Tootfinder

Rumble CEO
Chris Pavlovsky
https://x.com/thevivafrei/status/1787982076869747157?s=61

Viva Frei (@thevivafrei) on X
Amazing opening statement from @chrispavlovski today. The fact that the media, and other big social media platforms are silent on this outrageous assault on freedom of speech is very telling.

What about an #IIW session next week where we remind each other what we wanted the #socialweb to be ≈15 years ago before the big platforms took over and it all became non-viable since?
Which parts of the vision are again relevant and can we make them happen this time around now that we have a resurgence…

and on a less serious issue, Threads folks don't "care about Fediverse" cause they don't have folks on other platforms to talk to...🤦‍♂️
From: @…
https://mastodon.social/@pixelshift/112407371019778574

SecGPT: An Execution Isolation Architecture for LLM-Based Systems
Yuhao Wu, Franziska Roesner, Tadayoshi Kohno, Ning Zhang, Umar Iqbal
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.04960

SecGPT: An Execution Isolation Architecture for LLM-Based Systems
Large language models (LLMs) extended as systems, such as ChatGPT, have begun supporting third-party applications. These LLM apps leverage the de facto natural language-based automated execution paradigm of LLMs: that is, apps and their interactions are defined in natural language, provided access to user data, and allowed to freely interact with each other and the system. These LLM app ecosystems resemble the settings of earlier computing platforms, where there was insufficient isolation betwe…

The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) has joined the American Civil Liberties Union, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and Fight for the Future calling on the House Energy and Commerce Committee to oppose
H.R. 7521, the “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act”.
This bill would functionally ban the distribution of TikTok in the United States, and would grant the President broad new powers to ban other social media platforms based on t…

CDT Joins Others in Letter Opposing the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act
The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) has joined the American Civil Liberties Union, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and Fight for the Future calling on the House Energy and Commerce Committee to oppose H.R. 7521, the “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act,” because it would violate the First Amendment rights of Americans across […]

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.12670 has been replaced.
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Towards Validation of Autonomous Vehicles Across Scales using an Integrated Digital Twin Framework
Autonomous vehicle platforms of varying spatial scales are employed within the research and development spectrum based on space, safety and monetary constraints. However, deploying and validating autonomy algorithms across varying operational scales presents challenges due to scale-specific dynamics, sensor integration complexities, computational constraints, regulatory considerations, environmental variability, interaction with other traffic participants and scalability concerns. In such a mil…

SecGPT: An Execution Isolation Architecture for LLM-Based Systems
Yuhao Wu, Franziska Roesner, Tadayoshi Kohno, Ning Zhang, Umar Iqbal
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.04960

SecGPT: An Execution Isolation Architecture for LLM-Based Systems
Large language models (LLMs) extended as systems, such as ChatGPT, have begun supporting third-party applications. These LLM apps leverage the de facto natural language-based automated execution paradigm of LLMs: that is, apps and their interactions are defined in natural language, provided access to user data, and allowed to freely interact with each other and the system. These LLM app ecosystems resemble the settings of earlier computing platforms, where there was insufficient isolation betwe…

"Unequal participation: the features that make #Mastodon calmer for some also exacerbate inequalities. Because each server is autonomous, each is vulnerable. Servers for discriminated communities could suffer attacks without other users noticing. Some Black users have reported levels of racist abuse unseen on commercial platforms. While some did move to dedicated servers, these users bear the …

Mastodon could make the public sphere less toxic, but not for all - AlgorithmWatch
The open-source social network gained millions of new users following Twitter’s takeover. While some of its features could improve the quality of public discourse, disadvantaged communities might be excluded.

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.02894 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCY_…

Automated Transparency: A Legal and Empirical Analysis of the Digital Services Act Transparency Database
The Digital Services Act (DSA) is a much awaited platforms liability reform in the European Union that was adopted on 1 November 2022 with the ambition to set a global example in terms of accountability and transparency. Among other obligations, the DSA emphasizes the need for online platforms to report on their content moderation decisions (`statements of reasons' - SoRs), which is a novel transparency mechanism we refer to as automated transparency in this study. SoRs are currently made avail…

I've dipped into the #TikTok debate, with a unique proposal. No ban, instead, mandate reciprocity.
Liberal democracies should restrict TikTok and other Chinese apps like #WeChat and #Weibo from accessing thei…

Reciprocal Access: How to Deal with TikTok and Other Chinese Apps Fairly and Democratically
Liberal democracies should restrict TikTok and other Chinese apps until China allows foreign platforms equal and fair access to the Chinese digital market.

