@sergeant Ha!@ I wish i could.
@nat Ju8st from my past expiernce it was the most feature rich, so i went with it. It is kinda the standard in most workplaces
@Hawk1291 They asked her to install AnyDesk... these scammers werent even trying.
@realcaseyrollins apparently she searched google for "facebook support" and it was the first number that came up... she wasnt at all suspicious of the fact that facebook support was posting their phone number on a website that wasnt facebook :)
No, we offer a lot of services to our users other thanjust mastodon.
The mastodon server will not be touched today.
@acjay One example would be that its illegal to have an adjustable or collapsable stock on your rifles.
Nextcloud and matrix are back up. Though i may need to reload the load-balancer as i work ont he other services so it may be intermitten until im done. But should be relatively safe to use those services.
I just brought it down now, and will be bringing up serivces one at a time... I suspect most services wont give me much trouble... the gitlab might be an exception as it has some fancy routing rules it needs.. ill keep everyone updated. Working on it now.
FYI #QOTO services (not the main mastodon instance) will be down for a bit as I am completely reworking the network and services and updating everything.
@freemo @gpowerf That would surely expose you to a whole lot more of it, but as i said it's perspective, the way we interact is also different with things. As @gpowerf said there are many variables to take into account.
I think one thing QOTO has going for it, in favor of making things less hostile is that we have more than 1k words to express our opinions, so we are in a much better and more complex environment which allows for a better expression of our beliefs.
Keep in mind at 31K followers my expiernce here may be skewed by the fact that im so well known.
I'd say twitter is worse than the fediverse in terms of hostility for sure, but facebook less so, even though it is very much present there.
@acjay Lets face it, Jersey isnt so bad to live or chill in terms of the people and things to do in the area. But my god the state laws are draconic sometimes. Property tax is out of control, and their gun laws are absolutely asanine and restrictive to name a few problems. If NJ had better governance it would be a killer state.
@gpowerf Its been a pleasure having you here too. I amjust happy i created a corner of the internet with some sanity and civility.
@freemo it took me a long time to choose a server! I eventually gravitated to qoto because I liked the description of it, it sounded like a place that respected free speech and was populated by people who largely wanted to do good and discuss their academic work.
Seems like I made a good choice!
@gpowerf QOTO is very much the exception IMO. We have a fairly exceptional history of civility and inclusion you just wont find on other servers or networks.
@gpowerf QOTO is very much the exception IMO. We have a fairly exceptional history of civility and inclusion you just wont find on other servers or networks.
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.
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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
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Biden: Senile, racist
Police: ACAB
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