@jleedev great now my browser stopped working. Thanks a bunch.

The offer is final, and once rejected, I understand you are no longer interested in placing a link on my blog. At that point the initial payment is considered payment for my time and expertise in preparing the offer.

If you accept the placement offer, I will put the link on-line within 10 work days, and I will expect payment at the latest a month from it went online.

(cont.)

I want to respond with:

"""
Hi,

thanks for reaching out. My going rate for a link placed on my blog is $500USD, and I get to decide where and how I place it, and in what content. It will be placed in a regular blogpost on the blog in question, reachable by search engines, of course.

I require payment of the half of the sum (non-refundable) before I prepare the specific placement offer, for you to accept or reject.

(cont.)

Ok, so. I have a blog. Blog lists an e-mail address. So I get SEO spam requests. "Dear R, I read your blogpost <url> and I really think it would benefit from the link to my post <url>".

The post being peddled is inevitably just dull or bullshit. It's only purpose is to rack SEO for the main domain, that always sells some shitty service or another.

I usually ignore such e-mails…

…but this time the guy is really persistent. And is getting on my nerves.

So, I have an idea. And I want to know how bad it is.

2. will actually placing his link in a blogpost about how annoying SEO spam is and how bullshit the article in question is, still lead to his site getting the sweet sweet SEO juice?

What does fedi think? :thaenkin:

Please be advised that any further communication that is not a clear rejection of this deal as outlined herein will accrue a $50 processing fee; any such further communication amounts to acceptance of these terms.

Please let me know if these conditions are acceptable. I am looking forward to doing business with you.
"""

Now, the questions are:
1. is this clear enough such that when the guy is unhappy with my placement offer, he doesn't get to sue me for some bullshit;

(cont.)

@deshipu they are sent by automated service, but I'm expecting the replies to have a human eyes on them at least some of the time.

And do I care if these are automated e-mails? I have their domain, I have the link they want to post, I can find a way to invoice them the $50 for their automated response. 😉

Ooooh both @molly0xfff and @web3isgreat are now on fedi! :blobaww:

Looks like the German government also started their own #Fediverse instance (using #Mastodon):
https://social.bund.de/explore

After @EDPS run instance for EU institutions, this is a second official instance operated by a governmental-ish body that I know of.

@renuthebee oh don't worry. As long as my toot about boosting introductions is pinned, I will continue going through my list of new followers every now and then and boosting them.

Okay, I just spent roughly three hours, all told, on clicking through all new followers' profiles, trying to find an #introduction toot if one exists, and boosting that.

If there was no introduction toot, I tried to boost a toot that seemed personal and interesting, so as to help others decide if they want to follow that person.

I'd say about 5% of all profiles had an introduction toot; another 5% had a personal toot that made sense to boost.

Plenty of empty profiles, though. Which is a shame!

Dear New Followers: over the next few days I will boost each and every one of your #introduction posts, if you do post them and pin them to your profile.

Introduction posts are important on fedi. Please also consider setting your profile pics!

This is my way of supporting good practices on one hand, and giving some much-needed visibility to new fedifriends who are just now joining.

:blobcatthinksmart:

#Fediverse

Another batch of new followers got their introduction toots boosted by yours truly.

This time roughly a fifth had proper introduction toots, and perhaps a third in all had something boostable on their profile.

This is an improvement! 🙂

I'll be boosting introduction toots as long as the toot that started this thread stays pinned. Please consider making it easy by *pinning* your introduction toot and tagging it with #introduction. :blobcat:

And most importantly, welcome and have fun! :blobcatfingerguns:

Can't wait for the new arrivals to discover they can use their fedi account to follow video channels on @peertube instances, photo stories on @pixelfed instances, events on @mobilizon , musicians on @funkwhale , and @owncast streams.

:kirby_happy:

Binance gave Putin regime information on users who donated to opposition leader Alexei Navalny
https://web3isgoinggreat.com/single/binance-gave-putin-regime-information-on-users-who-donated-to-opposition-leader-alexei-navalny

"""
Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange, shared customer data with the Russian government according to a Reuters special report. Reuters detailed how Binance provided the Russian government's financial monitoring service with data on Binance users who donated to Alexei Navalny, anti-corruption activist and prominent opponent of Putin.
"""

dOnOaTe AnOnYmOuSlY iN cRyPtO :thunking:

@mathew @RyunoKi the question is: how the tools and skills were employed?

You wouldn't write "drivers robbed a bank", you would say "robbers" -- even if driving was a crucial skill in that particular robbery.

@RyunoKi @mathew not a "hacker" but a scammer. Please, let's not mix hackers into this.

@bob yup. They are a mirror image of a "murricah fsck yeah" racist gun-toting twats.

@trebach @bob have you tried selling him some crypto?

It amazes me to no end how easily "enemy of my enemy is my friend" trumps any kind of moral spine or ethical principles, regardless of how deeply held one pretends they are.