🎓 Dr. Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@social.cleverlibre.org

@Ryle

The only real way to prevent ballot stuffing is to ensure the users are active and have some reasonable assurances of identity... this is an open discussion. One way to do this is to be a voting member you need to "register" witht he UFoI, which will entail your system admin vouching for you, and you using keyoxide to identify yourself and used to ensure you dont have dupicate accounts.

There are concerns with this approach 1) only technically oriented people who can use PGP can vote 2) people who want to be reasonably anonymous wont be able to vote.

The exact process for voting is one of those things I can think of a doen ways to do each with its own pros and cons and will need to be discussed among the group I think rather than dictated to them.

@ufoi @kjr

@kjr

that has the problem of how we determine the size of an instance..

@Ryle @ufoi @bonifartius

@kjr

Individual users will vote, the counsel will mediate the voting... This is neccesary since a small instance can have the same vote as a large so it needs to be weighted by users and not just at an instance level.

@Ryle @ufoi @bonifartius

We have had 3 more instances sign up to the United Federation of Instances in the last 24 hours or so.

Still around 200K members but I really am getting excited at all this momentum.

Setup a cool little verified link system too where members of the UFoI can add a verified link to their profile.

If you are an instance admin and want to join, whether your instance is 1 user or 100000, just let me know, as long as you follow our code of ethics I can add you and you will show as a founding member on the website once we launch.

#UFI #UFoI @ufoi

@voidabyss

There are also plugins that let you modify the CSS of pages.. you could use one to modify the CSS to increase the font selectively too. We could add a custom high-visibility theme too but that would take time.

@barefootstache

@voidabyss

Browsers usually have the zoom feature

@barefootstache

@Ryle

Pretty much what Ryle said. UFoI is mostly concerned with instances, individual members are handled by the instance admins. We just expect instances to moderate with our code of ethics in mind.

The only way duplicate users is an issue is when it comes to voting rights. For now we are just using gitlab accounts to act as a proxy for voting with the assumption its hard to have a bunch of different gitlab account. In the future I think the solution will use PGP keys and keyoxide.

@ufoi @bonifartius

@geantonicelli

The working prototype right now works for admins only, yes.. but i will be adding something similar for users. The idea is every registered user will have a little page on the website that will have a "card" of their details (their status, whether they are an admin, on the counsel, just a user, etc)... so it will work for regular users soon.

@ufoi

@freeschool I will try when i get home.

@Ryle @ufoi The current prototype is for "instance member representatives".. basically the admins of instance members.

I plan to also have a verified link for regular everyday members, specifically "registered members" (members who opt-in and likely coincides with their authorization to vote). In that case I will create a page per user that will be autogenerated when the webpage deploys

@bonifartius @ufoi

Yea the UFoI is intended to be a mostly social construct. There is some technology to facilitate voting and providing verification of who is or is not in the UFI. But overall its almost entirely social in nature.

You can see an early preview of our website here: http://UFoI.org

@Floyd

Only temporary due to a GitLab issue.. ill be fixing that before launch.

@ufoi

So I did a test on using verified link with the #UFoI website... works well. The plan will be anyone in the UFoI can register as a member and then have a verified link in their profile

See my profile for an example of me testing it out.

#UFI @ufoi

@gmoretti

Yes I will fix that, thanks. Feel free to do a merge request if you'd like the credit.

@khird @floppy @stux@mstdn.social @tatzelbrumm @realcaseyrollins @robryk @trinsec @john @ejg @tsomof @timezoneless @stevenclyman @darnell @stux@masto.ai @skanman @Romaq @ichoran @jq @Gaythia @aebrockwell @AlanOutback @dashrandom @Ryle @ufoi

@jaysonmassey Does my morning constitutional count? Thats an easy 15 minutes right there :)

Good advice, thank you

@tonic Mostly, now that the employees are back at work its hard to do it when at work, but i try to keep the carbs low and supplemented it with exercise at lunch at the gym which me and my fellow employees are doing

One thing I've noticed after years of exercise... I am willing to put in the effort neccesary to do the carb loading needed to win marathons... its the running part im not to keen on...