infosex.exchange <3
You are probably looking for the infosec.exchange Mastodon instance
This host is mostly for my random stuff, and in little part acts like a well-intentioned placeholder for the typosquatted domain.
Discoverability and Archiving
Currently I'm using this host for saving the items from my own feeds to the Wayback Machine and provide in-links for search engines. I hate that I have to do this, but the non-sense ideology of Mastodon pretty much ruined the search feature for Fediverse as a whole, and this wasn't changed by the fact that they owned their mistake and implemented search eventually.
Yes, I (or anyone else) could do similar things with other peoples published feeds, regardless of the tantrum. No, you can't defederate this, because the process doesn't rely on an instance.
Gluttony Section for Search Engines
I so hate when a bug is like "here's an $API that does a thing", then you invoke $API and it doesn't do the thing.
Now I start searching for a solution, and all I can find is "oh you should just call $API!"
@algernon gummy bears! (make you swallow a lot)
I had a particularly mind-numbing exchange with a chatbot today so decided to dedicate spare resources of one of my VPSs to
#iocaine. I brought the domain online about an hour ago, and there are already dumb bots in the maze, continuously consuming my bandwidth and CPU.
/cc
@algernon
@crcollins unfortunately part of the problem is that the independet stores UX was simply shit as if they didn't really want my money...
It's 2025 and I tried to buy a book online:
- Had to register a new account
- Had to chat with a bot
- Had a card declined
- Fell back to rent instead of buy
- Got an OTP SMS
- Still can't download the book
I now have a pirated copy (took 2 clicks) and my refund is on the way.
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