Admin Jerry / is on Nostr

Just a techie guy running hear-me.social to allow nice people to communicate, make friends and acquaintances. Odd coming from a happy introvert, right? (https://jerry.hear-me.blog/about)

I also own these:
Alternative Mastodon UI: https://phanpy.hear-me.social
Peertube: https://my-sunshine.video
Bluesky PDS: https://blue-ocean.social (jerry.blue-ocean.social)
and more

he/him/his

verification: https://hear-me.social/verifyme.html
Email: admin@hear-me.social
PGP Fingerprint: 4411 C5C0 3A10 5D44 BF65 E163 38F7 4820 C105 1DF0

Last Notes

2024-08-17 22:42:00

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I looked at some posts on shortstacksran, just a sampling, and I didn't see racism. I did see posts that, I thought, were inappropriate and walk the line, for reasons other than racism. I limited the server to keep their posts off the public timeline and prevent boosting. People are still free to create follow relationships (none here, anyway). If you see a racist post that the Admin won't act on, open a report.
It seems all the accounts I sampled are owned by low IQ people. But, unless I see evidence that the admin allows racism or allows the breaking of serious rules, I won't block them. I need strong proof before I block another server.
As for servers involved in AI because they might steal something, all servers, because they have people behind their accounts, might steal something. There's no rule here against servers that focus on AI if that's what they focus on. I didn't check anything on the server. And I am not against AI. I don't believe AI=evil.

2024-08-06 12:44:36

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If an instance is allowing a festering infection of hatred to grow and spread, like a cancer, yes, it should be removed from the Federation, like any cancer is removed from a healthy organism to allow it to live a good life and thrive.
You don't fight cancer, one metastasized cell at a time. You remove the entire festering evil mess and destroy it.
An inclusive diet doesn't mean you have to allow rotten, moldy food in your vegetable soup.
Inclusive social media doesn't mean you allow stupidity and morons into your conversations.
You're purposely misusing the connotation of inclusion to try to justify an evil.

2024-08-05 18:52:55

I've decided to block linuxrocks.online after all. This conversation did it for me:
Q: Does your server welcome people who believe LGBT people don't deserve the same rights as non-LGBT people?
Do they also welcome people who believe that Jews don't deserve the same rights as non-Jews?
A: Yes, and Yes
In short order, bigots and hateful morons will be opening up accounts on linuxrocks.online as word gets out that they are welcome there.
The Admin hides under the "we allow unpopular opinions", but these are not opinions because they defy the evidence. They are just stupid statements that are meant to hurt people.
Jerry

2024-08-05 18:48:14

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I'm convinced.
This did it for me:
Q: Does your server welcome people who believe LGBT people don't deserve the same rights as non-LGBT people?
Do they also welcome people who believe that Jews don't deserve the same rights as non-Jews?
A: Yes, and Yes.
My answer is Never and Never.
This means bigots and creeps will be running to his instance now to set up their homes for hating. His claim about unpopular opinions is bullshit. Statements that oppose facts are not opinions, they are just stupid, dangerous, hateful speech.
I am going to block linuxrocks.online

2024-08-05 14:54:07

I've blocked the individual account @npub1jzk…hxs8 from this server for insisting, without evidence, that Imane Khelif is a man, and then going on a rampage about men beating up women because he prefers to believe this to be true. Then trying to engage others to join his unproven rage.
1. A fact is information minus emotion.
2. An opinion is information plus experience.
3. Ignorance is an opinion lacking information.
4. And, stupidity is an opinion that ignores a fact.
People whose posts fall into category 4, as his comments do, are highly likely to be blocked here, and if they are hosted here, to have their accounts terminated because category 4 statements harm people.
There is now pressure on me to block linuxrocks because the Admin is not taking action against the user. Blocking a server breaks connections and impacts people who are caught in the cross fire. I don't block lightly.
I don't like blocking servers that are not created for evil purposes just because I disagree with the Admin on how they run their server. I have no reason to believe that linuxrocks was created to hurt other people.
My advice to the admin there:
This guy is not doing you any favors being on your server. Regardless of whether you feel he has a right to say what he believes, it's your server, and he's perfectly capable of getting his own Mastodon server. You aren't eclipsing his right to free speech by removing him. You have no requirement to fight for him, so he can say whatever comes into his mind.
Without evidence to back up what he says, he is causing other people pain and distress. It gives people a reason to harass other people. Like it or not, you are complicit in this.
It impacts your other users, as your instance seems to becoming blocked by others, you might seriously consider telling him to leave.
Just some advice from one Admin to another.
@npub1etd…lfkc

2024-08-04 11:18:28

I just built and deployed the latest #Phanpy version to phanpy.hear-me.social
Phanpy is a remarkable UI alternative to the Mastodon web UI. I highly recommend you try it if you haven't done so.
@npub1j2m…ngt0

2024-08-02 13:33:36

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All this is absolutely true. The mass block lists have built in extortion against admins who won't follow orders from some larger instances.
Admins, do your own analysis and don't be dupes.

2024-07-07 16:37:25

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That entire server is a collection of racist morons. I suspended annihilation.social a while ago.

2024-06-30 18:38:55

#Threads made their list of blocked federated instances public. And I thought .art had a crazy long list.
https://www.threads.net/moderated_servers

2024-06-23 15:51:33

#FediBlock
Remote account [@]nsfw[@]zhub.link has been suspended from hear-me.social for posting a #CSAM (Child Sexual Abuse Material) image. The image was flagged by Cloudflare's CSAM scanning service. I did not look at the picture to confirm the accuracy of the report.
The image has been deleted from the media storage. Any request for the image from our media storage will return a 451 error (Unavailable For Legal Reasons).
A report is open to inform zhub.link
@npub1ajp…rkvy

2024-06-21 12:30:04

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If this person is harassing you by constantly sending you messages that are meant to annoy, then it's probably covered under rules disallowing harassment.
I would think that you can still open a report and those posts that were sent to you would still be available for inclusion in the report.
Are you saying that once this user blocks you, you can no longer see his past messages that were sent to you?

2024-06-21 12:21:07

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Can you clearly define the behavior that you are describing as maliciously toggling the blocking mechanism?

2024-06-19 17:57:01

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When I do https://mastodon.social/api/v1/instance I see the following limits on videos:
media_attachments
supported_mime_types
0 "image/jpeg"
1 "image/png"
2 "image/gif"
3 "image/heic"
4 "image/heif"
5 "image/webp"
6 "image/avif"
7 "video/webm"
8 "video/mp4"
9 "video/quicktime"
10 "video/ogg"
11 "audio/wave"
12 "audio/wav"
13 "audio/x-wav"
14 "audio/x-pn-wave"
15 "audio/vnd.wave"
16 "audio/ogg"
17 "audio/vorbis"
18 "audio/mpeg"
19 "audio/mp3"
20 "audio/webm"
21 "audio/flac"
22 "audio/aac"
23 "audio/m4a"
24 "audio/x-m4a"
25 "audio/mp4"
26 "audio/3gpp"
27 "video/x-ms-asf"
image_size_limit 16777216
image_matrix_limit 33177600
video_size_limit 103809024
video_frame_rate_limit 120
video_matrix_limit 8294400

2024-04-25 18:47:15

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Thanks for the heads-up!
This account is suspending on this instance now.