Eugen Rochko / is on Nostr

Founder of Mastodon (npub163h…mv0n). Film photography, prog metal, Dota 2. Likes all things analog.

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mastodon
GitHub: https://github.com/Gargron
Portfolio: https://eugenrochko.com

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2024-06-20 17:42:32

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154k people have opted-in to search. That's fewer than the 878k that have opted in to being featured in discovery algorithms, but I think it's not as few as some people might think.

2024-06-19 18:35:55

Probably not a film I'm going to use ever again, but for this shot it sort of worked.
📷 Pentax KX
🎞️ Rollei Retro 80s
🔭 SMC Pentax-M 50mm/1.7
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/644/709/167/682/871/original/ddd070e7d60ec6eb.jpg

2024-06-10 17:47:10

Damn, they brought the calculator to the iPad. Unbelievable #wwdc24

2024-06-05 14:36:25

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It's worth noting that Glaze is neither a guarantee that something won't be ingested into an LLM, nor is it something that comes at absolutely no cost; depending on setting it creates visible artifacts similar to JPEG compression that I have seen artists complain about. I don't think Glaze is relevant to the federation discussion however.

2024-06-05 14:35:08

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I remember we already talked about this yesterday. I think discussions about LLM training should be happening at the legal level, not technical, unless you want DRM. Personally, I do not want to advocate for DRM. I do not believe that robots.txt is an adequate defense against LLM training, and that the onus of keeping up with all LLM user agents should not be on website authors.

2024-06-05 14:22:05

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I read that yesterday. From my reading of the Cara page, it is not making any promises about protecting art from ingestion into LLM datasets besides offering access to the Glaze tool. It's simply a place where generative AI slop is not allowed to be uploaded. In that sense I see no show stoppers for federation today. Artists want to be seen, makes no sense to self-isolate.

2024-06-05 14:00:49

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RSS is not the same. I want them to know that I follow them, and to see my replies, and when I boost their art to my followers.

2024-06-05 11:58:52

I should be able to follow #Cara users from my Mastodon account. You can't convince me to make yet another account in a yet another silo, but I'd love to see and share more art in my home feed. Anyone have a connection to their team? Would love to chat about the #fediverse.

2024-05-29 17:00:50

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No, something else. There's a <script type="application/ld+json"> element on some websites that contains JSON-LD describing the page. We use that in Mastodon instead of OpenGraph when available. See Washington Post's website for example.

2024-05-29 16:52:49

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It is typed application/ld+json though.

2024-05-11 12:48:10

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I missed it. What happened?

2024-05-09 15:00:34

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This is already the case, the hashtags have to be the last thing in the post.

2024-05-04 21:23:00

Blep.
#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon
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2024-04-24 03:08:41

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Absolutely.

2024-04-22 17:57:48

The blogging platform #Ghost is working on adding #ActivityPub integration. That means, among other things, being able to follow Ghost-powered blogs and comment on articles right from your Mastodon account. The website they made to explain their plans is really nice! This is what momentum looks like.
https://activitypub.ghost.org/

2024-04-11 18:02:06

Hotel lobby. NYC.
📷 Canon AE-1 Program
🎞️ Kodak Vision3 250D
🔭 Canon FD 50mm/1.8
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #Silbersalz35 #NYC
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/253/885/761/257/700/original/f29111cd671499c1.jpg

2024-04-03 17:42:41

The fact that you can follow the president of the United States ([@potus](https://threads.net/@potus/)) from your Mastodon account instead of being forced to have an X or Threads account for it is a huge W in my book. Of course our team is fully available to help if they'd want to set up Mastodon on whitehouse.gov. I believe governments should not rely on 3rd party platforms to connect with their constituents.

2024-03-25 19:28:03

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If you want full control over your social media experience, simply follow the same Threads users from your Mastodon account.