What to follow

Ghostmaxxing utilizes a few specialized accounts to share results and updated.

• @video@ghostmaxxing.vecna.eu: approved video experiments contributed through the lab. RSS
• @ghostyles@ghostmaxxing.vecna.eu: pictures and videos, Ghostyles, or others visual interventions documented with their test conditions. RSS
• @clipboard@ghostmaxxing.vecna.eu: approved stills, screenshots and visual fragments from the lab. RSS
• @news@ghostmaxxing.vecna.eu: project news and editorial updates. RSS

Transparent filters

This is an experiment; rather than rely on client-size filter or server-size algorithm, you pick a source that limits the amount of content following certain rules.

These accounts select from @ghostyles using the rules below.

• @ghostyles-pictures@ghostmaxxing.vecna.eu: re-shares every approved ghostyle picture. RSS
• @ghostyles-video@ghostmaxxing.vecna.eu: re-shares every approved ghostyle video. RSS
• @ghostyles-daily@ghostmaxxing.vecna.eu: one random selection from the preceding 24 hours. RSS
• @ghostyles-weekly@ghostmaxxing.vecna.eu: one random selection from the preceding seven days. RSS
• @ghostyles-top-rated@ghostmaxxing.vecna.eu: the most liked item of the preceding 24 hours, most recent first when nothing has been liked. RSS

Publish from the lab

1. Experiments stay in your browser until you choose to upload.
2. Review the recording and accept the consent notice before uploading.
3. A human moderator reviews each contribution in a private queue.
4. Approved contributions become public posts on the web, RSS and ActivityPub.

Approval is editorial, not a performance certification. Results apply to the documented test conditions.

Your contribution and your control

No Ghostmaxxing account is required. Anonymous contribution means the post has no contributor account or byline.

• Before you upload: work created in the lab is not placed in the moderation queue merely because you ran an experiment. Use the client controls to keep, download or discard it on your device.
• If you decide to upload: the server receives the selected media, its submission type and consent version. A submission may also include its ghostyle identifier, app version, an optional note and experiment metrics.
• While it is pending: the original file is held for moderation. Pending media that has not been reviewed is automatically removed after 14 days. Rejected media is removed.
• If it is approved: video is transcoded and container metadata, including embedded device or location fields, is stripped before publication. Images are published as submitted, without re-encoding, so anything embedded in a picture stays in it.
• Your deletion code: after an upload, the lab returns a unique secret code. Keep it somewhere safe. It is the credential that lets you remove that contribution while it is pending or after publication. Anyone who obtains the code can request that deletion, so do not publish it.

Deletion removes the post and media from Ghostmaxxing and notifies known followers. Other servers or people may retain copies; remote deletion cannot be guaranteed.

How to follow an account

1. Open the search field in Mastodon or another Fediverse app.
2. Paste one complete address from the lists above.
3. Check that the account is hosted on ghostmaxxing.vecna.eu, then select Follow.

Follow by RSS

You do not need a social account to subscribe. Use the combined feed, or the per-account feeds linked above. Every account handle works: /feed/<handle>.xml.

New to the Fediverse

The Fediverse is a network of independent servers that talk to each other over a shared protocol, so an account on any of them can follow an account on any other. Ghostmaxxing runs its own server: you do not need an account with us, only one somewhere.