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Ben Pate 🀘🏻
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Howdy! I'm the nerd who's building #Emissary - an ActivityPub server for building custom social applications on the Fediverse. My first app on this platform is a music sharing server for indie bands, called #Bandwagon. And now I'm also working on #Atlas, a social mapping server for adding Federated annotations to places in the real world. If you'd like to talk about any of my projects, feel free to DM me here, or on Signal (@benpate.5280)

I'm working to build an ethical home for #Musicians that doesn't siphon their work into the #AI torment nexus.

Today, I've installed a new firewall on #Bandwagon called "Silicon Dome" that blocks every known AI and malicious bot.

With regular monitoring and updates, Silicon Dome will actively protect human creativity from the rampant AIs already out in the wild.

I think it's a win for humanity.

Replying to Avatar kolya

nostr:npub1trdnqrfstufc45awha43p6xy2n0v6czuhapzh4r09hap08dg0c6s9gussx I get the gripe about the lack of user groups or sth like that. That's understandable.

But where did you get the idea that Mastodon was supposed to replace Facebook?

For me, the idea came once I stopped blaming Facebook/Twitter users for their hateful/extremist views and instead saw them as the victims of the addictive information hellholes that have trapped them. They are not our enemies just because their community is still on FB. They are our brothers, sisters, parents, and children who have been left behind in a war zone, and it’s our duty to help get them out. nostr:npub1d98srwkt632thedj63eaj89kfyachrfah6gztw4xjvk5lcf9ezgsu7yhr5 nostr:npub1trdnqrfstufc45awha43p6xy2n0v6czuhapzh4r09hap08dg0c6s9gussx