some thoughts on joining Bluesky, maintaining platform independence, and tweaking Mastodon

12 November 2024 - kudos:

It’s now been over two years since I ditched Twitter, and I recently made the decision to go ahead and outright delete the account rather than leave it there to ward off imposters. It’s been really interesting to explore the new landscape of social media during this time, and I wanted to put together a post with some of my current thoughts. I’m on Bluesky now, I guess? First, I set up a Bluesky account a number of weeks ago, and I’ve been following other Bluesky accounts for a while (first via RSS, now via the Reeder app alongside RSS), but I’ve finally started actually using it since the election, which seems to be sparking some new interest in ditching Twitter.

🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Mozilla is eliminating its advocacy division, which fought for a free and open web'

5 November 2024 - kudos:

Well, this sucks. link to “Mozilla is eliminating its advocacy division, which fought for a free and open web”

17 September 2024 - kudos:

With Mozilla exiting the fediverse, I guess it’s time to really think about either hosting a personal server or seeing if I can make my Hugo site play nice with ActivityPub…

🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Mozilla Defies Kremlin, Restores Banned Firefox Add-ons in Russia - Slashdot'

14 June 2024 - kudos:

Now, this is more the Mozilla I know. link to “Mozilla Defies Kremlin, Restores Banned Firefox Add-ons in Russia - Slashdot”

🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Firefox Browser Blocks Anti-Censorship Add-Ons at Russia’s Request'

12 June 2024 - kudos:

This sucks. If even Mozilla is selling out, then we’re in a real bad place. link to “Firefox Browser Blocks Anti-Censorship Add-Ons at Russia’s Request”

🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Mozilla says Apple’s new browser rules are ‘as painful as possible’ for Firefox - The Verge'

26 January 2024 - kudos:

C’mon Apple. link to “Mozilla says Apple’s new browser rules are ‘as painful as possible’ for Firefox - The Verge”

pre-conference updates to my online presence

19 October 2023 - kudos:

This week, I’m attending two different research conferences (well, I only barely attended the first one, to be honest). The leadup to these conferences has involved some changes to my web presence, just in case people actually check my website when I put it on my slides. Overall, I’m happy with the changes that I’ve made, so I thought I’d take advantage of my free Delta in-flight wi-fi to blog about some of the changes I’ve made and why.

🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Twitter’s Open Source Algorithm Is a Red Herring | WIRED'

7 April 2023 - kudos:

Some good commentary here. Musk loves certain buzzwords and flashy stunts, but they’re often in tension with the other decisions he makes. link to ‘Twitter’s Open Source Algorithm Is a Red Herring | WIRED’

🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'The Tech We Won’t Build — The Internet Health Report 2022'

30 July 2022 - kudos:

Compelling podcast episode from Mozilla highlighting morally dubious uses of AI. It’s really important that we be more reflective about this instead of trying things and seeing where they lead. link to ‘The Tech We Won’t Build — The Internet Health Report 2022’