'Like a stalker': Data broker LiveRamp reported to the UK, French regulators
LiveRamp operates a massive identity surveillance system that ties perople's online and offline activity to a single personal identifier
Thanks to @…

'Like a stalker': Data broker LiveRamp reported to the UK, French regulators
LiveRamp is a cloud data platform company based in San Francisco. Previously known as Acxiom Corporation, it is "the industry's only interoperable platform for data collaboration across all cloud, walled garden, and media platforms," according to its website, which also says it helps customers maintain "compliance with the ePrivacy Directive, GDPR, CCPA, and other data protection and privacy laws."

Fediverse appreciation post.

I don’t know about the apps you’re using but at no point in the Fediverse have I lost track of a post I was reading because the feed auto-refreshed against my will.

Which happens to me regularly on LinkedIn. (And I remember happened on the other platforms I’ve left.) Which should make you acknowledge – if you haven’t done so already – how that is a design feature on the other platforms, not a bug.

If you'd like to connect with me on various other platforms, then click any of the links below!
Discord: https://discord.gg/pUzxTRvKFH
Pixelfed: https:/…

You don’t need moderators if your target audience is people would be removed by moderators on other platforms.
#Twitter #Moderation
From: @…

Indieweb.Social
INDIEWEB.SOCIAL is an instance focused on the evolution of #Openweb, #Indieweb, #Fediverse, #Mastodon, #Humanetech and #Calm technologies.

Cross-Lingual Learning vs. Low-Resource Fine-Tuning: A Case Study with Fact-Checking in Turkish
Recep Firat Cekinel, Pinar Karagoz, Cagri Coltekin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.00411

Cross-Lingual Learning vs. Low-Resource Fine-Tuning: A Case Study with Fact-Checking in Turkish
The rapid spread of misinformation through social media platforms has raised concerns regarding its impact on public opinion. While misinformation is prevalent in other languages, the majority of research in this field has concentrated on the English language. Hence, there is a scarcity of datasets for other languages, including Turkish. To address this concern, we have introduced the FCTR dataset, consisting of 3238 real-world claims. This dataset spans multiple domains and incorporates eviden…

“In Techno Parentis”: Who Should Regulate the Online Lives of Teenagers?
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/teenagers-social-media-regulation/

“In Techno Parentis”: Who Should Regulate the Online Lives of Teenagers?
With TikTok, Instagram, and other platforms using algorithms to send teen viewers addictive, dangerous content—and reaping immense profits—self-regulation has clearly failed.

The editor of Cleveland.Com tells his readers:
"Trust your eyes. Trump on Jan. 6 launched the most serious threat to our system of government since the Civil War. You know that. You saw it.
The facts involving Trump are crystal clear, and as news people, we cannot pretend otherwise, as unpopular as that might be with a segment of our readers. There aren’t two sides to facts. People who say the earth is flat don’t get space on our platforms."

Our Trump reporting upsets some readers, but there aren’t two sides to facts: Letter from the Editor
This is a tough column to write, because I don’t want to demean or insult those who write me in good faith. I’ve started it a half dozen times since November but turned to other topics each time because this needle hard to thread.

Sources: EU Commission rules, set to be adopted as soon as next week, will fine X, TikTok, and other big platforms over lax election AI content moderation (Javier Espinoza/Financial Times)
https://t.co/kbweiwgi67

It really bugs me that the main place for 'communities' is closed source or proprietary platforms such as Facebook, Reddit, Discord etc. What if I don't want (or don't have) any of those because of their dirty dealings (looking at you Reddit!)?
I feel this is the reason that people so desperately want to federate with Threads: so they can get all the mainstream content without giving away their ideals.
Where can I find good Trombone community other than the abov…

It's funny… I've been on Masto for a year and a half now, and this is the first post about Japanese woodworking that's come through my feed.
On any of the other platforms, I've seen entire accounts, entire communities of accounts, around this particular interest, and a taste of it was fed to me by the algorithm, within the first few days.
Depending on your interests, the other platforms are just exponentially richer.
From: @…

Mastodon
The original server operated by the Mastodon gGmbH non-profit

Well if you get in the chance to choose between a Nagiko Tomato Mix can or any other tomato. Choose the other. https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/28/056248/nigerian-woman-faces-jail-time-for-facebook-review-of-tomato-sa…

Nigerian Woman Faces Jail Time For Facebook Review of Tomato Sauce - Slashdot
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Techdirt: Nigeria doesn't exactly have a stellar reputation when it comes to respecting the speech rights of its own citizens, nor the rights of platforms that its citizens use. But I will admit that even with that reputation in place, I'm a bit at a loss as ...

