Fediverse

@amy @joshua

Yup. Just to make this clear, there's nothing in Fediverse software that shows DMs to admins, but if the server's admin has the right tech knowledge they could view the server database directly without the software. This only applies to DMs sent from or to that particular server, and it only applies to admins with database access.

Mastodon has a built-in warning about this when you're sending mentions-only posts telling you not to send sensitive info, and this is why.

UPDATE: Solved

Hearing aid hacker needed! My father‘s hearing aids are being repaired, so the shop gave him a pair of Signia Motion C&G SP 1IX as temporary replacement. Nice. BUT. It seems they were configured as trial devices, this wasn’t mentioned to my father. The trial period has ended a few hours ago, so now they play an annoying melody every 2 minutes and we cannot stop this. The hearing aid specialist is on vacation until end next week. So. Anyone knows how to fix this?

Really digging brolly.sh for quick weather checks. If only it had RSS feeds.

https://brolly.sh/

#plaintext #weather #rss #indieweb

@HailsandAles at least you got your curry

Hörgeräte sind ja auch Mist. Mein Vater hat übergangsweise Leihgeräte (Signia Motion C&G SP 1IX) bekommen weil seine eigenen Hörgeräte grad repariert werden. Und jetzt bimmeln diese Ersatzgeräte alle 2 Minuten weil die wohl eingestellte Testphase vorbei ist. Der Hörgeräteakustiker ist aber seit heute im Urlaub. Was macht man da? Kenne ich einen Hörgeräteakustiker im Weserbergland der das resetten kann oder den Trick kennt wie man das selbst macht?

Gerne boosten.

#Hörgeräte #Hörgeräteakustiker

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📲 question I have for an upcoming blog post: do you use your phone to write or publish blog posts yourself? what's that like, if you do?

You don't need air conditioning for this. It reflects the sun, doesn't absorb it. So it actually helps. But I still want AC!

@stml
Oh yeah... You'd basically need the design to outcompete zipper tents. Not impossible, but

@sparks ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

@ada

You can already import and export filters, go to your server's website and then Preferences > Import & Export > Export, click on "Filters" to export it as a file.

To import go to Preferences > Import & Export > Import and choose "Filters" from the import type, then browse and select the file, then upload.

If you're on mobile you may need to click ☰ to see some of these options.

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@ada

You could block particular topics by using filters of keywords on those topics, but as far as I know there are no keywords which cover all news stories about everything.

@ada

I think that would be difficult because there's very little that all news links have in common.

It could even be difficult to define a news link, as so many blogs etc discuss the news too.

@Unknowable

I think it's impossible as no one knows how many servers are out there, as anyone can set one up.

For what it's worth, there's a project at @greenfediverse which is listing servers that use renewable energy.

(Also, in case anyone's wondering, the Fediverse doesn't use blockchain or AI or anything like that.)

@gl33p

Just to check, are you sure these are impersonating accounts and not just the same account displayed via a different server?

Only asking as there have been some cases in the past where people thought it was an impersonation but it turned out to be their own account.

@ada

Do you mean people making posts that have news links in them, or people boosting posts from news accounts?

If it's boosts, you can hide people's boosts without blocking them completely (more info: https://fedi.tips/blocking-and-muting-on-the-fediverse/#JustBoosts ).