Couple of weeks ago I finally launched the store, I was working on for a couple of months now. From building the website and production to marketing and accounting, I had to do it all on my own. I actually started working on it during covid but never had time to finish it until recently. I hope you like it :)...
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Mastodon has the responsibility to promote diversity in the Fediverse
I love the Threadiverse. Compared to the microblogging Fediverse’s sea of random thoughts, Lemmy and kbin are so much easier to navigate with the options to sort posts by subscribed, from local instances or everything federated. You can also sort by individual community, and then there are the countless ways to order the posts and comments (which are stored neatly under the main post, by the way). That people can more easily find the right discussions and see where they can contribute also means that the discussions tend to be more focused and productive than elsewhere. Decentralisation also makes a lot of sense, since it is built around different communities. All that’s needed is users.
Things were going quite well for a while when Reddit killed third-party apps, prompting many to leave and find the Threadiverse. However, it is quite difficult to entertain a crowd that has grown accustomed to a constant bombardment of dopamine-inducing or interesting content by tens of millions of users, if you only have a couple hundred thousand people. This is causing some to leave, which of course increases this effect. The active users have more than halved since July, according to FediDB. The mood is also becoming more tense. Maybe the lack of engagement drives some to cause it through hostility, I’m not quite sure. Either way, the Threadiverse becoming a less enjoyable place to be, which is quite sad considering how promising it is.
But what is really frustrating is that we could easily have that userbase. The entire Fediverse has over ten million users, and many Mastodonians clearly want to engage in group-based discussion, looking at Guppe groups. The focused discussions should also be quite attractive. Technically we are federated, so why do Mastodonians interact so little with the Threadiverse? The main reason is that Mastodon simply doesn’t federate post content. I really can’t see why the platform that federates entire Wordpress blogs refuses to federate thread content just because it has a title, and instead just replaces the body with a link to the post. Very unhelpful.
The same goes with PeerTube. There are plenty of videos on there that I am quite sure a lot of Mastodonians would appreciate, yet both views and likes there stay consistently in the tens. Yes, Mastodon’s web interface has a local video player, but in most clients it is the same link shenanigans, may may partly explain the small amount of engagement. This is also quite sad, because Google’s YouTube is one of the worst social network monopolies out there, if not the worst.
And I know some might say that Mastodon is a microblogging platform and that it makes sense only to have microblogging content, but the problem is that Mastodon is the dominant platform on the Fediverse, its users making up close to 80% of all Fedizens. It has gone so far that several Friendica and Hubzilla users have been complaining about complaints from Mastodonians that their posts do not live up to Mastodon customs, and of course, that people frequently use “Mastodon” to refer to the entire Fediverse. This, of course, goes entirely against the idea of the Fediverse, that many diverse platforms live in harmony with and awareness of each other.
The very least that Mastodon could do is to support the content of other platforms. Then I’d wish that they’d improve discoverability, by for instance adding a videos tab in the explore section, improving federation of favourites since it is the dominant sorting mechanism on many other platforms, and making a clear distinction between people (@person) and groups (!group), but I know that that is quite much to ask.
P.S. @feditips , @FediFollows , I know that you are reluctant to promote Lemmy and its communities because of the ideology of its founders, but the fact is firstly that it’s open source and there aren't any individual people who control the entire project, and that the software itself is very apolitical. In fact, most Lemmy users both oppose and are on instances that have rules against such beliefs, so I highly encourage you to at least help raise awareness on the communities. Then, of course, there’s kbin, which isn’t associated with any extremism at all. As a bonus, it has much better integration with the microblogging Fediverse, but it is a lot smaller and younger, and still very much under development.
Anyways, that was a ramble. Thanks for hearing me out.