"When #socialmedia platforms get as big as #Instagram—more than 2 billion monthly active users—a huge majority of content moderation is automated. Earlier this week, The Markup published an investigation into how Instagram’s

"Unfortunately, Bluesky is a corporate-backed product. And, we know what happened to Twitter 🤦‍♂️ Sure, they have made it open-source, and could soon let you host your Bluesky instance like Mastodon seamlessly. Until that happens, Bluesky is a controlled entity with Jack Dorsey as one of the board members. Even if they complete their federation network and let you self-host an instance easily, Bluesky as the primary platform can have advertisements and other monetization strategies. ...…

I really hope we can get some good people from Threads to move over before Meta starts to do even more untrustworthy things.
Besides the absolutely absurdly move of following and pushing a fake"Fediverse" account that makes people think Fediverse is a single entity or organization, they've already started discussions about expansions to AP to allow platforms to support ads and other shitty ways of monetization.
Fedi needs to make money to survive, I know that. I am behind that, but ads are the shadiest of all the monetization methods because of tracking. Nobody wants to be tracked no matter how "innocent" their activities are.
They've been REALLY quiet since activating AP on their end in a seemingly bad faith move to make the Fediverse seem "useless and pointless to use" by forcing users to educate themselves on the Fediverse if they even know it exists while also making the option to turn it on obscenely hard to locate from normal use.
All in all, I'm VERY skeptical of Meta's intentions and don't really think they'll end up fully federating in the end becuase "why enable a feature that a wide number of our users think is a useless feature?". I feel right now is as far as they're gonna go with it, maybe worldwide, but still one way because that benefits them, not us, and they won't push a feature that people think is useless.
Obviously this is intentional bad faith tactics, but they still have time to prove me wrong and I really hope they do. I really really hope one day we get full federation, but I would be very delusional to have high hopes that such a thing will ever occur given this week's revelations.🤦‍♂️
#Fediverse #Fedi #Meta #Threads #Mastodon

I would like to remind everyone that the reality is that 99.999% of e.g. bank scams that happen is literal banks scamming you as part of their normal operations as a business with random fees and other bullshit.
Locked down computing platforms are, essentially, security theater.
https://hachyderm.io/@…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.13468 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csNI_…

A Grassroots Architecture to Supplant Global Digital Platforms by a Global Digital Democracy
We present an architectural alternative to global digital platforms termed grassroots, designed to serve the social, economic, civic, and political needs of local digital communities, as well as their federation. Grassroots platforms may offer local communities an alternative to global digital platforms while operating solely on the smartphones of their members, forsaking any global resources other than the network itself. Such communities may form digital economies without initial capital or e…

Honestly I want to see more people using @… and other photo sharing Fediverse platforms. I love my Pixelfed account and would never go back to anything else.

If you'd like to connect with me on various other platforms, then click any of the links below!
Discord: https://discord.gg/pUzxTRvKFH
Pixelfed: https:/…

The idea of any democratic government essentially #censoring an app or platform for political reasons is deeply worrying $ hypocritical
Yet, I strongly freel something has to be done about TikTok, and its potential as a tool in #Chinese state-led

Reciprocal Access: How to Deal with TikTok and Other Chinese Apps Fairly and Democratically
Liberal democracies should restrict TikTok and other Chinese apps until China allows foreign platforms equal and fair access to the Chinese digital market.

You might have heard Gig workers are taking time out of their day today to protest working conditions from companies like #Uber #Lyft #DoorDash

What is the Fediverse/Mastodon alterntive to Tweeps? I liked that word as a way to address the crowd and explicitly ask for feedback/opinions. I could think of Mastodonians (but that does not include other Fedi platforms) or Fedinauts (which might sound a bit arcane). Anything that has gained some traction? #AskFedi

SLIGHT rant about how Nostr works and comparing it to BlueSky, Fedi, and other platforms in terms of moderation.
Well, I just learned a bit about Nostr.
It's basically "Bluesky, but FOSS". You have your account that has more control of moderation for the user.
The difference is that on Nostr nobody can "ban" per se because nobody has control over each other. It's block and mute. That's your moderation and you do it yourself. Nobody does it for you, unlike Fedi or BlueSky.
I gotta say, that's where a lot of you really need to go to have your eyes opened to what the Fediverse is really like for those of us on single user instances and the sheer amount of work unpaid moderators and admins do here to keep these instances as "nasty shit free" as they can.
Awhile back I kept seeing things like "Other platforms have moderation issues, there's CP and all kinds of other nasty stuff there".
There's all that here too, you're just privileged to have people with massive amounts of passion for this place and do the unpaid work to block and remove all that shit.
If you actually had any control in what you're allowed to see or not see, it can end up being the wild west for all things bad. Which is okay for those who don't mind blocking and muting endlessly (What Fediverse unpaid mods and admins do every day), but I'd bet a lot of you won't want to do that because it sounds HARD and potentially gross and traumatic.
So, whenever you think "that other platform is bad because their moderation sucks". Maybe, just maybe, think about if you would want to sit there all day looking at nasty shit like CP and other sexual crimes/hate speech/scams/etc. and have a little sympathy for the actual people who do. Because it sucks and it does exist here, you just don't see it.
#Fediverse #Nostr #Fedi #BlueSky #Threads #Moderation #Mastodon

X's pivot to video mirrors past social media trends, but its reliance on user-generated videos from TikTok and other platforms may not ensure long-term success (John Herrman/New York Magazine)
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/…

Welp, kinda disheartened to find out that Matt Mullenweg (WordPress, Tumblr) is a TERF.
Thankfully I don't have many WordPress sites these days. I will be moving them to Ghost and other platforms.

