relay.<br/><br/>When tags.pub receives an announcement from a relay, it probes the author to check for an HTTP status that suggests that tags.pub is blocked. If so, it will not share the content.<br/><br/>Let me know if there&#39;s other behaviour you&#39;d like to see. 2026-06-05T13:48:58+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs946ewczhkqf7nasn6e8tkydpr9l5ts6e5ec4f66q65h6emx9dutczyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjn044pp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdj6vyvh4up9sdvjm364t8k4hwzxjd6uas6y3ga8zr7fr4gekv8fqd4qew4'>nevent1q…qew4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>agreed! How many users are there on your server? Can they opt out of having their content shared to a relay? 2026-06-05T13:34:57+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstdsmzx5ly7jrrrtu6mzs9g6zp0va9dvk0zvdxf672938f2vh6qfqzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjyu6y8d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyyga47qpc308ucvwqtspehlrtn6zk8l8ehv3p4hvaxc9f8l3eg5qj0mrql'>nevent1q…mrql</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it should. 2026-06-05T13:21:38+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspg0ejxucce3pzssfa0sak039tufam5efwcda4w70sq2ln37hlynczyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjhrp9n8 #PredictionMarkets are supposed to reflect the wisdom of the crowd -- the collective knowledge of all bettors. But apparently there&#39;s some upper limit of knowledge beyond which someone is committing a crime by placing a bet. That seems crazy to me, and impossible to enforce. If you&#39;re betting on some real world event, you should ask yourself, is there someone on earth who knows the answer to this question already? Could they just take my money? And choose your bet accordingly. 2026-06-05T04:00:05+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstqek5avfvhcjrrr99hfaw5fqhydyljuwpu8n7dd55u7jzas8kmpqzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjmvdc4p Should users on a server be able to opt out of having their content shared by the server to a relay?<br/><br/>#EvanPoll #poll 2026-06-04T22:34:28+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszrj7n50pcw0ndj0fgzgrsaqg9eqplk46u7km9xl3626cnwhnmthszyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjzyw7gc The &#34;AI for All&#34; strategy must include support for Canadians controlling their own social data. #AI #Canada #SocialSovereignty<br/><br/><a href="https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2026/06/04/prime-minister-carney-launches-ai-all-canadas-new-national-artificial">https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2026/06/04/prime-minister-carney-launches-ai-all-canadas-new-national-artificial</a> 2026-06-04T20:19:58+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsddwee7en30lajahneclnlx9as6thcm7h03gz5kdm3zdqqatxy5cgzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjpn0afw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyktrywdtqk3ajtsyjn0gcsqypcerkfgdg4nedpl7t5pkzvfw2vaczaxgzq'>nevent1q…xgzq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Es gibt andere Dienste wie channel.org, surf.social oder tagpush.app, die verwandte Hashtags zu einem Kanal zusammenfassen. Ich halte das für großartig, aber tags.pub soll grundlegender als das sein. Ich denke, andere Dienste könnten tags.pub als Quelle verwenden, um Tags in Kanäle zu aggregieren. 2026-06-04T19:37:50+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyktrywdtqk3ajtsyjn0gcsqypcerkfgdg4nedpl7t5pkzvfw2vaczyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfj2ydtw7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx0amayewjgf7mz9yvt2qzypkuwl2uq2844w6erupnjhxqkvfc3rqxva8g4'>nevent1q…a8g4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Viele Menschen sind davon überrascht – dass es auf tags.pub ein Konto pro Hashtag gibt. Das ist es, was es ermöglicht, einem einzelnen Hashtag aus der Ferne zu folgen. tags.pub läuft auf einem speziellen Server-Framework, das speziell für automatisierte Bot-Konten entwickelt wurde – die Konten benötigen sehr wenige Ressourcen. Im Moment gibt es 357.022 davon – so viele Tags haben wir seit Mitte Februar gesehen. 