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Jeffrey Phillips Freeman
Innovator & Entrepreneur in Machine Learning, Evolutionary Computing & Big Data. Avid SCUBA diver, Open-source developer, HAM radio operator, astrophotographer, and anything nerdy.
Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, USA, currently living in Utrecht, Netherlands, USA, and Thailand. Was also living in Israel, but left.
Pronouns: Sir / Mister
(Above pronouns are not intended to mock, i will respect any persons pronouns and only wish pronouns to show respect be used with me as well. These are called neopronouns, see an example of the word "frog" used as a neopronoun here: http://tinyurl.com/44hhej89 )
A proud member of the Penobscot Native American tribe, as well as a Mayflower passenger descendant. I sometimes post about my genealogical history.
My stance on various issues:
Education: Free to PhD, tax paid
Abortion: Protected, tax paid, limited time-frame
Welfare: Yes, no one should starve
UBI: No, use welfare
Racism: is real
Guns: Shall not be infringed
LGBT+/minorities: Support
Pronouns: Will respect
Trump: Moron, evil
Biden: Senile, racist
Police: ACAB
Drugs: Fully legal, no prescriptions needed
GPG/PGP Fingerprint: 8B23 64CD 2403 6DCB 7531 01D0 052D DA8E 0506 CBCE
Joined Jul 2018
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@internic Yes! in fact something along those lines is something we are in the process of trying to develop. Ive been talking about it for a while, I'm trying to hire someone to help me code it so make sure it gets done since my time is a bit limited.
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@freemo I find your position reasonable and know that you help users who want to import an instance block list for their account, but I did wonder if it would be possible to add a reasonable instance block list to new QOTO accounts by default so that one could still follow one of the problematic instances but only by conscious action of removing it from the initial block list in your account.
If technically feasible, it seems like that might be a compromise position that might satisfy some critics while still accomplishing your goals of facilitating monitoring of bad actors.
@internic Yes! in fact something along those lines is something we are in the process of trying to develop. Ive been talking about it for a while, I'm trying to hire someone to help me code it so make sure it gets done since my time is a bit limited.
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@peterdrake
I agree in general with your sentiment.
Except for one thing:
> 'Saying it's up to individual users to block things they don't want to see feels a bit privileged.'
We don't mind other instances blocking other instances. The problem is that the toxic ones do so for the wrong reasons. Like blocking others because they don't block the same instances as they do, and then trying to convince other instances to block the same.
If one instance wants to block half the Fediverse, that's up to them. Totally. They can be a walled garden for all I care. But then to spread their blocklist and say 'this is the one true safe blocklist' seems ... well, they basically become the very people they hate.
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@peterdrake
I suspect that the larger servers are not going to actually block Qoto, as this seems to be mostly an issue with smaller more cliquish instances. Gargron himself is (misguidedly) trying not to rock the boat by upsetting these smaller instances' owners, much like a narcissist's family misguidedly tries not to upset the narcissist among them.
If push comes to shove, there's also always the alternative of creating an account at another instance but using your original handle as your main. I've been doing this for years, with my QOTO handle being my main account and there also being 3 less used accounts that I keep around for various purposes.
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stux is a friend of mine, weve had beers, i help him with his servers when i can... He has not made a comment on this either way. I have no intention to push him to make a comment either. If he feels so compelled.. if he wants to save his ass I understand that too.
has #4 come to pass, is it approaching? I knopw of very fewe servers of any size that has defederated from us.. popular opinon as can be seen from the recent thread on fedithings is overwhelmingly in our favor.. every response on fedithings post last i checked without no exception was in our favor. or at least no expections i noticed.
Qoto.org blocking, genocide mention
Qoto.org blocking, genocide mention
Its secondary to our policy.. It has been well established that if we block bad-actors then it would directly put the safety of the lives of ou LGBTQ in danger... Their safety and protection trumps any potential for good people to suddenly become radicalized because of something they saw.
All |I know is my stance has potentially saved 100s of lives and not once has one of yours demonstrated to become radicalized.
With all this drama going on its no surprise that I keep thinking of this quote over and over....
(my own #calligraphy )
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No surprise, now these toxic bullies from tech.lgbt are trying to have private conversations with me, which I of course indulge, and then quote wha...
@Ssweet Elon... game the system for his own advantage.... no way!
As the saying goes... "Truth will out"
@PawelK .
I want to be selective this follow friday sorry for leaving off the countless of you that deserve mention. I dont have the energy to compile a long list today
@koyu@koyu.space - one of the oldest and most awesome people on the fedit
@Romaq A newbie but a pasionate outspoken person with a good head on him
@georgetakei just cause he is the only celeberty who is active here right now whom I really appreciate.
@georgetakei I see what you did there :)
Normally I dont promote big names or commercial stuff, but for you I can make an exception :)
One thing trinsec noticed that is important here. Almost 100% of the replies on this post where this person is accusing me of more toxic bullshit... virtually all of the replies are in our support... I really appreciate that.
https://tech.lgbt/@FediThing/109405363344623224
/Also if you havent seen a full transcript of my original conversation with him, you can see that here:
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@freemo It's nice to see in that thread that a lot of people are disagreeing with this narrow world view.
@trinsec yes, my re-information campaign seems to be working, people are starting to see the facts and realizing a lot of what is being said is lies or distortions.
@farooqkz thats all fair points.. and why there can sometimes be annoying social aspects to debating an edit.. all in all I find those aspects easy to use personally.
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Is #wikipedia user friendly for you as an editor?
@farooqkz which user interface? As an ediror the only thing you have access to is a huge text box, a smaller text box, and some basic buttons... If we are talking strictly UI there isnt much to it as an editor
That said, yes, i find that part easy to use.
- UFoI Member
- http://UFoI.org/u/freemo/
- Website
- http://JeffreyFreeman.me
- Gitlab
- https://git.qoto.org/freemo
Admin
Jeffrey Phillips Freeman
Innovator & Entrepreneur in Machine Learning, Evolutionary Computing & Big Data. Avid SCUBA diver, Open-source developer, HAM radio operator, astrophotographer, and anything nerdy.
Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, USA, currently living in Utrecht, Netherlands, USA, and Thailand. Was also living in Israel, but left.
Pronouns: Sir / Mister
(Above pronouns are not intended to mock, i will respect any persons pronouns and only wish pronouns to show respect be used with me as well. These are called neopronouns, see an example of the word "frog" used as a neopronoun here: http://tinyurl.com/44hhej89 )
A proud member of the Penobscot Native American tribe, as well as a Mayflower passenger descendant. I sometimes post about my genealogical history.
My stance on various issues:
Education: Free to PhD, tax paid
Abortion: Protected, tax paid, limited time-frame
Welfare: Yes, no one should starve
UBI: No, use welfare
Racism: is real
Guns: Shall not be infringed
LGBT+/minorities: Support
Pronouns: Will respect
Trump: Moron, evil
Biden: Senile, racist
Police: ACAB
Drugs: Fully legal, no prescriptions needed
GPG/PGP Fingerprint: 8B23 64CD 2403 6DCB 7531 01D0 052D DA8E 0506 CBCE
Joined Jul 2018