We need a Dogme 95 manifesto for the web. A way of making radically simplified websites that put content first.
Self-hosted, no javascript, black text on a white background. No content to overlay other content at any time. SVG images. No video where text will do. No content hosted on third-party platforms. Absolutely no advertising. No AI generated content.
And then we need a search engine that prioritizes these websites.

Foreign propaganda accounts aiming to affect US elections are flourishing on X, which isn't participating in info-sharing meetings with other social platforms (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/16/x-meta-china-d…

Posing as Americans, Chinese accounts on X aim to divide and disrupt
X hasn’t sent a representative in months to biweekly information-sharing meetings with other social media companies.

The one thing I wish this Share To Mastodon extension by @… did was auto close the window after you hit PUBLISH and share the post to Mastodon.
https://github.com/corbindavenport/…

GitHub - corbindavenport/share-to-mastodon: Browser extension for sharing links and tabs to Mastodon (and other Fediverse platforms)
Browser extension for sharing links and tabs to Mastodon (and other Fediverse platforms) - corbindavenport/share-to-mastodon

I can now say this with a certainty having used my Windows laptop for almost 2 months like 10 hr/day most days. The Mac is just more efficient and less spammy. Less ads, less work interruption, better device integration, better power management. The Mac may not be as fast graphics-wise, but it makes up for other things in the workflow and file management sense. I am very productive on both platforms, but the Mac is just more cohesive and efficient. They sweated the details more.

Well if you get in the chance to choose between a Nagiko Tomato Mix can or any other tomato. Choose the other. https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/28/056248/nigerian-woman-faces-jail-time-for-facebook-review-of-tomato-sa…

Nigerian Woman Faces Jail Time For Facebook Review of Tomato Sauce - Slashdot
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Techdirt: Nigeria doesn't exactly have a stellar reputation when it comes to respecting the speech rights of its own citizens, nor the rights of platforms that its citizens use. But I will admit that even with that reputation in place, I'm a bit at a loss as ...

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.14312 has been replaced.
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The Jiao Tong University Spectroscopic Telescope Project
The Jiao Tong University Spectroscopic Telescope (JUST) is a 4.4-meter f/6.0 segmentedmirror telescope dedicated to spectroscopic observations. The JUST primary mirror is composed of 18 hexagonal segments, each with a diameter of 1.1 m. JUST provides two Nasmyth platforms for placing science instruments. One Nasmyth focus fits a field of view of 10 arcmin and the other has an extended field of view of 1.2 deg with correction optics. A tertiary mirror is used to switch between the two Nasmyth fo…

Utilizing Large Language Models to Identify Reddit Users Considering Vaping Cessation for Digital Interventions
Sai Krishna Revanth Vuruma, Dezhi Wu, Saborny Sen Gupta, Lucas Aust, Valerie Lookingbill, Caleb Henry, Yang Ren, Erin Kasson, Li-Shiun Chen, Patricia Cavazos-Rehg, Dian Hu, Ming Huang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.17607…

Utilizing Large Language Models to Identify Reddit Users Considering Vaping Cessation for Digital Interventions
The widespread adoption of social media platforms globally not only enhances users' connectivity and communication but also emerges as a vital channel for the dissemination of health-related information, thereby establishing social media data as an invaluable organic data resource for public health research. The surge in popularity of vaping or e-cigarette use in the United States and other countries has caused an outbreak of e-cigarette and vaping use-associated lung injury (EVALI), leading to…

Kinda mind-blown. When @… 's masto.js migrated to JS Proxy API (https://github.com/neet/masto.js/releases/tag/v6.0.0), I was like "cool, …

Release v6.0.0 · neet/masto.js
Recent social media trends have transformed Mastodon's environment. Specifically, tighter API restrictions and the ending of automated accounts on other platforms highlight the need for a similar l...

