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Ian Hines
@imhinesmi.bsky.social
there's a common conception of tweets as off-hand, ephemeral comments instead of as enduring pieces of writing

dredging up years-old tweets is weird behavior for most people
November 24, 2024 at 3:40 PM
snail discourse is going to outlast the actual snail at this rate
July 3, 2023 at 3:36 AM
wait can we view posts again on twitter?
July 2, 2023 at 7:17 PM
didn't there used to be a bot that would tweet every word? I remember back when the bluechecks couldn't tweet yglesias rted "can't" "tweet"
July 2, 2023 at 6:07 PM
I like to pretend I'm one of the weirdos with consistent principles but I think I just have sympathy for a certain type of guy who will never take power
May 8, 2023 at 2:19 AM
only weirdos have consistent principles beyond the friend/enemy distinction
May 8, 2023 at 2:15 AM
free speech is supported by people who are afraid of being targetted by censors

10-20 years ago, the censors were christian warmongers, nowadays they're dei folx

the lefties got their hands on power & now the righties hate power
May 8, 2023 at 2:12 AM
May 5, 2023 at 9:45 PM
oh yeah, I'm excited for the implementations of better algorithms
May 5, 2023 at 9:13 PM
there is an option in the settings menu on bluesky to generate an app password, which is for non-bluesky apps

you do not put your real password in the other apps

https://staging.bsky.app/profile/pfrazee.com/post/3jtwh2xcuzy2n
Bluesky
staging.bsky.app
May 5, 2023 at 7:17 PM
app passwords are a bsky feature to allow you to give other apps limited access to your account while they work on implementing oauth properly
May 5, 2023 at 11:52 AM
it's been funny, at least
May 5, 2023 at 3:26 AM
hey, it's not like there haven't been a few rationalist cults
May 5, 2023 at 12:16 AM
tpot is a group of extremely online people whose primary defense mechanism is being too confusing to attack
May 4, 2023 at 8:46 PM
every so often I remember when she offered to pay rats ~1k for their souls & some people took her up on it
May 4, 2023 at 8:41 PM
unfollowing gets rid of most of it, but blocking is good for hiding qt dunks, annoying replies, & malicious users
May 4, 2023 at 4:58 PM
there are an infinite number of posts you can read, blocking is about filtering the worst ones out

think in terms of signal/noise & in terms of moderating communities - there are people who make your bsky experience more informative, more fun, more interesting, & those who do the opposite
May 4, 2023 at 4:54 PM
tpot is so illegible not even tpotters know who's in it
May 4, 2023 at 3:33 PM