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1. Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer@sn.jonkman.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Jan-2017 21:39:52 UTC Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca

   • the federated universe
   • GNU Social
   • MMN-o ✅⃠
   • louis
   #Twitter and #Facebook are about the least "open, transparent" organizations I can think of (well, also Google, LinkedIn, Yahoo, Microsoft, and all other members of the #Free-As-In-Gratis #But-We-Own-Your-Data spectrum). Openness and Transparency are orthogonal to Federation, although the Closed, Proprietary corporations are also the ones least likely to federate. You raise an interesting point about !Fediverse instances placing commercial advertising on their instances, and incurring all the surveillance and tracking issues of commercial advertising agencies. I would not want my instance to participate in their federation -- so, we need a method to block other instances, whether for NSFW reasons, commercialization and surveillance concerns, or any other reason. Hey, @MMN: Another !GNUsocial #FeatureRequest!
   • Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer@sn.jonkman.ca)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jan-2017 19:45:05 UTC Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca

     • DecentraLife
     • GNU Social
     • HermitNinjaMonk
     !GNUsocial was never a platform for private and secure communication. It is a platform for open, transparent communication free from the commercial advertising agencies. !Decentralife
   • mitchell (mitchell@gnusocial.me)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Jan-2017 21:45:35 UTC mitchell

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     • the federated universe
     • MMN-o ✅⃠
     @bobjonkman @mmn I am currently working on instance blocking in postActiv - The plugin will work in GNU/Social as well. !fediverse !GNUsocial
     Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca repeated this.
   • Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer@sn.jonkman.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Jan-2017 21:58:17 UTC Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca

     • louis
     Perhaps I should have tagged that as #We-Own-Your-Metadata-And-Monetize-It
   • Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@quitter.se)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Jan-2017 22:48:18 UTC Stephen Michael Kellat

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     @bobjonkman Akin to the USENET Death Penalty?