Towards Fair Allocation in Social Commerce Platforms
Anjali Gupta, Shreyans J. Nagori, Abhijnan Chakraborty, Rohit Vaish, Sayan Ranu, Prajit Prashant Nadkarni, Narendra Varma Dasararaju, Muthusamy Chelliah
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.12759

Towards Fair Allocation in Social Commerce Platforms
Social commerce platforms are emerging businesses where producers sell products through re-sellers who advertise the products to other customers in their social network. Due to the increasing popularity of this business model, thousands of small producers and re-sellers are starting to depend on these platforms for their livelihood; thus, it is important to provide fair earning opportunities to them. The enormous product space in such platforms prohibits manual search, and motivates the need fo…

FedMIL: Federated-Multiple Instance Learning for Video Analysis with Optimized DPP Scheduling
Ashish Bastola, Hao Wang, Xiwen Chen, Abolfazl Razi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.17331 …

FedMIL: Federated-Multiple Instance Learning for Video Analysis with Optimized DPP Scheduling
Many AI platforms, including traffic monitoring systems, use Federated Learning (FL) for decentralized sensor data processing for learning-based applications while preserving privacy and ensuring secured information transfer. On the other hand, applying supervised learning to large data samples, like high-resolution images requires intensive human labor to label different parts of a data sample. Multiple Instance Learning (MIL) alleviates this challenge by operating over labels assigned to the …

Because people can't click a link and read it that way apparently, I'll post images from the Fediverse wiki page here that supports my claim that AP is the Fediverse. If anyone has anything else to say that isn't covered in these images, I'm willilng to entertain it.
But don't come into my replies saying "AP isn't the only protocol that's a part of the Fediverse" because I'm literally covering that right here, right now.
Sorry, I'm an…

Foreign propaganda accounts aiming to affect US elections are flourishing on X, which isn't participating in info-sharing meetings with other social platforms (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/16/x-meta-china-d…

Posing as Americans, Chinese accounts on X aim to divide and disrupt
X hasn’t sent a representative in months to biweekly information-sharing meetings with other social media companies.

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.13468 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csNI_…

A Grassroots Architecture to Supplant Global Digital Platforms by a Global Digital Democracy
We present an architectural alternative to global digital platforms termed grassroots, designed to serve the social, economic, civic, and political needs of local digital communities, as well as their federation. Grassroots platforms may offer local communities an alternative to global digital platforms while operating solely on the smartphones of their members, forsaking any global resources other than the network itself. Such communities may form digital economies without initial capital or e…

Pay Attention: a Call to Regulate the Attention Market and Prevent Algorithmic Emotional Governance
Franck Michel, Fabien Gandon
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.16670

Pay Attention: a Call to Regulate the Attention Market and Prevent Algorithmic Emotional Governance
Over the last 70 years, we, humans, have created an economic market where attention is being captured and turned into money thanks to advertising. During the last two decades, leveraging research in psychology, sociology, neuroscience and other domains, Web platforms have brought the process of capturing attention to an unprecedented scale. With the initial commonplace goal of making targeted advertising more effective, the generalization of attention-capturing techniques and their use of cogni…

imho, this image - the MAU curve of lemmy is the big news on the #fediverse. While also #mastodon and other platforms experienced peaks last summer, #lemmy is the only one that is consistently on the rise in 2024. Arguably…

Just need 6 more for 1000! Share Share Share to other platforms!
https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/@chris/112236481444047660

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.00411 has been replaced.
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Cross-Lingual Learning vs. Low-Resource Fine-Tuning: A Case Study with Fact-Checking in Turkish
The rapid spread of misinformation through social media platforms has raised concerns regarding its impact on public opinion. While misinformation is prevalent in other languages, the majority of research in this field has concentrated on the English language. Hence, there is a scarcity of datasets for other languages, including Turkish. To address this concern, we have introduced the FCTR dataset, consisting of 3238 real-world claims. This dataset spans multiple domains and incorporates eviden…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.09526 has been replaced.
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Optimizing the Electrical Interface for Large-Scale Color-Center Quantum Processors
Quantum processors based on color centers in diamond are promising candidates for future large-scale quantum computers thanks to their flexible optical interface, (relatively) high operating temperature, and high-fidelity operation. Similar to other quantum-computing platforms, the electrical interface required to control and read out such qubits may limit both the performance of the whole system and its scalability. To address this challenge, this work analyzes the requirements of the electric…

Welp, kinda disheartened to find out that Matt Mullenweg (WordPress, Tumblr) is a TERF.
Thankfully I don't have many WordPress sites these days. I will be moving them to Ghost and other platforms.

I can now say this with a certainty having used my Windows laptop for almost 2 months like 10 hr/day most days. The Mac is just more efficient and less spammy. Less ads, less work interruption, better device integration, better power management. The Mac may not be as fast graphics-wise, but it makes up for other things in the workflow and file management sense. I am very productive on both platforms, but the Mac is just more cohesive and efficient. They sweated the details more.

Mark Zuckerberg is seeking to avoid being held personally liable in two dozen lawsuits accusing Meta of addicting children to its products in a hearing today (Rachel Graf/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Zuckerberg Wants No Personal Legal Blame for Instagram, Facebook Addiction
Mark Zuckerberg is seeking to avoid being held personally liable in two dozen lawsuits accusing Meta Platforms Inc. and other social media companies of addicting children to their products.

