So why did it change? There are a few causes, and this pendulum between open and closed tech is always swinging, but to me the single most important cause was the advent of the smartphone.

Smartphones allowed tech companies to rewrite the rules around standards, software, lock-in and #privacy as Big Tech companies all sought to control the new personal computer with rules people would have rejected on their laptops. The rush to control SMS and news portals killed XMPP and RSS, respectively.

@StryderNotavi @maikelthedev They are *getting* that education now.

The last time around, I think many folks were not using the Internet and computers during the previous era of lock-in so they had no reason to understand the future harms and risks of embracing it.

It takes time for a company to abuse lock-in it for more money/marketshare in a way that the customer feels. The walled garden seems great unless you want to leave it. The cloud-dependent appliance is great while the service is up.

@maikelthedev While I agree that we shouldn't, if we're discussing lock in and social networks then we kinda have to also consider that others might not consider their decision so carefully.

Which means we've got work to do educating people, because allowing these technologies into our lives generally has non-obvious consequences and we'd be better off if more people understood that.

this code worked for me like 100% replacement of just text:

.button.button--block {
visibility: hidden;
}

.button.button--block::before {
visibility: visible;
content: 'Beep!';
display: block;
width: 100%;
padding: 7px;
margin-top:-7px;
border-radius: 3px;
background-color: #595aff;
}
}

@luka @sotolf

Try to check your instance when you are logged out :P
All the buttons says "Noot!"/"Beep!" and so on

@selea @sotolf also to keep that hover color change, add also

.button.button--block:hover:before {
background-color: #6364ff;
}

@luka @sotolf

Hey! Thank you!
You pointed indirectly out a typo that I had!

Thanks!

@Leadegroot@mastodon.social

So in theory one could also change it to "Blaspheme!" or "Deploy Expletives!"...

There's a few too many folks wandering about and quacking about how that's "too authoritarian" or "too controlling."

And like. Idk, it's bad enough we're going to be dealing with the "anarchist" grifters and known abusive elements (who keep getting protection ~somehow~).

And those are harder to deal with when you're also dealing with fake accounts trying to run scams on your community. 🤷🏼

This is totally correct! If you want to all have an enjoyable experience, it's much more helpful to agree with the #moderation opinions of your #mastoadmin than to share the same interests.

You can always follow interests elsewhere!

if you’re stuck between making an account on, say, a game dev instance and a furry artist instance (for example), you will still be able to follow & make friends with all the game dev people and the furry artist people no matter which instance you’re on (so long as the instances aren’t blocking each other)

but if you have a specific moderation need, and one of the admins is willing and able to address that need while the other one is not, *that’s* what matters

Solidly true.

It's such a relief to find a community that knows that in the grand scheme, there aren't that many unspeakable ideas, but for those few, it is our _duty_ to ensure they do not gain purchase in our spaces.