@stux Just a case of blocking them.

@zleap Already done ​ ​

@stux @zleap IIRC i don't believe it was actually federated, or they heavily tweaked the fuck out of it.

@neko @stux

This is fine for those of us here who understand that. The issue will be the masses who don't and will form their own ideas etc.

I would suspect you are right otherwise Trumps new pet project would not last very long on here with everyone blocking him.

Like with my comment about Trump inventing this, we need to ensure we have a robust, consistent response to statements to the contrary of what the 'actual' situation is.

Will be fun, but like most people here we probably have better things. May be a good idea to put a statement out (once we know the situation ) so that we can refer people to it, but that can also be found with a simple ddg search, that way we can also say we don't have time to argue with people too bone idle ( or dumb) to research this.

@zleap @neko @stux


@neko @stux



>I would suspect you are right otherwise Trumps new pet project would not last very long on here with everyone blocking him.


I am not going to block #Trump.

But I think there might be dramas like:

Eugen: I am going to block you if you are not going to block Trump!!!

@stux @zleap
This site already permits even worse, like flagrant neoNazis...

@wattdefalk @stux

Maybe we should hold off doing anything for a while and let that build up, we then build up more evidence to get it shut down.

If that platform in any shape way or form damages the reputations of normal mastodon users, we all could have a case of defamation and damage to reputation.

@wattdefalk @stux @zleap one can't control other people. thats the imaginary job of govt and law coercement.

there's a fascinating book i'm reading that i was telling someon eelse about that i think you three may enjoy - "listen little man!" by wilhelm reich. can be found used on abebooks.com :)

@ringo @wattdefalk @stux

Trump puts himself first, How are people signing up to this, it is not meant to be launched till qtr1 of 2022 (cite : bbc news I think)

@zleap @wattdefalk @stux i dont know, i dont care about what anyone political does. they're all criminally insane. :-)
https://www.bitchute.com/video/7VKeSNXGoxdU you may or may not find this interesting.

@ringo @stux @zleap
I wasn't wishing I could make NeoNazis go away, just saying Drumpf's handlers picked a very effective site for him

@wattdefalk @stux @zleap ah. : ) lol.

@wattdefalk @stux @zleap I'm more concerned navigating a world where the graphene flagship has 7/10ths of the world connected to a graphene oxide brain melding thing, and or whatever is actually happening out there. its going to be a shit storm of epic proportions, regardless of what the causalities are, or the intentionality is behind the whole mess.

@ringo @wattdefalk @stux

It would be interesting to see if any schools block this. I tried to contact South West Grid for Learning, who issue internet safety advice, but I want to invite them here to fedi (so far ignred) it would be helpful if they blocked trumps new instance ASAP esp if people can sign up, as I got one impressiion it was invite only

I wonder if someone either trump or someone in his team has failed to understand how the instance software works.

@zleap @wattdefalk @stux that book i referenced, would really piss you off, but you really ought to read it. https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30984451859&searchurl=ds%3D20%26kn%3Dlisten%2Blittle%2Bman%2521%26sortby%3D17&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title1

internet saftey advice: don't look up stupid things. case dismissed :)

@ringo @wattdefalk @stux

Indeed, but schools have to filter certain content, at least in the UK they do.

@zleap @wattdefalk @stux a simple boolean firewall should suffice.

@ringo @wattdefalk @stux

Most schools e.g primary don't exactly employ IT technical staff, so swgfl provide the actual internet access (so they are a service provider) so filtering is part of that,

@zleap @wattdefalk @stux oh interesting they always had an IT dept in my school district when i was growing up, unless you count pre 5th grade because it wasnt really relevant yet, they just bought comps from vendors like apple or whatnot

@ringo @wattdefalk @stux

Secondary schools employ IT tech staff, primary schools may employ one as part of an academy network (group of schools) but i was under the impression some of that is more phone tech support and click buttons.

Problem is explaining fedi to them they need to understand and care enough to explain properly to others.

We could end up with the whole of Mastodon tarred with a 'danger' tag and along with that those who use it.

Something none of us want, ironically they are happy to use facebook despite the reports of kids being untapped wealth in their view.

@ringo @wattdefalk @stux

And all the other 'known' bad side effects of facebook _ related patforms

add to that schools here in the UK are now banned from promoting anti capatialist material (not quite sure what the UK government mean by that) but freedom to look up info and choose things is kinda diminished.

Schools use zoom, google etc they are tied in, locked in and don't know alternatives.

@zleap @wattdefalk @stux interesting points. :)

@ringo @wattdefalk @stux

Thanks :)

@zleap @wattdefalk @stux welcome Paul. :)

@ringo @zleap @stux
Some a-mine are just lumps where I banged my head while drunk (cue drummer:)
*b'DUMP-bum-Tscht!*

@wattdefalk @zleap @stux hahaha :)

@ringo @wattdefalk @stux

Another reason to engage properly with south west grid for learning is to ensure they understand how the fedi works and that not all instances should be blocked.

Given the interest in trump generally, media hype perhaps it would be wise for them to block it or at least be aware they should.

Last thing any of us want is for them to spread mis information and put all of mastodon in the same basket of "bad sites'; as trumps new site.

I at least assume that is the case for most of us.

@ringo @zleap @stux
Though I know what you mean, I try never to forget all humans are brilliant in some ways and stupid in others. And some a-my best shit is especially stupid.
Rev . Watt deFalk

PS What's graphene, in this context?

PPS Ol' Doc Benway & Co. got me innarested in Reich

@wattdefalk @ringo @stux

Everyone has expertise in different areas,

@ringo @wattdefalk @stux

I have not contacted swgfl over the trump site it was the other day to invite them here, (own instance ideally)

@wattdefalk @zleap "This site" meaning the instance you are on? ​ I hope that's not the case.. In the Fedi terms speaking ofc there are "nasty" servers, like there are "nasty" users on the big mainstream but the blocking function works puurfectly for that

@stux @wattdefalk

I just blocked that instance, i block stuff I don't want to see. The power of the way mastodon works is I can block users, mute users or block whole instances.

@stux @zleap
I meant Mastodon of course, not d.t
I don't block far-gone deependers cuz that's more attention then I want to attract, and I keep tabs on 'em in the interest of psychopathology

@wattdefalk @stux OK no problem.

@finlaydag33k

Probably not, but if we say it is base don Mastodon, then that is all we can do, I do see your point but at least some of us will know he hasn't created this from scratch

@zleap yea, though, we were already aware of it so...