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.11234 has been replaced.
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Perceptual Musical Features for Interpretable Audio Tagging
In the age of music streaming platforms, the task of automatically tagging music audio has garnered significant attention, driving researchers to devise methods aimed at enhancing performance metrics on standard datasets. Most recent approaches rely on deep neural networks, which, despite their impressive performance, possess opacity, making it challenging to elucidate their output for a given input. While the issue of interpretability has been emphasized in other fields like medicine, it has n…

Credential stuffing is a type of automated cyberattack where fraudsters use stolen usernames and passwords from one platform and attempt to log in to accounts on other platforms
https://www.roku.com/blog/protecting-your-roku-account

Roku
Roku provides the simplest way to stream entertainment to your TV. On your terms. With thousands of available channels to choose from.

A Grassroots Architecture to Supplant Global Digital Platforms by a Global Digital Democracy
Ehud Shapiro
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.13468 https://<…

A Grassroots Architecture to Supplant Global Digital Platforms by a Global Digital Democracy
We present an architectural alternative to global digital platforms termed grassroots, designed to serve the social, economic, civic, and political needs of local digital communities, as well as their federation. Grassroots platforms may offer local communities an alternative to global digital platforms while operating solely on the smartphones of their members, forsaking any global resources other than the network itself. Such communities may form digital economies without initial capital or e…

"#Ghost is also making #ActivityPub a first-class citizen in the subscription flow. When clicking on the Subscribe button on a Ghost #newsletter, you will now be able to subscribe through email or through…

Substack Competitor Ghost Announces ActivityPub Integration
Ghost, a major publishing platform, follows in the footsteps of WordPress. Both platforms may be able to follow each other soon.

Enriching User Shopping History: Empowering E-commerce with a Hierarchical Recommendation System
Irem Islek, Sule Gunduz Oguducu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.12096

Enriching User Shopping History: Empowering E-commerce with a Hierarchical Recommendation System
Recommendation systems can provide accurate recommendations by analyzing user shopping history. A richer user history results in more accurate recommendations. However, in real applications, users prefer e-commerce platforms where the item they seek is at the lowest price. In other words, most users shop from multiple e-commerce platforms simultaneously; different parts of the user's shopping history are shared between different e-commerce platforms. Consequently, we assume in this study that a…

I LOVE all of these screenshots on my timeline of other platforms I am purposefully not using....said no one, ever.🙄

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Echopype: A Python library for interoperable and scalable processing of water column sonar data for biological information
High-frequency sonar systems deployed on a wide array of ocean observing platforms are creating a deluge of water column sonar data at an unprecedented speed from all corners of the ocean. Efficient and integrative analysis of these data, either across different sonar instruments or with other oceanographic datasets, holds the key to monitoring and understanding the response of marine ecosystems to the rapidly changing climate. In this paper we present Echopype, an open-source Python software l…

X's pivot to video mirrors past social media trends, but its reliance on user-generated videos from TikTok and other platforms may not ensure long-term success (John Herrman/New York Magazine)
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/…

Persistent Homology generalizations for Social Media Network Analysis
Isabela Rocha
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.19257 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2404.19257
arXiv:2404.19257v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: This study details an approach for the analysis of social media collected political data through the lens of Topological Data Analysis, with a specific focus on Persistent Homology and the political processes they represent by proposing a set of mathematical generalizations using Gaussian functions to define and analyze these Persistent Homology categories. Three distinct types of Persistent Homologies were recurrent across datasets that had been plotted through retweeting patterns and analyzed through the k-Nearest-Neighbor filtrations. As these Persistent Homologies continued to appear, they were then categorized and dubbed Nuclear, Bipolar, and Multipolar Constellations. Upon investigating the content of these plotted tweets, specific patterns of interaction and political information dissemination were identified, namely Political Personalism and Political Polarization. Through clustering and application of Gaussian density functions, I have mathematically characterized each category, encapsulating their distinctive topological features. The mathematical generalizations of Bipolar, Nuclear, and Multipolar Constellations developed in this study are designed to inspire other political science digital media researchers to utilize these categories as to identify Persistent Homology in datasets derived from various social media platforms, suggesting the broader hypothesis that such structures are bound to be present on political scraped data regardless of the social media it's derived from. This method aims to offer a new perspective in Network Analysis as it allows for an exploration of the underlying shape of the networks formed by retweeting patterns, enhancing the understanding of digital interactions within the sphere of Computational Social Sciences.