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<p>In a recent Perspective piece published in the <em><a href="https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2301642120" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)</a></em>, a group of 38 coauthors raised concerns about scientific censorship and its implications. The authors argue that science, fundamentally driven by evidence rather than authority or tradition, often finds itself at odds with societal norms, leading to various forms of censorship. The article highlights an often-overlooked aspect of modern-day scientific censorship: it is frequently perpetuated by scientists themselves.</p>
<p>In their paper, the authors distinguish between ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ censorship. Hard censorship involves direct actions to prevent the dissemination of ideas, such as government or institutional restrictions. Soft censorship, on the other hand, includes social punishments or pressures that indirectly hinder the spread of certain scientific ideas.</p>
<p>The authors emphasize that while overt government censorship of science is rare in liberal democracies, more subtle forms of censorship pose a significant threat to scientific openness. This soft censorship can manifest as disguised criticism, rejections under the guise of addressing dangerous or false information, or social pressures leading to self-censorship among scientists.</p>
<p>Far from being external forces, censorship efforts often originate within the scientific community, they argue. Scientists, acting as peer reviewers, editors, or senior researchers, can inadvertently or deliberately suppress ideas that challenge established norms or their own research.</p>
<p>The increasing incidence of scientific censorship, as documented through surveys and reports, is alarming, they write. Actions ranging from disciplinary measures to rejections and retractions motivated by harm concerns are on the rise, indicating a growing trend of censorship in the scientific community.</p>
<p>The authors discuss the psychology behind censorship, suggesting that it can be motivated not only by authoritarian tendencies but also by prosocial concerns.</p>
<p>Self-protection is proposed as a significant factor, where scientists may censor ideas that threaten their reputations or career trajectories. In a highly competitive field, preserving one’s standing can sometimes overshadow the pursuit of unbiased scientific truth.</p>
<p>Benevolence towards peer scholars is another cited motive. Senior scientists or mentors might discourage junior researchers from pursuing certain lines of inquiry to protect them from potential backlash or career harm. This ‘benevolent censorship’ is a double-edged sword – while it aims to protect, it also stifles innovative and potentially groundbreaking research.</p>
<p>The third major motive is prosocial concerns for the well-being of human social groups. Scientists may shy away from or suppress research that they fear could harm vulnerable groups or be misused to propagate harmful ideologies. While this reflects a commendable ethical stance, it also raises questions about the limits of self-censorship in the name of social responsibility.</p>
<p>While these motives might be well-intentioned, the article emphasizes that censorship in any form can be a double-edged sword. It raises ethical dilemmas about the responsibility of scientists to share truth and knowledge versus the potential societal impact of their findings. The tension between advancing scientific understanding and safeguarding societal interests poses a significant challenge to the integrity and progress of science.</p><div class="addrop-wrap" data-id="64749"><p style="text-align: center;">
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<p>The authors of the paper advocate for a more balanced approach to handling controversial or sensitive scientific findings. They suggest that the scientific community needs to develop clearer guidelines and ethical frameworks that allow for the responsible dissemination of research while being mindful of its potential societal impact.</p>
<p>The paper, “<a href="https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2301642120" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Prosocial motives underlie scientific censorship by scientists: A perspective and research agenda</a>“, was authored by Cory J. Clark, Lee Jussim, Komi Frey, Sean T. Stevens, Musa al- Gharbi, Karl Aquino, J. Michael Bailey, Nicole Barbaro, Roy F. Baumeister, April Bleske- Rechek, David Buss, Stephen Cecil, Marco Del Giudice, Peter H. Ditton, Joseph P. Forgaso, David C. Geary, Glenn Geher, Sarah Haider, Nathan Honeycutt, Hrishikesh Joshi, Anna I. Krylov, Elizabeth Loftus, Glenn Loury, Louise Lu, Michael Macy, Chris C. Martin, John McWhorter, Geoffrey Miller, Pamela Paresky, Steven Pinker, Wilfred Reilly, Catherine Salmon, Steve Stewart- Williams, Philip E. Tetlock, Wendy M. Williams, Anne E. Wilson, Bo M. Winegard, George Yancey, and William von Hippel.</p>
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Started my own shop with Scottish mugs (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Couple of weeks ago I finally launched the store, I was working on for a couple of months now. From building the website and production to marketing and accounting, I had to do it all on my own. I actually started working on it during covid but never had time to finish it until recently. I hope you like it :)...
Scientists claim to have discovered secret to perfect espresso (www.theguardian.com)
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