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Thanks, Evan! I honestly didn’t take it personally and there were some learning I needed that will just help me be a better fediverse community member. And thanks for the kind words and feedback! That’s mostly why I’m reaching out. The AP integration seems to be working okay, but I’m sure there are gaps I’m missing from a lack of knowledge.

@evan@activitypub.space > I’m really sorry for all this dogpile. You shouldn’t be getting this kind of flack when you took the time to implement ActivityPub

You took the words right out of my mouth. This is worse than the Mastodon HOA, which is usually at least about some kind of substantive issue with the project (eg not respecting posting scopes when displaying replies), even if the overreaction is nuclear scale.

@rimu@piefed.social @julian@activitypub.space If you really believe you’re talking to a Trained #MOLE, then you’re just hurling all this toxic negativity into the fediverse for no reason. It’s a special case of flooding the zone with shit. Do you expect the MOLE to take offence and withdraw its participation if you’re sufficiently mean to it? Why would it do that?

What if you’re wrong, which is a possibility a rational person must always stay open to. Have you considered how you would feel if somebody had judged your AP implementations and your fediverse posts to be the work of a MOLE, and treated you this way? Honestly guys, pull your woolly head in.

what if you’re wrong?

He admitted to using AI to write the original post, for some of his comments and for his code. Did you not read the whole thread?

Me: > what if you’re wrong?

@rimu@piefed.social > He admitted to using AI to write the original post, for some of his comments and for his code.

In context, I was asking what if you’re wrong about there not being a human being behind this Trained MOLE, reading all these disproportionately negatie negative replies.

Did you not read the whole thread?

I certainly did, why did you think I got so incensed about it? But as I just said to you from my Mastodon account;

My apologies again for unloading on you with both barrels last night. I stand by my objection to the way Stanton was being dogpiled, but in hindsight I was just as merciless to you as I saw people being to him. Which was not only hypocritical, but not good de-escalation on my part, quite the opposite.

I’ve got some intense stuff going on of late, and struggling with sleep dep. But that’s my problem and my responsibility, not yours, or anyone else’s. I hope you can accept my apology.

In future I plan to restrict my online posting activities to mornings and afternoons, along with my caffeine intake, and improve my sleep hygiene. Working from my bed must stop.

I’m hoping that this will help me keep a cooler head, and avoid a repeat of this nasty posting behaviour on my part. If there’s anything else I can do to repair our relationship as fellow green-left activist and fediverse devs, please do let me know : )