Designing Problems for Improved Instruction and Learning -- Linear Algebra
Ryan H. Allaire, Margaret Reynolds, Andrew C. Lee
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.06648

Designing Problems for Improved Instruction and Learning -- Linear Algebra
One of the grand challenges of Mathematics instruction is to provide students with problems that are both accessible and have a reasonably elegant solution. Instructors commonly resort to resources like course textbooks, online-learning platforms, or other automated problem-generating software to select problems for exams and assignments. However, reliance on such tools may result in limited control over problem parameters, potentially yielding intricate solutions that impede students' understa…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.13230 has been replaced.
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BFT-PoLoc: A Byzantine Fortified Trigonometric Proof of Location Protocol using Internet Delays
Internet platforms depend on accurately determining the geographical locations of online users to deliver targeted services (e.g., advertising). The advent of decentralized platforms (blockchains) emphasizes the importance of geographically distributed nodes, making the validation of locations more crucial. In these decentralized settings, mutually non-trusting participants need to {\em prove} their locations to each other. The incentives for claiming desired location include decentralization p…

Crowdsourcing public attitudes toward local services through the lens of Google Maps reviews: An urban density-based perspective
Lingyao Li, Songhua Hu, Atiyya Shaw, Libby Hemphill
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.13156

Crowdsourcing public attitudes toward local services through the lens of Google Maps reviews: An urban density-based perspective
Understanding how urban density impacts public perceptions of urban service is important for informing livable, accessible, and equitable urban planning. Conventional methods such as surveys are limited by their sampling scope, time efficiency, and expense. On the other hand, crowdsourcing through online platforms presents an opportunity for decision-makers to tap into a user-generated source of information that is widely available and cost-effective. To demonstrate such potential, we collect G…

The Jiao Tong University Spectroscopic Telescope Project
JUST Team, Chengze Liu, Ying Zu, Fabo Feng, Zhaoyu Li, Yu Yu, Hua Bai, Xiangqun Cui, Bozhong Gu, Yizhou Gu, Jiaxin Han, Yonghui Hou, Zhongwen Hu, Hangxin Ji, Yipeng Jing, Wei Li, Zhaoxiang Qi, Xianyu Tan, Cairang Tian, Dehua Yang, Xiangyan Yuan, Chao Zhai, Congcong Zhang, Jun Zhang, Haotong Zhang, Pengjie Zhang, Yong Zhang, Yi Zhao, Xianzhong Zheng, Qingfeng Zhu, Xiaohu Yang

The Jiao Tong University Spectroscopic Telescope Project
The Jiao Tong University Spectroscopic Telescope (JUST) is a 4.4-meter f/6.0 segmentedmirror telescope dedicated to spectroscopic observations. The JUST primary mirror is composed of 18 hexagonal segments, each with a diameter of 1.1 m. JUST provides two Nasmyth platforms for placing science instruments. One Nasmyth focus fits a field of view of 10 arcmin and the other has an extended field of view of 1.2 deg with correction optics. A tertiary mirror is used to switch between the two Nasmyth fo…

RadCloud: Real-Time High-Resolution Point Cloud Generation Using Low-Cost Radars for Aerial and Ground Vehicles
David Hunt, Shaocheng Luo, Amir Khazraei, Xiao Zhang, Spencer Hallyburton, Tingjun Chen, Miroslav Pajic
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.05964

RadCloud: Real-Time High-Resolution Point Cloud Generation Using Low-Cost Radars for Aerial and Ground Vehicles
In this work, we present RadCloud, a novel real time framework for directly obtaining higher-resolution lidar-like 2D point clouds from low-resolution radar frames on resource-constrained platforms commonly used in unmanned aerial and ground vehicles (UAVs and UGVs, respectively); such point clouds can then be used for accurate environmental mapping, navigating unknown environments, and other robotics tasks. While high-resolution sensing using radar data has been previously reported, existing m…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.04676 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@ar…

Magnon-Photon Coupling in an Opto-Electro-Magnonic Oscillator
The opto-electronic oscillators (OEOs) hosting self-sustained oscillations by a time delayed mechanism are of particular interest in long-haul signal transmission and processing. On the other hand, owing to their unique tunability and compatibility, magnons - as elementary excitations of spin waves - are advantageous carriers for coherent signal transduction across different platforms. In this work, we integrated an opto-electronic oscillator with a magnonic oscillator consisting of a microwave…

Phishing Website Detection Using a Combined Model of ANN and LSTM
Muhammad Shoaib Farooq, Hina jabbar
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.10780 https://

Phishing Website Detection Using a Combined Model of ANN and LSTM
In this digital era, our lives highly depend on the internet and worldwide technology. Wide usage of technology and platforms of communication makes our lives better and easier. But on the other side it carries out some security issues and cruel activities, phishing is one activity of these cruel activities. It is a type of cybercrime, which has the purpose of stealing the personal information of the computer user, and enterprises, which carry out fake websites that are the copy of the original…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.00187 has been replaced.
link: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=a

