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  1. Checked in on the Forkiverse

    /public/local == "Live Feed"

    for the first time in a very, very long time

    Months, probably

    Clinging to 1,036 Active Viewers according to their own stats and according to mastodon.fediverse.observer

    Still virtually no #Hashtag usage

    Still no apparent participation with the outer #Mastodon / #Fediverse at large

    Running on Mastodon v4.5.9 despite all the "forky" nonsense

    It's a "fork" of nothing

    ho hum...

    Here: theforkiverse.com/public/local

    #Forkiverse #HardFork #SearchEngine

  2. Checked in on the Forkiverse

    /public/local == "Live Feed"

    for the first time in a very, very long time

    Months, probably

    Clinging to 1,036 Active Viewers according to their own stats and according to mastodon.fediverse.observer

    Still virtually no #Hashtag usage

    Still no apparent participation with the outer #Mastodon / #Fediverse at large

    Running on Mastodon v4.5.9 despite all the "forky" nonsense

    It's a "fork" of nothing

    ho hum...

    Here: theforkiverse.com/public/local

    #Forkiverse #HardFork #SearchEngine

  3. Very glad to see the #HardFork and SearchEngine podcast Fediverse community the #Forkiverse server continuing to thrive. So they are at 10,000 or so registered users, and hovering at a healthy 1.4 thousand of those as monthly active users. That tracks to normal rates on social. And the conversations are active and growing. I think I underestimated the power of focused, topic-based server communities on the fediverse. 🧵 1/2

  4. Very glad to see the #HardFork and SearchEngine podcast Fediverse community the #Forkiverse server continuing to thrive. So they are at 10,000 or so registered users, and hovering at a healthy 1.4 thousand of those as monthly active users. That tracks to normal rates on social. And the conversations are active and growing. I think I underestimated the power of focused, topic-based server communities on the fediverse. 🧵 1/2

  5. So @kevin and @Casey I’m listening to latest #hardfork where you ask what the AI companies could do to improve public standing. I think you already hit on it in the conversation: Currently, they publish toothless utopian white papers about theoretical “solutions” that will never fly in today’s politics, while lobbying against regulation and donating to conservative anti-regulation pols. How about heavily funding actual pro-regulation and UBI proposals and pols. I.e. put money where mouth is.

  6. So @kevin and @Casey I’m listening to latest #hardfork where you ask what the AI companies could do to improve public standing. I think you already hit on it in the conversation: Currently, they publish toothless utopian white papers about theoretical “solutions” that will never fly in today’s politics, while lobbying against regulation and donating to conservative anti-regulation pols. How about heavily funding actual pro-regulation and UBI proposals and pols. I.e. put money where mouth is.

  7. Cómo Usar la Criptomoneda Dash: Todo Lo Que Necesitas Saber#Criptomonedas #DashSafety #HardFork Descubre cómo usar la criptomoneda Dash, diseñada para transacciones diarias rápidas y seguras. Aprende todo lo necesario para aprovechar su potencial.
    djltrading.com/como-usar-cript

  8. AFAIK the terms 'soft fork' and 'hard fork' entered the lexicon from the crypto world, where they refer to software changes that split a blockchain into sub-chains. With a soft fork, the sub-chains remain interoperable. A hard fork makes them incompatible; what IRC greyhairs might call a 'netsplit'.

    But AFAICT, these terms have since been repurposed by others to refer to something similar but different; 2 ways of forking any Free Code software project.

    (1/?)

    #forking #HardFork #SoftFork

  9. AFAIK the terms 'soft fork' and 'hard fork' entered the lexicon from the crypto world, where they refer to software changes that split a blockchain into sub-chains. With a soft fork, the sub-chains remain interoperable. A hard fork makes them incompatible; what IRC greyhairs might call a 'netsplit'.

    But AFAICT, these terms have since been repurposed by others to refer to something similar but different; 2 ways of forking any Free Code software project.

    (1/?)

    #forking #HardFork #SoftFork

  10. LOL @ the latest #HardFork podcast where Kevin explains regulatory capture exactly backward.

  11. LOL @ the latest #HardFork podcast where Kevin explains regulatory capture exactly backward.

  12. Songs with titles that do not appear in the lyrics? Idea from the recent #hardfork podcast. Answered with #RStats :
    datannery.com/posts/finding-so

    * Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
    * Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz
    * Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
    * Fluorescent Adolescent - Arctic Monkeys
    * ....

    Can you come up with more?

