The #openweb is a space for both progressives and reactionary groups
One uncomfortable thing we need to address, calmly and constructively, is this: for the last decade, the right has been better at cooperating around #openweb media than the left. This isn’t because the right has better politics. It’s because they’ve been more pragmatic about infrastructure. While much of the left argued endlessly about identity, fashion, theory, tone, and purity, right-wing and reactionary groups quietly built linking ecosystems: shared blogs, cross-posting networks, […]https://hamishcampbell.com/the-openweb-is-a-space-for-both-progressives-and-reactionary-groups/
The "No One Cares" Show, Ep. 13: On Gab and Lolicon, or Why you should #GetOffGab
https://peertube.anon-kenkai.com/w/bND3Loo8X6daX23V7ZHPRn
LOLSpam Returns as a Super-Simple Mastodon Bot
Back when I was comparing social media archives, I considered resurrecting my old LOLspam project as a Mastodon bot. I never quite got around to it, partly because I was able to do most of what I wanted to automate using IFTTT, so I stopped investigating that last 5%.
Last night, I threw together a quick and dirty bot to post a random item from a text file in about 20 minutes.
Then I spent three hours going through the Twitter archive for @LOL_Spam, pulling out jokes that are too dated or cringeworthy. (I hope I didn’t miss any. It was midnight by the time I finished, and I was really tired!)
This morning I modified the script to take a second file as a queue for new items.
If you’re interested in funny/odd spam subjects (and you’re OK with swearing and occasional lewdness), check out @LOLspam@BotsIn.Space. You can follow from any Mastodon or other Fediverse account. Update: it’s moved to @lolspam@snac24.keysmash.xyz since BotsIn.Space shut down.
The script itself is called fedbotrandom. I wrote it in Perl, using text files, so I could just put it in cron on any *nix box instead of worrying about language/database support or installing a runtime or DB engine. I’ve made it really simple on purpose, and while I do plan on writing some better error handling when I have time, it’s already more complex than I wanted it to be!
#fedbotrandom #fediverse #lolSpam #mastodon #programming #socialNetworking