Scarly the Raven @scarly@computerfairi.es

tried to help a cis-in-law with coding homework. this. was. a. mistake.

i told her you can change variables after you make them. she didn't believe me. "what's the point of a variable if you can change it after you create it!? shouldn't it mean something?"

i was like, "it's.... variable......."

she ended up going to some random guy for help and he gave her an answer that is not going to pass the homework assignment but... and he told her that variables never change

someone. please.. help me.

@lynnesbian i feel like it is a required part of the mastodon experience tbh

seize the memes of production

@maple woooo! this is excellent! 👍

i really missed the purple theme here, this Look is art tbh

@Zelli @maple @evie @LaserScheme i feel like i just walked into something so amazing tbh

@maple i know this feel, batteries for old electronics are a glorious thing

\o/

the facts are in - calling someone a "bird brain" is no longer an insult

birds are smart. pass it along!

@Guinevere@girlcock.club ultimately, as long as things stay fragmented then they'll be safe from corporate dominance bc no one instance will have all that much power

also, getting mastodon compatible alternatives is good. im working on one now actually, and it aims to try to push some of the limits on what the activitypub spec can do

@Guinevere@girlcock.club thankfully, the fediverse is super fragmented right now. i actually created a spreadsheet using the data on fediverse.network bc i wanted to look at exactly this. mastodon.social and the other larger instances combined still don't quite hit 50% of the current mastodon instance network.

pleroma is the next active, but actually a lot of its activity is concentrated in some of those alt right instances that we all mute

@Guinevere@girlcock.club agreed. as an alternative to this, however, there are also some protocols for easy account migration between disparate systems.

adopting one of those would be a bit more transparent than a chain and just as effective, because you would retain all of your data in a way that makes sense

downside? this would require coordination between the activitypub serve developers.

and, i have noticed that mastodon is dominant enough that it tends to dictate these things

@multiple_creatures tbh, i like this flow, since it makes it easier to avoid authoritarian structures of governance.

@Guinevere@girlcock.club oh no worries, yet

the culture of the project isn't going to impact the culture of fediverse, because each instance admin has their own power to influence things

because the project isn't centralized, there is no one person that can influence the culture of the fediverse instantly

with that said, as long as mastodon is the only instance server used by most instances, then things are a bit more fragile than they seem. since, admins can't control the project.