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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

thanks for the notice! I’ll make sure David sees this and do some poking around as well. by any chance, were you able to see if any other circumstances.run accounts show the same error?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

@self I don't think I follow anyone else on circumustances.run. If you have one handy, would you post another account name from that instance and I'll take a look?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

@[email protected] is the instance admin (also on this instance as @[email protected]) so they’re probably the best account to check

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

@self Okay, mawhrin's account is viewable from Hachyderm (https://hachyderm.io/@[email protected]). So looks like it's specific to Gerard.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

@self Gerard's page, for comparison: https://hachyderm.io/@[email protected]

Not sure if these pages render different if you're not logged in.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

huh, for me (not logged in) David’s account is viewable via that link — that’s really bizarre. I’ll do a little more digging when I can!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

@self Just did a quick test, and at least for me when I am logged in it shows the account as suspended, but when I look at that same link in a private tab it immediately redirects to the circumstances.run instance and shows the account info there.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Keep in mind that it redirects to circumstances.run if you visit the account page, I don't know why it still does that when the account is suspended, it was supposed to show you a page saying it redirects. Maybe it's a bug on mastodon. If I search for davidgerard on hachyderm it says he's suspended.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

are we about to find out the hachyderm board/steering group/whatever are involved in the nanowrimo ai shit? I recall a bit about some previous dumb shit about a bunch of the people in the foundation, think it was coiner noise with a dash of ai hyping iirc?