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I was on @mike's Dot Social podcast to talk about Mastodon, #Threads (not the 1984 movie), and the social web. If you've got questions about any of those things, maybe we've covered them!

https://about.flipboard.com/inside-flipboard/eugen-rochko/


The State of the Federation, with Mastodon's Eugen Rochko - Flipboard

The founder and CEO of Mastodon is on a hero’s journey to provide a safer, more trustworthy and less commercial social media experience.
Mia Quagliarello (Flipboard)
#threads @Mike McCue
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Todd (BeerAdvocate) Alström
Todd (BeerAdvocate) Alström
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Just listened to it. Very insightful and clarified a thing or two as well.
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CorinnaBalkow
CorinnaBalkow
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thanks.

I would love to read the transcript. Is there a chance you could provide one?

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Eugen Rochko
Eugen Rochko
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@smallpatatas There is delivery and there is retrieval. Delivery is real-time distribution, the other is on-demand retrieval of public resources. The behaviour of user-level and server-level domain blocks is identical on both axes, but retrieval of public resources cannot be prevented unless authorized fetch mode is enabled, which comes with certain drawbacks.
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Eugen Rochko
Eugen Rochko
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@smallpatatas Ultimately I would not use the words "leak" when talking about data that is being broadcast to the public web. A "leak-proof" Mastodon server would have to go beyond authorized fetch mode, and be effectively unusable by logged-out visitors. On the user level, the most effective way to control where your posts go is to post followers-only.
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Nicole Parsons
Nicole Parsons
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Threads is funded by the same investors behind Musk.

The goal is to subsume Mastodon.

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Lou Reynolds
Lou Reynolds
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great conversation, thank you! BTW I suggest you post a link to your Patreon account so people can easily find where they can support your efforts.

As for those using Mastodon and “wondering” if their posts are completely secure? Well duh, if you want that, I doubt you should be using any social media esp not ones run by corporate entities whose business model is to Hoover up as much info as possible about you…

THANKS FOR GIVING USERS AN ALTERNATIVE SOCIAL WEB EXPERIENCE!

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Torsten Senf
Torsten Senf
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take a look at Eugen's Christmas tree and listen to his clever words ... greetings from Thuringia to .5 guy behind Mastodon
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Scott
Scott
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I so wish you’d covered the movie. The bleakest thing I’ve ever seen. Traumatised me as a teenager
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El Duvelle
El Duvelle
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thanks for the explanation. what would you say are the drawbacks of authorized fetch?

@smallpatatas @mike

@Mike McCue
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vladcampos
vladcampos
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I listened to it yesterday and enjoyed it greatly. Thank you both!
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Tristan Louis
Tristan Louis
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great Job from both of you on this. One of the questions not posed but useful would be advice on how we, users, can help further evangelize the social web to the masses. Is there any particular way we can help?
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Virtue signal 💉💉💉🇺🇸 🇺🇦
Virtue signal 💉💉💉🇺🇸 🇺🇦
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@smallpatatas Exposure to a highly exploitative corporation – and by that, I mean all of it including the harassment and the fallout from their automated moderation – should NOT be opt-out.
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DCC
DCC
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Good podcast. Good interview. It really helped me understand the growth potential of Activity Hub in particular. Your vision for growth and individual choice, a non-intuitive pairing, is brilliant. Thank you for building this green, friendly, and fertile ecosystem.
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Matthias
Matthias
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This was a great Interview.
So true: the fediverse and activitypub is a game changer.
I recognized that when I joined Mastodon in early 2022. Originally I just wanted to look what the protocols is at all.
But since that I am a proud little monthly Patreon Spender.
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cbollert :dfm:
cbollert :dfm:
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Sounds great! What would be the best way to contact you for an interview request?
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Evan Prodromou
Evan Prodromou
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the main thing that I learned from this episode is that there is someone on the planet even more enthusiastic about ActivityPub than I am.
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Niklas Schmelzle
Niklas Schmelzle
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great podcast! Could you share a link to the blog posts you mentioned, which explain ActivityPub with Ruby?
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carrotcypher
carrotcypher
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cool! I was just reaching out to you the other day to have a discussion with our Fosstodon community as part of a meetup. Let me know if you’d be interested.

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