@torgo I know it's not the remit of the W3C but I can't help but wish that a governance fork of Mozilla and it's code could happen in the care of the W3C

https://social.vmbrasseur.com/@vmbrasseur/115996948063775852

@jwz "We don't give you our permission.

Take our no to AI as an answer.

Here's my further thoughts in a blog post.

You may not read it, but I know others will.

https://dotart.blog/cobbles/ai-and-that-guy-at-the-bar"

4/4

@jwz "This series of questions is you trying to get the backing of the community to go for AI. Fork the browser and start a new company if that's the case. You can't of course because folks know Firefox and Thunderbird. You're stealing past work and all of this is for that sweet sweet investment dollar at a time when the crash is nearly here." 3/4

@jwz

"You aren't listening to your community and it's giving rather predatory vibes when we know the risks of bias and the wholesale stealing of our culture to produce slop at the expense of the biosphere and the communities where AI data centres are built." 2/4

@jwz That survey was an exercise in asking us to please please let them do the AI.
Here's my response:

"Please, if management want to suck at the teet of AI and the grifting engine, spin out the browser and email clients. Let the community safeguard those. I don't even mind if you keep the names Firefox and thunderbird. But we can't afford for AI to be permanently entwined in this browser. We have forks but we need more community governance clear of the current hype in silicon valley." 1/4

@gemlog @jim We've not taken a look at that yet. So I can't say how compatible it would be.

We're trying to build from the idea of a multicast Internet, which is not the same design principle that this is being built on. They need to build an alternative for now with the internet that we currently have. Which isn't designed for multicast.

I do welcome having alternatives to zoom for our governmental infrastructure to use.

Well that post was popular. Clearly this seems to be a new concept to some folks. It's not my or the other folks jobs to educate you.

Here's something else to read. H/T to @rysiek

https://anotherangrywoman.com/2023/01/18/how-to-give-advice-on-the-internet-without-being-an-utter-menace/

Once you've read that, here's some more posts from my cobbles blog.

https://dotart.blog/cobbles/on-bears
https://dotart.blog/cobbles/ignoring-boundaries
https://dotart.blog/cobbles/reflections-on-fedicon-and-foss-guilt-by-association
https://dotart.blog/cobbles/the-others

A woman who I follow on the fediverse just had to delete a post due to sexual harassment.

Men if you want more diversity on the Fediverse you need to speak up and call in your peers. You need to educate them and if they persist ban them. Make it clear they aren't welcome.

Otherwise you're making it clear we aren't welcome.

It shouldn't just be us doing the work

https://dotart.blog/cobbles/the-silence

#sexism