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I've been building on Gab's HYDRA and want to share what I'm learning about its design. I'm in no way an authority on the subject and this is only my personal interpretation.
First a definition: HYDRA isn't a single codebase or a particular technology, but a tactic for creating disposable web applications for a community of users.
Imagine you have a huge userbase. You can imagine a lot of different ways those users could interact. Collaborative video game? Chat room? Virtual dance party? It would be foolish to code these experiments directly into the main site, so HYDRA says to make a new self-contained site which the existing users can log in to. If it works, you keep it. If it doesn't, you can sever the head without killing the beast.
In the literal sense, HYDRA is a bunch of independent codebases with their own database, authenticating against the main site with OAuth. LDAP has done this for a while so it's not exactly groundbreaking. The innovation of HYDRA is in formalizing this process, by using automation, ready-to-go boilerplate templates, and giving instructions on how to do it. It's one particular way of doing a broader strategy.
@khird That would be super cool!
Actually, this looks like a good argument for a new feature - when a mod closes a report, give him a checkbox that says, "This post has been fully examined and found to comply with our terms; reject future reports against it." Then the complainants can continue to file reports but they are silently dropped before landing in the queue.
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@why OK whoomer
@jojobot You're not quite there but you're making progress
This is an interesting take on automation from #TheVerge
So a bunch of y'all seem super confused about why I'm here and why I left #QOTO so here goes.
As many of you may know, I've been on #QOTO for a long time, originally using it as a SFW account, where I wouldn't retoot posts with explicit content, and talk about politics only minimally (although this would go on to change when I would toot during work in the summers while listening to talk radio and such). However, after my frustrations with @a's actions in regards to angrily condemning porn users in a ploy to get more users and attention during #coomergate, I left Gab for #QOTO, using it as my main instance and joining mstdn.social, using that for my SFW account.
For a long time, things were going smoothly. While many were angry that I used to be a Gab user (strangely ignoring the fact that I left it, strongly condemned the rhetoric of Andrew, and refuse to continue to recommend it), and I continued to have haters come at me, but things were great. I was exposed to a larger group of users from broader perspectives, which in many ways meant being on #QOTO was a far better experience than being on #Gab.
Where did things go wrong? Well, not too long ago I made a joke that referenced how chromosomes determine if someone is male or female, which led to backlash from many users (one of whom was and still is an admin at #QOTO), and the thread lasted for around two whole days. In the aftermath, users have apparently been report-bombing the thread, most of whom (from what I have heard from the #QOTO admins) are from hackers.town. I have no idea who these people are, because they have not reached out to me.
Yesterday the admins made me aware of the fact that this is still a problem, and one mentioned that this could negatively impact #QOTO's reputation in the #Fediverse, causing instances to ban it (as mastodon.technology had already done) for being some sort of haven for right wingers, despite the fact that I am one out of very few conservatives over there. After some consideration, I have decided the best things for all parties is to move to gameliberty.club; #QOTO is not far right (it doesn't even lean right lol) and I won't let my presence there cast that appearance on it.
In closing, I have two things to say:
1) Thanks to the admins who have been standing by me since I joined #QOTO, and have all the way up to this moment have been communicating with me and are still willing to support me. I will continue to support them and recommend it as a good #Mastodon instance to join.
2) If you have an issue with me, and me alone, and you aren't a scaredy-cat, just come at me bro. I don't care if it's in the DMs or in public, but don't harass other users and blame them for what I say if you have a problem with any of my posts. I will be glad to expound and clarify, all you have to do is ask.
@design_RG Im not sure I have much hope in the DNC. I'm just not sure they have the competence to get much done anymore. I wish they did cause Trump is horrific,
I've moved over to @realcaseyrollins for my private account
This is literally just here to archive my old posts now