2026-06-04T19:35:46+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswqrr8rfrffqs0zz8q2q3g3uyxklfvc6pjnvjxujve5svu99wvsxszyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfj3lj84z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstwuk2clau76t6hes6mzma9ex7wlgx7f7p6v2etlfa4kxcuglj2rs3353sm'>nevent1q…53sm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Second, if you&#39;d done a domain block, and you&#39;re connected through a relay, tags.pub didn&#39;t know it was blocked. I&#39;ve now added a check for the actor, to make sure the server is allowed to connect. So, domain blocks should work again. 2026-06-04T18:12:31+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstwuk2clau76t6hes6mzma9ex7wlgx7f7p6v2etlfa4kxcuglj2rszyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfj9f8j2e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxthclgzf5zxz3srkqprcle0dxfxvvf4tcr3gsgrk58h9v72hpjvcq89sp2'>nevent1q…9sp2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So, I had two bugs in my code for this. First, we were caching remote actor info for 30 minutes by default, so if you changed your profile and ran a test with a hashtag, it would still boost. I think I&#39;ve fixed that.<br/><br/><a href="https://github.com/social-web-foundation/tags.pub/issues/42">https://github.com/social-web-foundation/tags.pub/issues/42</a> 2026-06-04T18:10:41+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrqhqd6fm4ucd3g5ca0lansnr9nw3hn9a4gr9jwwtcmgca9txkzygzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjyl0f8t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstpsukfgd603ec37w8qt0leyyh4xhwyzst8dee25xdcegkm67r3tgx0wl6g'>nevent1q…wl6g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>OK, ich glaube, ich habe das behoben. Bevor wir Inhalte teilen, rufen wir kurz den Remote-Akteur ab (um nach #NoTagsBot und anderen Tags zu suchen). Ich habe diese Überprüfung so geändert, dass sie den Cache überspringt und auf HTTP-Statuscodes prüft, die auf einen Domain-Block hinweisen. Wenn sie das erkennt, wird das Teilen übersprungen. Siehe <a href="https://github.com/social-web-foundation/tags.pub/issues/43">https://github.com/social-web-foundation/tags.pub/issues/43</a> 2026-06-04T18:08:53+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst8ma2z2y6l0n2zmq3lxszvlrnk5c3puupaajl9uj3emzqzzvyr4qzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjheh9ua In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsda8lkpkn5789zx4ds4nh799dls0k3qmj5f3ujmme0k2lzj2hu2jcqua7ng'>nevent1q…a7ng</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If you give a thumbs-up or a comment on this PR, it would probably help!<br/><br/><a href="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/38809">https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/38809</a> 2026-06-04T18:00:07+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0h2es29dstfsn4cw85rwsxuv8gg6rnwjpegh63alhps66p6fxqhszyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjkqjznd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgc3647rftugu6pl459ntsladntr8uvsc550d6nqpsjjqen0zh9mgzywy7q'>nevent1q…wy7q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Anyway, Jill Biden is full of shit. She should talk about literally any other fact about Joe before or since, and just avoid talking about the debate. Joe loves ice cream; he says he gets it for the grandkids, but then he eats it himself. Talk about *that*. 2026-06-04T06:03:58+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgc3647rftugu6pl459ntsladntr8uvsc550d6nqpsjjqen0zh9mgzyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfjeaqjej In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfha3gv3ruawl4pdaz9fwsyulte5mxnt8xnl06ahktm3cf6z6chscj44xe8'>nevent1q…4xe8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But they didn&#39;t. It&#39;s hard not to assume that they let him go on stage in front of 70M people because it didn&#39;t seem like a bad night for them. I think they were used to him being a lot worse, so their Joe detectors weren&#39;t calibrated. 2026-06-04T05:59:31+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfha3gv3ruawl4pdaz9fwsyulte5mxnt8xnl06ahktm3cf6z6chsczyrm25kj7jf4fhyn09hf0hhlw8derpqkc5p8gf79nhpfcy7kadesfj9hdfx7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdyqauzwagvu38g7x4r0xeg66sk7f2lvv5sxdxldmg0y0mkcmnxegpa7pp4'>nevent1q…7pp4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Presidential candidates do debate prep for weeks or months. They have a whole team whose job it is to make the candidate look the best he can. If he was cracked out on Robitussin in the green room saying gerble-derble we defeated Medicare blur blur blur, they would have given him one if those adrenaline syringes straight to the heart like in Pulp Fiction. 2026-06-04T05:56:33+02:00