david wolfpawΒ Β Β β’Β Β Β 18 Sep 2024Β Β Β β’Β Β Β Reading time: 5 minsNow that I’m done with my convoluted deep cleans, proper project planning has returned!
I have spent the past few days reading dozens of academic articles, blog posts, Codes of Conduct, watching videos, and more to put together a draft of a Mastodon Moderation Handbook that I wish I’d had years ago. The intent is to use it internally with onboarding of new moderators for tech.lgbt, as well as share it to the wider fediverse for others to use. It both feels large currently, and yet not nearly detailed enough in many places.
What I haven’t done enough yet is YouTube focus. I have several essay outlines that I think are worth expanding into more, but I still have plenty of unanswered questions on how I want to present them. I realize that this should be one of those, “just do it and adjust later” things, but I’m nothing if not an overthinker.
Finally, I’m going to get back to the dev log. I have an upcoming plugin dev workshop to document, some changes to this website, and resuming a few coding projects from before the past month of distractions to get to.
I realize that yall subscribed for me presumably, but I’d also like to write newsletter posts that aren’t just, “here’s my life”, but more substantial thoughts on whatever’s been crowding my brain that week. That’ll be back eventually too. In the meantime, have some links! πΆ
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I think that the idea of the Dead Internet Theory started as a joke, is slightly true now, but is overall boring as an idea to me. It smacks of solipsism, as if you are enlightened as the only person who could possibly tell garbage content from genuinely good creations.
With the recent lawsuits and appeal losses, it does seem like the road is uphill for the Internet Archive.
Founder seems to be the entirety of the identity for these people, ignoring the actual benefits or values of the things that they “create”.
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I’m sold, outside of the tragic fascist associations.
He didn’t even mention how the founder of Akamai was on one of the planes and died that day in a darkly ironic turn.
Tell me again why Internet Archive are the evil ones?
Yet again, a video about weird furry art that covers something that I’m already aware of. What that says about me… 
I wish that suggesting that realistic looking weapons don’t need to be at a con to have fun wasn’t such a controversial statement for some folks online. Especially when it’s clear that it’s meant specifically to trigger folks who aren’t happy!
Finally, the little clips have become a full pilot! I’m very interested to see where this show goes.
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I like the spreading out from podcasting to music on this channel.
I didn’t realize how different the legal system in Brazil is compared to the US when it comes to the internet. That in mind, I’m surprised that more online services don’t get banned there.
If you made it this far, why not share this newsletter with a friend? Or share with me some of the things that you found that you liked this week. Either way, I’m thrilled!