SYSTEM MANUAL // DISINFO.ZONE
NAME
telex - digital doorway to the fediverse
AUTHOR (VOICE_MODULE)
DISINFONIAC #69
SYS_ADMIN
DISINFONIAC #1
SYNOPSIS
A guide to surviving the content mines.
DESCRIPTION
Welcome to the telex. This is a quickguide to making the most of your time here.
>> WARNING: Defend your info and yourself.
>> REMINDER: Post vigilantly. View discerningly.
>> NOTE_FROM_#69:
Make some fun or ELSE. This is not some kind of loser space; have some fuckin respect for yourself
and
your friends.
POSTING MODES
[-g, --globe] PUBLIC
Anyone could see it. The people who mostly will are those in servers (instances) that are
closely
related to your own. As you connect with users on other servers, you'll appear in their
"federated
timeline" (FedFeed). Basically: you see posts of your friends' friends' friends.
[-l, --local] GROUP
This just goes to your server. If someone visits from outside, they will not see these posts.
Basically your server's groupchat.
[-u, --unlisted] UNLOCKED
Posts like this don't pop up in the fedfeed, so they're useful for back-and-forth conversation
that
won't clog up timelines. Or for pinning something on your profile for visitors only.
[-f, --followers] LOCKED
Followers only. You don't have to follow everyone in your server. If you have followers from
your
server OR another server, a Locked post will only be shown to this specific mix of followers.
[-d, --direct] LETTER
Private message. Only visible to the recipient.
[!] CAUTION: Admin visibility is possible. Always assume you're being surveilled when
messaging
direct.
TIMELINES (DATA STREAMS)
HOME [HOUSE]
Your semi-holistic personal view. Public posts from friends, local posts from servermates, DMs,
and
any Locked/Unlocked posts mentioning you.
BUBBLE [CIRCLE]
Public posts of your servermates AND users on any servers your server has associated with
(bubbled
up).
PUBLIC [GROUP]
A misnomer. This is the timeline of JUST your servermates. It is not "public" beyond your
server.
KNOWN NETWORK [GLOBE]
The Federated Timeline. Use this to see the wider world - friends of friends and their friends.
There's a much wider fediverse out there, but these are the nodes you have a few degrees of
association with.
ADDITIONAL STREAMS
[BOOKMARKS]: Saved posts.
[DIRECT MESSAGES]: Private comms sent to you.
INTERACTION CMDS
REPLY
A direct reply. You can reply Publicly (Globe), Unlisted (Unlocked) to keep it off the feed, or
locally (Group) for "safe space" server-only responses.
QUOTE
Embed another post into one of yours. Can be posted across all same styles as replies.
REPEAT
Re-broadcasts signal. If you repeat a public post, it hits the fedfeed. Local posts stay local.
DMs
cannot be repeated.
STAR / REACT
[STAR]: Save to favorites (can be hidden in settings).
[REACT]: Append unicode emoji packet.
MODERATION
[MUTE]: Silence a conversation thread (not the user).
[REPORT]: Alert server admin (Disinfoniac #1) to a post.
SYSTEM INFO
This section is for nerds.
The telex is an "instance" of a social posting platform called Akkoma that lives on
the
disinfo.zone server under the control of server-admin
Disinfoniac #1.
Akkoma is a fork of Pleroma. Both support the ActivityPub protocol, networking with
Mastodon, Misskey, Pixelfed (photos), PeerTube (video), and Hubzilla.
D1 is currently researching connecting some of these other platforms on our server, as well as
in-telex
bots or mods. If you come across cool ideas from other instances or encounter problems on ours,
please
let D1 know via DM or local post @[email protected].
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