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1. Michael Collins (cyberczar)'s status on Sunday, 28-Feb-2016 14:46:53 EST Michael Collins

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   And what about the !gnusocial admins that don't want my node's porn? Shouldn't they have the right to restrict content from my node?
2. Michael Collins (cyberczar)'s status on Sunday, 28-Feb-2016 13:31:24 EST Michael Collins

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   Freedom of speech does not grant one freedom of an audience.
   
   !GNUsocial admins should have the ability to decide the content and audience of their node.
   
   
3. Michael Collins (cyberczar)'s status on Sunday, 28-Feb-2016 13:29:28 EST Michael Collins

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   Sure, if you knew the IP address of the offending node, but what if you have more than one node on the same server? (Shared hosting maybe)? Or there are multiple IP addresses? Or what about nodes that are behind Tor hidden services? !gnusocial
4. Michael Collins (cyberczar)'s status on Sunday, 28-Feb-2016 12:55:38 EST Michael Collins

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   When ISIS/ ISIL/ Daesh or the next extremist group stands up their own !gnusocial instance and starts to federate with the rest of the network, you're going to wish admins had the ability to block whole nodes.
5. Michael Collins (cyberczar)'s status on Sunday, 28-Feb-2016 12:48:47 EST Michael Collins

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   • saul st john
   Absolutely. An admin must have full and complete control over what happens on his or her server. Full stop.
   
   The day some outside entity forces me to do something on my server against my will is the moment I turn it off. (I would assume the same applies to most other admins.) !gnusocial
6. Michael Collins (cyberczar)'s status on Sunday, 28-Feb-2016 12:12:00 EST Michael Collins

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   • saul st john
   Maybe this explains it better: *Nobody has the right to an audience.* /cc !gnusocial
7. Michael Collins (cyberczar)'s status on Sunday, 28-Feb-2016 11:20:24 EST Michael Collins

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   • vaeringjar
   In my opinion, I don't think it would be necessary (or good even) for Alice's "blacklist" to be made public. I would consider that to be private information.
   
   That said, an admin/ node-level site-wide "blacklist"/ "whitelist" should very much be public. !gnusocial
8. Michael Collins (cyberczar)'s status on Sunday, 28-Feb-2016 11:16:18 EST Michael Collins

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   • utzer
   @utzer !gnusocial Except: a) When most speech originating from the node is illegal (a neo nazi node spouting holocaust denial propaganda to a German node, or take IamOver18 and a node that's in Saudi Arabia where the mere existence of pornography is highly illegal)… b) An admin might run a node specifically for a target demographic (let's say kids) and doesn't want NSFW conte…
9. Michael Collins (cyberczar)'s status on Sunday, 28-Feb-2016 10:33:49 EST Michael Collins

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   • Ollie-at-rest
   @orobouros@loadaverage.org !gnusocial > "At the same time, I don't know where you get the idea that there's any right to not be exposed to offensive ideas." A preacher has every right to proseletyze on a street corner. He does not have the right to force me to listen to his drivel. I have the right to walk on the other side of the street to avoid him. He does not have the righ…
10. Michael Collins (cyberczar)'s status on Sunday, 28-Feb-2016 09:39:48 EST Michael Collins

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    • vinzv
    @benediktg !gnusocial It's my experience that setting that option only affects /main/all … it doesn't affect anything else.
11. Michael Collins (cyberczar)'s status on Sunday, 28-Feb-2016 09:35:31 EST Michael Collins

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    !gnusocial Also thinking that it should probably be transparent. Either in the "Statistics" plugin, or somewhere else. Something like: "The admin of this node has chosen to block all content originating from the following nodes: • http://status.hackerposse.com/url/9206 • shitposter.club • freezepeach.xyz" That way users who sign-up for an account can be forewarned that …
12. Michael Collins (cyberczar)'s status on Sunday, 28-Feb-2016 09:15:50 EST Michael Collins

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    • vinzv
    @vinzv One of the things you can do is this:
    
    php scripts/setconfig.php public localonly true
    
    Which will only show your nodes' local content on the public timelines. !gnusocial
13. Michael Collins (cyberczar)'s status on Sunday, 28-Feb-2016 09:13:27 EST Michael Collins

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    • drymer
    @drymer Not everybody uses Qvitter. :-) !gnusocial
14. Michael Collins (cyberczar)'s status on Sunday, 28-Feb-2016 09:12:55 EST Michael Collins

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    • vinzv
    @vinzv I feel you, and I certainly don't want my users' content appearing anywhere it's not wanted or shouldn't. !gnusocial
15. Michael Collins (cyberczar)'s status on Sunday, 28-Feb-2016 09:08:16 EST Michael Collins

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    • martin
    Agreed. User definitely needs to be in control, but so does the Admin. The admin needs, and must, have ultimate control, because it's the admin that's footing the bill most often, and the one that's going to be held accountable for the content that appears. If a node popped-up in … let's say … Texas … that was speficically for neo-nazis and white supremacists preaching …
16. Michael Collins (cyberczar)'s status on Sunday, 28-Feb-2016 09:01:36 EST Michael Collins

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    !gnusocial really needs the ability for users and admins to block all content coming from a specific server. Blocking a user still shows their posts in /main/all … Definitely need the ability to block a hub as well as a user. Yes it's censorship. The right to speak freely must not impugn the rights of others not to be forced to hear/ read speech they might find offensive.
17. Michael Collins (cyberczar)'s status on Saturday, 27-Feb-2016 18:06:30 EST Michael Collins

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    • UnOriginal Moniker
    !gnusocial Hi. I too have been struggling trying to get this working. I have successfully subscribed to a feed from one of my blogs that has the PuSHPress WP plugin (By Joseph Scott) installed. I have verified that there is PubSubHub "hub" item added to the feed, and GNUSocial sees the feed in the SubMirror plugin just fine. I have confirmed that the feed is in the "feedsub"…
18. Michael Collins (cyberczar)'s status on Saturday, 27-Feb-2016 18:04:34 EST Michael Collins

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    • UnOriginal Moniker
    !gnusocial Hi. I too have been struggling trying to get this working. I have successfully subscribed to a feed from one of my blogs that has the PuSHPress WP plugin (By Joseph Scott) installed. I have verified that there is PubSubHub "hub" item added to the feed, and GNUSocial sees the feed in the SubMirror plugin just fine. I have confirmed that the feed is in the "feedsub"…
19. Michael Collins (cyberczar)'s status on Sunday, 21-Feb-2016 17:31:05 EST Michael Collins

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    !gnusocial here's a weird issue I'm seeing. I have the SubMirror plugin enabled and configured (and it used to work in the past), but when I went into the Mirroring settings to add a new feed, the plugin UI didn't display. Enabling the debug log revealed the following: 2016-02-21 22:26:18 LOG_DEBUG: [http://status.hackerposse.com/url/9847.1dfd8388 GET /settings/mirror] ACTION…
20. Michael Collins (cyberczar)'s status on Sunday, 21-Feb-2016 12:56:53 EST Michael Collins

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    !gnusocial, !qvitter Does anybody have any idea why the user-defined URL link color fails to show up in Qvitter? I've tried loading the site in Firefox, Chrome, Vivaldi, and Safari, with and without caching enabled, and only sometimes does the UI display properly in Qvitter. It's confusing for new users who can't see the buttons to attach images. :-( It's like the CSS isn't ge…

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