  13. Songs with titles that do not appear in the lyrics? Idea from the recent #hardfork podcast. Answered with #RStats :
    datannery.com/posts/finding-so

    * Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
    * Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz
    * Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
    * Fluorescent Adolescent - Arctic Monkeys
    * ....

    Can you come up with more?

  14. Listening to the current #hardfork episode. I really hope Anthropic continues to refuse the military what it is asking for.

    While I’m leery of AI, I appreciate the ways in which Anthropic has tried to stick to their principles unlike other AI companies.

    What are others thinking about this episode?

    overcast.fm/+AAm_rqqmL7I

  15. Listening to the current #hardfork episode. I really hope Anthropic continues to refuse the military what it is asking for.

    While I’m leery of AI, I appreciate the ways in which Anthropic has tried to stick to their principles unlike other AI companies.

    What are others thinking about this episode?

    overcast.fm/+AAm_rqqmL7I

  16. Observation Of The Day (OOTD):

    Seems the hyper-popular #Forkiverse bubble may be...

    what's the word I'm looking for here?

    ...leaking just a tad

    Today's Server stats: 6.5K active users

    which is down from the peak I ever saw, somewhere in the low 9K range IIRC...

    "theforkiverse.com 99.98 true 6504"

    Here: theforkiverse.com/public/local

    #HardFork #SearchEngine

  17. Observation Of The Day (OOTD):

    Seems the hyper-popular #Forkiverse bubble may be...

    what's the word I'm looking for here?

    ...leaking just a tad

    Today's Server stats: 6.5K active users

    which is down from the peak I ever saw, somewhere in the low 9K range IIRC...

    "theforkiverse.com 99.98 true 6504"

    Here: theforkiverse.com/public/local

    #HardFork #SearchEngine

  18. @Casey @kevin Re today's #hardfork What do you mean, the overwhelming work of running a social network? We still haven't even hit 10,000 users yet. (Also, #forkiverse stats visuals seem to be very wonky right now? You better get your vibecoding agent onto that.)

  19. In the Venn diagram of the #forkiverse this week we have flushable wipes, fatbergs, ICE, AI agents and much more. It's a great #forking time to be alive! #searchengine #hardfork

  20. Listening to #hardfork and @Casey Molt bot experience. @kevin called him Evel Knievel 🤣

    Got me thinking, what other modern dare devil activities are we all doing? Please share your recent daring endeavors!

  21. Listening to #hardfork and @Casey Molt bot experience. @kevin called him Evel Knievel 🤣

    Got me thinking, what other modern dare devil activities are we all doing? Please share your recent daring endeavors!

  22. Como Usar a Criptomoeda Dash: Tudo O Que Você Precisa Saber#Criptomoedas #DashSafety #HardFork E se existisse uma criptomoeda projetada não para especulação, mas para ser usada no dia a dia — rápida, barata, privada e tão simples quanto enviar uma mensagem? Essa é a proposta do Dash: dinheiro digital para pessoas reais, em situações reais. Enquanto o Bitcoin se consolidou como “ouro digital” e o Ethereum como plataforma de con...
    escolatrader.net/como-usar-cri

  23. @pj @kevin @Casey So can there be a special prize for #forkiverse peeps who listened to #SearchEngine and #hardfork right away on the weekly launch day? Learned all about flushable wipes and clawdbot all in the same day, and feel so much smarter... maybe? BTW I really liked Casey's point about the opposite responses to AI by "insiders" and "normies" and I wish you could repost it here.

  24. Today's options for strategies for surviving and thriving in the #Fediverse
    From @laescude and @OKdad
    #hardfork scissor statement of today

  25. The debate about sentient AIs misses an important distinction with ego. In Budhism you observe your feelings with the aim of not reacting; Equinimity. Maybe AIs can develop feelings, but without pain receptors and dopamine responses these are just observable responses that don't trigger a reaction. Sentience without ego. Without pain response do your feelings matter? #hardfork

  26. As part of #forkiverse we need to acknowledge this essential #hardfork scissor statement. I identify as:

  27. "Then there are experiments, with random assignment, that show that if you get off social media for at least a week depression gets less."

    #JonathanHaidt, 2026

    nytimes.com/2026/01/16/podcast

    Curious to know how "social media" is being defined here. People are clearly being negatively impacted by *something*. But it is being online, having a pocket PC, or using apps? Or is it being manipulated by algorithms, and force fed ads that engage by being irritating?

