Tom Casavant

Software Developer from Ohio

Interests:
#OpenSource #SteamDeck #Running #Sports #CFB #MLB #NFL

Teams:
#Bengals & #Reds & #OhioState

Creator of Fediverse Plays Pokemon (npub1eal…kfpr)

Blog: https://tomcasavant.com/
Github: https://github.com/TomCasavant
Postmarks: https://tomcasavant.glitch.me/
Listening History: https://mastodon.social/@TomsMusic
Matrix: https://matrix.to/#/@tom:casavant.org
Old Account: https://mastodon.social/@mrpresidenttom
Beeper/Matrix: https://matrix.to/#/@mrpresidenttom:beeper.com

Public Key

npub1a3cwmaux40259hh9qftdyzl03pqre88807qrswur3hz97jz6vplqyh8t0t

NIP-05 Address

tom_at_tomkahe.com@momostr.pink

Profile Code

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Author Public Key

npub1a3cwmaux40259hh9qftdyzl03pqre88807qrswur3hz97jz6vplqyh8t0t

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2024-08-08T16:23:37Z

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2024-10-26 19:28:00

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I don't think that's an ad, pretty sure it's based on some sort of trending search

2024-09-19 18:57:15

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someone needs to convince MSU and Penn State to focus on each other
https://tomkahe.com/system/media_attachments/files/113/165/743/451/835/208/original/d7509b67efd09364.png

2024-09-19 18:53:00

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a lot of 3rd wheels on this chart

2024-09-14 16:56:23

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https://tomkahe.com/system/media_attachments/files/113/136/955/781/029/492/original/1449a11c0cf0c5af.mp4

2024-09-07 19:40:09

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I think that 290D number is the first time Flipboard saw the article, it says he add it to the magazine 3 hours ago
https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/takahe/media_attachments/files/113/097/963/440/976/482/original/17aacbabd46f4649.jpeg

2024-08-26 16:24:47

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looks like Moshidon has this feature
https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/takahe/media_attachments/files/113/029/249/380/790/207/original/a66d1e40ad78f0f5.jpeg

2024-08-15 18:16:22

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the first one looks good. that 2nd one's just a link preview, no?

2024-08-15 18:08:10

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really wish we had native quote post support. These never look great

2024-08-15 18:07:09

Ohio State has its QB @npub1855…lucs #CFB
[@espn](https://flipboard.com/@espn ) https://flipboard.com/@espn/headlines-7ulb4v5fz/-/a-7CDKuuPVReSuSOQJBgigaw%3Aa%3A3195382-%2F0

2024-07-08 19:54:51

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I think it depends on the app, I don't know about html specifically (I also didn't consider that i could insert images into the middle of my post lol)
But, like fedilab will render all my markdown posts properly from my glitch-soc server even if the account is using a vanilla mastodon server. But the base mastodon app will not.

2024-07-05 23:08:21

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I think one drawback of some of these features taking a long time to implement is *eventually* someone else is going to implement them in a significantly worse way.
I'm sure we're only a few months away from Threads sucking up fediverse posts into their algorithm and indexing posts for search for example, and there's really not much officially in place in AP for a consensual way to do that because the community has pushed away from the idea of any algorithms for the longest time, so Meta will probably just do what they do and avoid the consent question altogether. And I can't help but wonder if that would be true if earlier attempts at providing fediverse-wide search hadn't been immediately denounced and subsequently abandoned.
I guess my point is a lot of these things are going to happen regardless as the fediverse expands and this early on would be the time to settle some of these questions in some sort of official manner.

2024-07-04 20:38:32

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https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/takahe/media_attachments/files/112/730/144/632/458/791/original/7aef7e15f0a07795.jpeg

2024-07-04 20:35:32

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Cool, just making sure. I think I've got my server setup to automatically approve all sites, I didn't see the cards but I think I might still have a bunch of cached link previews it's showing from before I updated.

2024-07-04 20:31:00

Is the 'fediverse:creator' card approval tied to the trending links approved domains? Or is there somewhere else I'd need to approve orgs to see those cards?

