{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "every time tumblr or twitter is shit, recommendations for mastodon instances start going around. my criticism of mastodon hasn't...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/701032968622325760/", "html": "<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"https://toskarin.tumblr.com/post/699741523876659200/glad-to-see-mastodon-users-are-handling-the-light\" target=\"_blank\">toskarin</a>:</p><blockquote><p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"https://toskarin.tumblr.com/post/693322555598290944/did-you-know-that-mastodon-admins-can-read-your\" target=\"_blank\">toskarin</a>:</p><blockquote><p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"https://toskarin.tumblr.com/post/693322131823607808/every-time-tumblr-or-twitter-is-shit\" target=\"_blank\">toskarin</a>:</p><blockquote><p>every time tumblr or twitter is shit, recommendations for mastodon instances start going around. my criticism of mastodon hasn&rsquo;t changed for years now, and it&rsquo;s a variation on &ldquo;imagine if tumblr drama could result in a website being deleted and your worst ex getting access to every dm you&rsquo;ve ever sent&rdquo; </p></blockquote><p>did you know that mastodon admins can read your dms as long as either you <i>or</i> the recepient are on an instance they host, because they&rsquo;re not encrypted</p><p>proponents argue it&rsquo;s not a problem when it&rsquo;s actually extremely a problem considering that mastodon (by design) encourages small friend groups to run instances together and have personal relationships with admins</p><p>like it&rsquo;s just not fit for purpose</p></blockquote><div class=\"npf_row\"><figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"644\" data-orig-width=\"833\"><img src=\"/media/11fe9f996c386225a8224f4cacdb38efff67fa3a_f28e261ad8b7.png\" data-orig-height=\"644\" data-orig-width=\"833\" srcset=\"/media/a76ed4a6a4fa71cca013c5f864739c54666f9077_c929c0667db4.png 75w, /media/49797704abcfa46065414da362b00ca2b3bf25e0_fe384334a545.png 100w, /media/507a2f6d1b8b49ba6a9557645006ee944aaf3dae_29ae25900c3d.png 250w, /media/d9d40d0c8d3dcc2709bee618b5968f522d876505_6c223dfd76db.png 400w, /media/b137db5cf66baec4cfd6854433a6dd162ea49183_4ecfd9aa07b7.png 500w, /media/b455f345353e4f6c462977788818cd4f75785458_41cdb7e5b8f6.png 540w, /media/11fe9f996c386225a8224f4cacdb38efff67fa3a_f28e261ad8b7.png 640w, /media/05660edb2f3a8b8bb5d9b48c98a5cf1a6b4db32c_ced0bf768a51.png 833w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 833px) 100vw, 833px\"/></figure></div><p>glad to see mastodon users are handling the light criticism normally</p></blockquote>\n<p>Mastodon is like &ldquo;what if Twitter was <i>explicitly</i> optimized for minimum influence on the world and maximum leftist infighting and factionalism?&rdquo;. Like, <i>structurally</i></p>", "thumbnail_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/media/11fe9f996c386225a8224f4cacdb38efff67fa3a_f28e261ad8b7.png", "thumbnail_width": 640, "thumbnail_height": 495}