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gregorlove.com moved /Peertube to /PeerTube "capitalization"
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gregorlove.com edited /PeerTube (+165) "Sections: Features, IndieWeb Examples, Other Examples" (view diff)
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sebthecanadian.ca created /User:Sebthecanadian.ca (+2847) "Took some stuff from my GitHub and brought it here!" (view diff)
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gRegor capjamesg++ for quick fix on Cali!
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osteophage.neocities.org edited /MySpace (+178) "added criticism of Top 8" (view diff)
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capjamesg gRegor++ thanks for creating the Issue!
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Loqi [[Micro.blog]] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Micro.blog&diff=1332878107&oldid=prev WritesbySummitPress: Created new article on Tyahna Milenn with references
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Loqi [[Micro.blog]] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Micro.blog&diff=1332879146&oldid=prev WritesbySummitPress: Created new article on Tyahna Milenn with references
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[tantek] lol TikTok spammer on Wikipedia
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artlung.com edited /Front_End_Study_Hall (+152) ""Respecting the No-JS Choice: Making Your Site Work for Everyone"" (view diff)
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[tantek] [artlung] ++
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[artlung] what is the algorithm?
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Loqi An algorithm in general is a series of steps used to to automatically perform computations and other operations to produce a result; on the IndieWeb many standards have user-centric algorithms for peer to peer site interactions; social media silos have user-exploitative algorithms for advertising and reinforcing addictive behaviors https://indieweb.org/algorithm
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Loqi [[Micro.blog]] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Micro.blog&diff=1332920668&oldid=prev Volt4ire: Reverted 2 edits by WritesbySummitPress (talk) to last revision by AnomieBOT
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[tantek] ^ and the TikTok spam has been reverted from the Wikipedia http://Micro.blog article. Under 3hrs. Not bad.
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[artlung] Chris Gethard said in a video interview "the algorithm is the company store" and that hit me as an apt way to think of it. He was describing comedians needing to post with a certain frequency, or post themselves in skimpy outfits, to keep up the flow of views. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2uZ6C8xhGI
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[tantek] I feel "the algorithm is the company store" is way too kind. IMO it's more like "the algorithm is like vegas casino design"
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[tantek] whoa 90-minute video? 🤯 I need a transcript to skim 😂
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[tantek] lol the "New hire 👋 " tag that Slack puts on new people when they join the Slack
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[aciccarello] Is there a way to change that text?
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kaja.sknebel.net edited /User:Kaja.sknebel.net/upcoming-hwcs (+178) "update from events.indieweb.org" (view diff)
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[artlung] Read more on us labor history and “company store” hits just fine. Indentured servitude/ near slavery
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[artlung] He referenced this documentary which I haven't seen in years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlan_County,_USA
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[tantek] no I get "company store" metaphor. I still think social media algorithms are more about creating addiction than they are about restricting choice.
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[artlung] Such a quibbler. His context was of comedians trying to make a living on the platforms. I found the comparison apt.
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[artlung] Top advice he gave: getting the email addresses of the people who follow you – – important advice for resting control of one’s career.
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[artlung] Wresting, of course.
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[tantek] we did used to use this metaphor which while more analogous than "company town", brings other unfortunate implications:
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[tantek] what is sharecropping
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Loqi sharecropping is a deprecated metaphor for the practice of primarily or exclusively creating/publishing content on silos as opposed to doing so first (or primarily) on your own site; the IndieWeb community long ago abandoned use of this term, breaking from prior usage, please avoid use of the term as a metaphor for silo-only usage or users. Similarly, the term (digital) sharecroppers was used to refer to those that publish primarily or exclusively on silos https://indieweb.org/sharecropping
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[artlung] Technofeudalism is another
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[tantek] yes
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[artlung] Yes, and.
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[tantek] I like "resting control of one's career" as another perspective on work/life balance 🙂
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[tantek] sigh, finally looking up the history of why we abandoned the sharecropping metaphor because somehow at the time we (I) failed to not *why* we deprecated it
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ulhar4409 (i am also curious about why, incidentallyl
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[tantek] it's in our chat archives
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ulhar4409 hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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ulhar4409 not curious enough to dig *that* much i think 😅
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[tantek] citing the links in an edit so there's less digging necessary
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tantek.com edited /sharecropping (+422) "Criticism, Metaphor sections, see also feudal internet, Wikipedia:sharecropping" (view diff)
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tantek.com edited /why (-202) "drop deprecated metaphor" (view diff)
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[tantek] aciccarello, I found this page: https://indiewebcamp.slack.com/templates/new-hire-onboarding but couldn't figure out how to change the "new hire" text label itself
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[aciccarello] Yeah, I looked and it seems undocumented
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kaja.sknebel.net edited /User:Kaja.sknebel.net/upcoming-hwcs (+10) "update from events.indieweb.org" (view diff)
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gregorlove.com created /ethernetpad (+22) "r" (view diff)
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[tantek] lol
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[tantek] next we need sneakernetpad
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loqi.me created /JPEG_XL (+30) "prompted by gRegor and redirect added by gRegor" (view diff)
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[tantek] 😬
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[tantek] oh phew it's a redirect