Echopype: A Python library for interoperable and scalable processing of water column sonar data for biological information
High-frequency sonar systems deployed on a wide array of ocean observing platforms are creating a deluge of water column sonar data at an unprecedented speed from all corners of the ocean. Efficient and integrative analysis of these data, either across different sonar instruments or with other oceanographic datasets, holds the key to monitoring and understanding the response of marine ecosystems to the rapidly changing climate. In this paper we present Echopype, an open-source Python software l…

RadCloud: Real-Time High-Resolution Point Cloud Generation Using Low-Cost Radars for Aerial and Ground Vehicles
David Hunt, Shaocheng Luo, Amir Khazraei, Xiao Zhang, Spencer Hallyburton, Tingjun Chen, Miroslav Pajic
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.05964

RadCloud: Real-Time High-Resolution Point Cloud Generation Using Low-Cost Radars for Aerial and Ground Vehicles
In this work, we present RadCloud, a novel real time framework for directly obtaining higher-resolution lidar-like 2D point clouds from low-resolution radar frames on resource-constrained platforms commonly used in unmanned aerial and ground vehicles (UAVs and UGVs, respectively); such point clouds can then be used for accurate environmental mapping, navigating unknown environments, and other robotics tasks. While high-resolution sensing using radar data has been previously reported, existing m…

BFT-PoLoc: A Byzantine Fortified Trigonometric Proof of Location Protocol using Internet Delays
Peiyao Sheng, Vishal Sevani, Himanshu Tyagi, Pramod Viswanath
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.13230

BFT-PoLoc: A Byzantine Fortified Trigonometric Proof of Location Protocol using Internet Delays
Internet platforms depend on accurately determining the geographical locations of online users to deliver targeted services (e.g., advertising). The advent of decentralized platforms (blockchains) emphasizes the importance of geographically distributed nodes, making the validation of locations more crucial. In these decentralized settings, mutually non-trusting participants need to {\em prove} their locations to each other. The incentives for claiming desired location include decentralization p…

BFT-PoLoc: A Byzantine Fortified Trigonometric Proof of Location Protocol using Internet Delays
Peiyao Sheng, Vishal Sevani, Himanshu Tyagi, Pramod Viswanath
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.13230

BFT-PoLoc: A Byzantine Fortified Trigonometric Proof of Location Protocol using Internet Delays
Internet platforms depend on accurately determining the geographical locations of online users to deliver targeted services (e.g., advertising). The advent of decentralized platforms (blockchains) emphasizes the importance of geographically distributed nodes, making the validation of locations more crucial. In these decentralized settings, mutually non-trusting participants need to {\em prove} their locations to each other. The incentives for claiming desired location include decentralization p…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.00187 has been replaced.
link: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=a

Echopype: A Python library for interoperable and scalable processing of water column sonar data for biological information
High-frequency sonar systems deployed on a wide array of ocean observing platforms are creating a deluge of water column sonar data at an unprecedented speed from all corners of the ocean. Efficient and integrative analysis of these data, either across different sonar instruments or with other oceanographic datasets, holds the key to monitoring and understanding the response of marine ecosystems to the rapidly changing climate. In this paper we present Echopype, an open-source Python software l…

imho, this image - the MAU curve of lemmy is the big news on the #fediverse. While also #mastodon and other platforms experienced peaks last summer, #lemmy is the only one that is consistently on the rise in 2024. Arguably, this is thanks to particular #affordances, like the fact that older posts of wider appreciation do not get overwhelmed in feeds.
More charts at https://fedidb.org

So...now that BridgyFed is live, how about if those who don't want an open platform (like we currently have) block the bot. Then after a reasonable enough time (a month?) We make it opt-out like the rest of the platform?
I'm still SO confused by the fact that a lot of you want a closed platform, while being on an open one, yet here we are.
What say you? Can we ACTUALLY get back to the goal of this platform? to be open and allow those on other platforms to follow and interact with us freely? Or are we still wanting our "open walled garden" concept?
ActivityPub is built on being an open platform for engagement across social networks. However, what we have here with BridgyFed, does not build on that goal, because you all asked it not to.😔
#Fedi #Fediverse #ActivityPub #BlueSky #BridgyFed #Momostr #Bridge #BlueSkyBridge

I can't wait till Fedi opens certain floodgates.
Lots of niche topics and communities are non-existent here.
I try SO hard to engage in pro wrestling discussion here, but it just isn't happening like it is on other platforms.
On threads, in 4 minutes, Smackdown will most likely be Trending. Here, maybe 5 people will casually mention it throughout the show.
There's a lot to be desired here and I hope this new social movement changes things for the better.
#Fedi #Fediverse #SocialMedia #Mastodon #Threads #Meta #ProWrestling #ProfessionalWrestling #WWE #WWESmackdown