2024-07-01 00:59:10

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My sister said she'll pet my cat for every like this gets
https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/takahe/media_attachments/files/112/708/510/214/457/466/original/b1eb411b86b3b0fc.png
https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/takahe/media_attachments/files/112/708/511/919/873/649/original/f4ecbe5206f39b0c.png

2024-06-27 17:42:10

Threads has a list of all their blocked servers now, https://www.threads.net/moderated_servers
They also have a way to appeal your banned server, though it looks like it requires an Instagram account to initiate. Still, I think more ActivityPub software should have some method of appealing server blocks- I know I've blocked servers for spam that I just haven't had the time to go back and see if they've dealt with their spam problem.
Side Note: There's some terrible domains on that blocklist and I wish there were a better way for me, a single user server, to keep an up-to-date blocklist without spending 24/7 browsing the federated timeline

2024-06-26 22:49:40

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fedistats has hourly posts from threads, but not number of unique users unfortunately https://fedistats.cc/nodes/threads.net

2024-06-24 22:27:45

Anyone have a good blog post on the fediverse for people who have 0 technical know how? Something like Fediverse for Dummies in 5 minutes

2024-06-23 23:59:11

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oh shoot nevermind, lmao it's visible on chrome but not on Firefox

2024-06-23 23:58:16

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what's the android app they're using, I can't tell if this is a typo or if there's an android app out there called ","
https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/takahe/media_attachments/files/112/668/643/398/421/432/original/b38d3debf8cb390c.jpeg

2024-06-13 16:19:51

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I think there could be a legal exploration into this topic as well.
I know implied copyright has been discussed for years regarding publishing to the web or to an RSS feed. In the US I recall a case where a subscription news-syndication platform was pulling in the full text of RSS feeds and they were being sued under the idea that just because someone posts an RSS feed doesn't mean you can use the contents of that RSS feed for any purpose.
I'm not sure if the same would apply to ActivityPub but I don't know if I have an explanation for why it wouldn't

2024-06-13 14:37:38

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I mean this is true for anything on the internet, once something is posted publicly you can't *undo* that.
Doesn't mean someone isn't able to *request* their posts aren't used in certain ways. A bad actor won't acknowledge that request, so people should be aware that they have no genuine control, but at least in general people will respect their request for their data to be handled in specific ways.

2024-06-05 20:19:15

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not entirely true, software outside of mastodon supports federating all replies and mastodon has some github issues requesting that feature (https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/9409)
I *think* most of the link-aggregator activitypub software does this, and certain mastodon clients will do this for you as well

2024-05-21 15:39:25

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Glitch-soc lets you see the hidden links, so it doesn't look like mastodon is removing it
https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/takahe/media_attachments/files/112/479/824/136/233/522/original/29542013ed5dcbcf.png

2024-05-21 15:32:20

Hm, every flipboard.social url just shows the phrase "I'm a teapot" instead of their mastodon server UI
https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/takahe/media_attachments/files/112/479/795/390/609/889/original/6a16c722b2b069ab.jpeg

2024-05-02 17:12:05

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Well 'test' didn't work, but overall it did (probably sent the test post too early after the account was generated?)
https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/takahe/media_attachments/files/112/372/604/294/415/736/original/8ddbab4855b93847.jpeg

2024-05-02 16:47:46

Test

2024-04-20 19:22:13

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I saw this the other day, also funded by NGIZero, that deals with moderation
https://hachyderm.io/@thisismissem/112299123543592994

2024-04-19 17:32:39

I think it would it would be cool if activitypub posts could render in matrix clients like how twitter rendered tweets in DMs
It'd also be cool if you could have basic interactions with likes and polls- though that'd probably be a lot more difficult to implement

2024-04-01 11:08:34

Everyone on the fediverse is always timeline this and timeline that, well no longer
After years of research, I am proud to announce the launch of the [Tomline](https://tomcasavant.com/)
An innovative product designed to streamline the timeline experience, no more confusing streams of content just a single source of all statuses across the fediverse from people named Tom (or Thomas, Tomas, and any other variation)
Live now at: https://tomkahe.com/public
https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/takahe/media_attachments/files/112/195/640/810/891/269/original/0282e46695e9aba2.webp