squashkin

they need full defederation

but then I can't come and discuss the topic with you at all

I saw a post like you describe, but I think it was about harming not simply "people who are different" but criminals who abuse children. Throughout history such criminals were often punished severely with imprisonment or worse.

So, we aren't able to have any discussions to try to clarify things with defederation. That to me is one issue.

The other is I like to post random things that are kind of "neutral", like I was wondering what masks are recommended for wildfires or about how to improve lung health if you get exposed to toxic fumes, which I would presume most people might be interested in discussing: https://exploding-heads.com/post/161502?scrollToComments=true

I guess that's been raised on a github issue (see carbon's comment in this post) so it's just waiting on someone to code it I think

that's probably true, I guess from what I was seeing, a lot of the defederation questions didn't come down to legality but other disagreements about content

thanks for adding it on github, I'm glad to see some progress in the discussion

looks like we just need someone to code it and it would become an available tool

I'm curious then on who would want to use the tool(s) if and when implemented: perhaps that discussion could be posted about on various instances that are currently totally defederated with certain platforms?

maybe the "instances" page could also have a list for "soft defederated" instances?

yeah, it's kind of a separate issue

idk I guess I can understand political disagreements, but then I also post about "neutral" things like about health which is kind of for everyone, and defederation really unnecessarily cuts off discussion on topics like that, for example a post on how to "detox" lungs or improve the health of lungs: https://exploding-heads.com/post/161502?scrollToComments=true

So I was asking the question if there is some other possibility between the binary option of federation versus defederation and the idea of a "softer" defederation came to mind. With discussion and considering options, maybe people might come up with other ideas (like people mentioning blocklists as another tool for creating the desired experience)

the tech hasnt really changed in a century

my take is EVs and gas are both just tools that can be used whenever appropriate

ebikes are a great EV-like tool for short distances (or regular bike if ya wanna)

for a while the narrative was EVs were superior suppressed tech, now theyre being sold as overpriced tech. my take is it's probably possible to build decent EVs like the aptera solarmobile

and then there's hybrids

and then there's cars that run on biofuel

maybe more options to consider than EV vs GAS

I like EVs tbh in theory anyway

I like the idea better than races but don't really like timed riding or events but instead like the unracer meme of going out to "just ride"

sheldon brown's site has some articles for beginners and for repairs, I feel like a basic maintenance article should be there somewhere or on a search engine: https://www.sheldonbrown.com/beginners.html

the scope of "basic" to me feels like it expands at times, but if you read around you can probably find different ideas

rope and tree branch?

I just want smartphone VR, not planning to buy a dedicated headset, just want to make use of what already exists and have wanted to try doing a VR desktop for a while using a phone

apparently there are problems with smartphone VR... but I presume them to be surmountable and that they're just trying to sell unnecessary VR hardware instead as a kind of gimmicky business move

nothing because I don't like apple tbh