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@microtones anti face detection? Otherwise I'd have to guess some TikTok trend I've never heard of.

#quote: Writing is the process by which you realize that you do not understand what you are talking about. Importantly, writing is also the process by which you figure it out. - Farnam Street - https://fs.blog/why-write/

@digits Ugh... that song is so good, but also I also wish I hadn't ever heard it because I'm not sure I will ever get it out of my head hahaha! Thank you tho, very worthy 🙏

@lehto maybe I'm pushing it too far. I'll load it up next time I'm having a play

@lehto I've played with PaulStretch, but only managed to get washy airy sounds that are difficult to work with even when eq'd. I will continue to experiment more, but am open to any tips you might have ☺️

@atomicpoet it's definitely huge! I knew about this plugin and have played with it in the past, but was disappointed. It was some time ago tho. Hopefully the full force of Automatic means it will mature quickly.

@atomicpoet @Sbectol Totally. That's the benefit of the Fediverse. Large-scale adoption of a Meta/Alphabet Fediverse instance (and you blocking it) would increasingly mean shouting into a void tho. You mightn't miss pictures of Aunt Jill's breakfast, but Aunt Jill and other Average Joe users of the instance won't be able to benefit from your knowledge. Your influence reduces as the instance grows in popularity. It's essentially self censorship. Tho at the discretion of each instance of course.

@atomicpoet @Sbectol Absolutely. From this perspective tho, how do you think people not federating with Meta will work? Unless the vast majority of servers deny access, it will only serve to disadvantage those that do.

@atomicpoet @Sbectol Google was always going to dominate search of the Fediverse early on, but one of the main reasons why this hasn't been successfully tackled by someone else is because of ideological resistance. I've seen more than one search related project shut down when people objected, but this idealism isn't good for the Fediverse long term.

@atomicpoet @Sbectol Not yet at least. And if we all do what we can to ensure the downsides of participating in such servers are widely known, hopefully they never will.

@Sbectol @atomicpoet We need to ensure the downsides of large centralised instances are common knowledge. Hopefully then large commercial instances fail to gain traction...

@Sbectol @atomicpoet Yep, same same Facebook. It will be difficult. It would prevent anyone on your instance from sharing and communicating with a large portion of the Fediverse. There's definite and immediate cons, and although worthwhile, the pros are long game and largely driven by idealism. Hopefully us nerds can make taking responsibility and owning your data cool, but I'm not holding my breath. As a rule, influencer's aren't known for taking responsibility...

@atomicpoet Is our best response simply discouraging its use and promoting alternatives? Or could we be more proactive? Maybe documenting and and blocking their spiders for instance?

@atomicpoet By running a large ActivityPub instance Meta can know about the people who use the instance, and also the people they follow. Building network maps will enable them to make educated guesses about what will eventually be a sizeable portion of the Fediverse. This is true of any large instance, but Meta will eventually be one of if not the largest. They will find a way to monetise that.

@raphael would be cool to see a hierarchy of parent companies too

@lordbowlich if it's any consolation I just wasted most of my day on an obscure Firefox browser caching issue... Sorry to hear about your keyboard. Hopefully it dries out OK.

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