the coffee did not do its job.
Timeline
Post
Remote status
Context
6
@f0x sleepy? also lol
@mischievoustomato not sleepy, just not energized.
@f0x gay ass fedi app I'm using
literally had a client side blocklist to not let you use some le bad instances. removed the gay ass thing and use gh copilot to fix bugs with mitra.
@mischievoustomato @f0x i remember when Minds was the free speech alt media. no platform will stay free speech if it gets an app because it will attract normies
@xenodemon @f0x nigga this is a 3rd party app
@mischievoustomato @xenodemon only people who have no clue how fedi works thinks fedi will "fall to regulation" and adjacent concerns
Replies
19@f0x @xenodemon fedi could fall due to fear mongering and some laws changing (and getting enforced), but is more likely to fall to spergouts, I think...
@mischievoustomato @xenodemon due to the nature of how instances work any law that could possibly touch it would be unenforceable. also moronic.
@f0x @xenodemon shibao nuked her instance due to fears of laws iirc. There was also I think by @phnt in some thread I don't seem to recall well. Even if possibly unenforceable, the possibility of it being actually enforced against someone is enough deterrent for some people. Thankfully, I'm negligent and irresponsible.
@mischievoustomato @phnt @xenodemon I don't know if it was fear or if something toppled over while she didn't have freetime cc @shibao
@mischievoustomato @phnt @shibao @xenodemon she had to pause some application development I think due to trying to conform to laws/localities.
@f0x @mischievoustomato @phnt @xenodemon the laws are currently in effect, and I think I might need to move off of codeberg. It is nice they have forgejo and self hosted runner support and weblate which is what I all had, but they recently voted to ban AI stuff with extremely tenuous "grandfathering" status for existing projects. But yeah I also don't want to host my own (public) code repository due to app store laws that mandate age verification. I have a business now though so my limited free time is much more limited
@shibao @mischievoustomato @phnt @xenodemon tomato was wondering about the reason behind shutting bubbletea down.
@f0x @mischievoustomato @phnt @xenodemon yeah you'll have to ask the admin of bubbletea.dev that. i think they disappeared in a boating accident or something
@shibao @f0x @phnt @xenodemon "help, lost my wife in a boating accident"
@shibao @mischievoustomato @f0x @xenodemon Yeah, hosting Fedi instances is becoming harder and harder due to the various ID verification laws popping up like mushrooms after rain. I can't host this instance in South Carolina, because I have over 100K users in the DB, which is their limit for age appropriate design or whatever.
UK is a meme with ID verification being basically mandatory, same with EU where these laws are popping up in various states and EU us pushing their W social app that requires ID verification to register. Now apparently my government wants to introduce a soycial media ban for kids like in UK/AU/Fr*nce,... so hosting this instance with more than one user (me) is becoming a legal nightmare as well.
As dumb as these laws are, they are enforceable and will be enforced when the gov wants to fuck with you.
@shibao @f0x @mischievoustomato @xenodemon Similarly the Texas SB20 bill is kinda badly worded and a pain in the ass for Fedi instances with a media proxy. By having a TWKN open and someone posting lolicon at your instance, it technically can be considered intent to distribute.
RT: https://fluffytail.org/objects/0fd2148e-c561-48bb-a397-34eb565b7266
@phnt @mischievoustomato @shibao @xenodemon with how decentralized fedi is it seems like a huge waste of resources to crack down on every instance even within jurisdiction, isn't it? 
@f0x @mischievoustomato @shibao @xenodemon It is, of course it will be used selectively. The only solution is Tor hidden services, but that doesn't stop the government from making Tor illegal either.
@f0x @phnt @shibao @xenodemon i rmemeber something about lifeboats
@f0x @mischievoustomato a law being moronic has no effect on wither it gets passed or not