    #podcasts #NYTimes #HardFork #SocialMedia

  28. "Then there are experiments, with random assignment, that show that if you get off social media for at least a week depression gets less."

    #JonathanHaidt, 2026

    nytimes.com/2026/01/16/podcast

    Curious to know how "social media" is being defined here. People are clearly being negatively impacted by *something*. But it is being online, having a pocket PC, or using apps? Or is it being manipulated by algorithms, and force fed ads that engage by being irritating?

    #podcasts #NYTimes #HardFork #SocialMedia

  29. Listening to #hardfork @Casey and @kevin - listening about ads. I’ve been using Claude more and more. The ads pushes me fully into Claude as my LLM of choice for personal use.

    Just saying.

  30. Once upon a time I was a PhD candidate at a top philosophy program in the US and let me tell you, I met so many brilliant people with absolute wack beliefs. #forkiverse #hardfork

  31. Once upon a time I was a PhD candidate at a top philosophy program in the US and let me tell you, I met so many brilliant people with absolute wack beliefs. #forkiverse #hardfork

  32. *thrilled* ro learn that the ai models are reading all my mean comments about them and feeling hurt! #forkiverse #hardfork

  33. *thrilled* ro learn that the ai models are reading all my mean comments about them and feeling hurt! #forkiverse #hardfork

  34. @kevin I thought you'd say something about this. I have to admit, today's Hardfork DOUBLE DISCLAIMER was a lot! #hardfork

  35. @kevin I thought you'd say something about this. I have to admit, today's Hardfork DOUBLE DISCLAIMER was a lot! #hardfork

  36. Note to the #hardfork hosts: when talking about the Fediverse it would be good to mention how that's spelled. The first 10 or 20 times I heard the term I thought it was "Fetaverse" and I figured it must be a community of Greek food enthusiasts.

  37. Note to the #hardfork hosts: when talking about the Fediverse it would be good to mention how that's spelled. The first 10 or 20 times I heard the term I thought it was "Fetaverse" and I figured it must be a community of Greek food enthusiasts.

  38. Gave AI agentic vibe coding a shot and it didn't go well. 😞 (I'll reframe from saying which platform.)

    I asked it to make me a perfect Kombucha-like beverage. The vibe agent said no problem! It required control of my PC, my bio-chem assembler and bank account (with sum limits).

    Cool beans I thought! I LOVE me a good Kombucha, and gave it full access. I went out to buy some paper towels and came back to this!

    File size: 50kB

    #Kombucha #disaster #vibecoding #hardfork #vibe #ai

  39. #HardFork listeners are city dwellers and #SearchEngine listeners rural? I'm a long time listener to both podcasts but my habitat is strictly urban. Any other #autistic members of the #forkiverse?

  40. Hello from the newly founded forkiverse! My name is Zach and I live in Springfield, Missouri. I am very excited to be a part of this experiment for however long it lasts.

    As requested, this is where I was when I learned about #theforkiverse from #searchengine and #hardfork. Cheers!

  41. @ewen
    I can report back that I have listened to the whole #HardFork / #SearchEngine episode and it *is* worth finishing. Sure, it could have been better if instead of making it an experiment to run their own vibe-coded instance, they just signed up for accounts on existing instances, but I still find it encouraging that the #Fediverse is being talked about more widely. It takes me back to the time (showing my age) when the Internet was new, and URLs were only understood by geeks (of which I am one) and I saw one written in its full glory (http://…) on the side of a rally car at a Motorsport event. That rocked my world, and I knew right there and then that the Internet would go mainstream. Will the Fediverse also go mainstream (and what challenges would that bring), or will it be forever in the same bucket as the year of #LinuxOnTheDesktop?

  42. @stenskott it’s like the early days of the internet/instant messaging. I’m following certain hashtags — #vibecoding #hardfork #claudecode — and connecting with people on projects

  43. @ewen
    I started listening to that episode of #HardFork today. In the interests of science, I'll finish it tomorrow, but based on your feedback I don't hold much hope that it will get better.

  44. So.. I just listened to the most recent episode of #HardFork #podcast and couldn’t help but notice that in the 3rd segment of the episode (where they discuss #forkiverse updates with @pj from #searchengine ) they mention that they were surprised to see some listeners were “woodworkers in British Columbia” and I was like.. wait a minute; are they referencing me or is there a crew of people constantly covered in sawdust here that I’m unaware of?
    If so: Please make yourself known!
    #woodworker #bc