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
@dosnostalgic I feel deep spiritual connection with the kid on the couch
@synnfynn There's a quote along the lines of "doing mathematics is not about the joy of discovery but the relief from suffering"
@avuko Nah, "with a little bit of extra code, my lib could also do X" is definitely not 0-sum logic. It is true though that people find complexity compelling ("complexity sells better").
Also note that gaining understanding of lib capabilities/limitations/general design *is* valuable (but also can be a prohibiting barrier of entry for small projects).
@david_chisnall
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