Nostr notes by Tael @ AC26

The Scottish/Irish Viking raiders used longships, right? Most of ...

2026-07-15T18:30:38Z

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The Scottish/Irish Viking raiders used longships, right? Most of what I know about this is from Egla

I've heard that it keeps logs due to its host country's ...

2026-06-28T16:13:45Z

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I've heard that it keeps logs due to its host country's laws

Ok, just to sum it up for those following along at home: NordVPN: ...

2026-06-26T14:33:57Z

Ok, just to sum it up for those following along at home:
NordVPN: confidence scam, the Raid: Shadow Legends of VPNs
Mozilla VPN: reseller of Mullvad
Tailscale: partners with Mullvad
ExpressVPN: Israeli
Private Internet Access: ditto
ProtonVPN: sponsors French fascists
MullvadVPN: donates millions to Swedish fascists

am I missing any?

it's really been kind of like a ratchet, with crypto, then ...

2026-05-24T23:03:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…xstw
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it's really been kind of like a ratchet, with crypto, then NFTs, then metaverse, then "AI," with all the absurd scams becoming more and more normalized and the deafening chorus of boosters becoming louder and louder with each iteration

Anti-echo chamber activist Scott Jenson appears to have responded ...

2026-04-07T12:00:48Z

In reply to nevent1q…83mn
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Anti-echo chamber activist Scott Jenson appears to have responded to this polite, detailed, and well-reasoned argument by curating his experience (blocking me).

That isn't my priority, but if I did, I would give them ...

2026-04-07T02:51:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…eqyr
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That isn't my priority, but if I did, I would give them advice on curating their experience here rather than trying to control the way other people use the network.

That's correct, you haven't heard me say that. I ...

2026-04-07T02:49:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…9fmq
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That's correct, you haven't heard me say that. I don't want Mastodon to become an echo chamber.

You're looking at a tidal wave of criticism crashing into you ...

2026-04-07T02:37:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…d7th
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You're looking at a tidal wave of criticism crashing into you and calling it an echo chamber. The echo chamber is when you are never exposed to exactly that. In an echo chamber, you don't realize you're in one; the only viewpoints you're hearing are your own.

The argument we're having isn't over whether people leave because they get criticized too much. That's obviously a real phenomenon. It's over whether that constitutes an "echo chamber." Those people leave because they are used to echo chambers.

I don't think you're going to be persuaded away from this ...

2026-04-07T02:34:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…gkze
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I don't think you're going to be persuaded away from this view. However, the reply guys exposing you to a paradigm different from your own, holding you to expectations you're unfamiliar with, are exactly what makes it not an echo chamber. If nobody ever bothered you or came into your notifs to disagree with you, you'd be in an echo chamber. Which it seems is what you're used to.

In most social media, there might be Nazis and communists on the same website. The algorithm constructs separate "bars" for them by simply not showing them each others' posts, heavily auto-moderating what language you can use in your posts, and recommending you people to follow that you like to interact with because you agree with them.

That is what builds social media platform retention. Mastodon has none of that. Instead, you defederate the Nazi bar and only talk to the bars that don't allow Nazis. Most people don't "get" that because it's always been done for them. And that's OK.

Respectfully, Mastodon is less of an echo chamber than any social ...

2026-04-06T23:52:49Z

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Respectfully, Mastodon is less of an echo chamber than any social media on earth presently. That's exactly why people bounce off of it. There is absolutely nothing built into the system to shepherd you into a "good" experience. It's just humans. Love 'em or leave 'em, but if you stay it's on you to curate your experience. A lotta people don't like that, and that's OK. All Mastodon users ever asked for was the option to exist in a space they owned. Not for Threads, Bluesky, and Twitter to all shut down and everyone to be on Mastodon.

What a horrible gaslighty abusive OP. "We don't want AI ...

2026-04-06T14:31:21Z

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What a horrible gaslighty abusive OP.
"We don't want AI at all."
"Too bad. We're adding it anyway."
"Fuck you."
"Ugh, it's so EASY to convince yourself that ABUSE and HARASSMENT are okay! You should be engaging with us in good faith to influence how we implement AI in your browser. Otherwise we'll just do whatever we want."

vs no it isn't

2025-06-30T14:14:31Z

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vs no it isn't