If Every Congressman Facing Credible Rape Allegations Resigned, We’d Have No One Left to Govern the Country. “It’s naïve to imagine the government can continue to function without the tireless dedication of our best and brightest rapists.” https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/if-every-congressman-facing-credible-rape-allegations-resigned-wed-have-no-one-left-to-govern-the-country

@jaz @benpate my question was in particular about operating a server. I think there's a higher level of trust between users and server operators when there's a real-world relationship, like a business, household, non-profit or club.

@jaz @benpate I don't understand who you are talking about. IFTAS, SWF, cosocial.ca, Emissary, toot.wales, Mastodon? Also using technology from that company, or preserving privacy from that company?

I think users should use E2EE messaging for as many conversations as they can. Using encryption technology that is open source, reviewed by security pros, and based on open standards is the best.

If Russia can block it, it’s not distributed…
https://therecord.media/russia-cracks-down-bluesky-internet

@jaz @benpate That's interesting, thanks!

@jwildeboer HERO

@matt follow us on @swf !

For the personal relationships research work I did, it's on my personal blog. There's a video, too.

https://evanp.me/2023/05/15/re-designing-the-mastodon-user-interface-for-better-personal-relationships/

@evan There's probably two very different buckets full of 'Things I'd like to improve as a Fediverse admin' and 'Reasons why people don't want to adopt yet another social media site in 2026' and there's little overlap between those two buckets. 😂

Do you publish your findings and research anywhere publicly? I'd be interested in reading along.

@jaz @benpate That'd be the easier way to do it, for sure. But I think it's good to give people the privacy they need.

Can I ask another question? Would you be more inclined to support E2EE on a server where you control who uses it, like mastodon.iftas.org?

@matt @aslakr @jaz @benpate

I think it'd be good to get more of this kind of input, though. I am thinking about good ways to do it.