The WHY in why Facebook (YouTube, Snap, Twitter, Et. al) are bad is so much more than their data policies or advertising it's that their entire existence is predicated on a LIE.
A lie so pervasive that almost the entire wold believes it.
That there service is "free" and that our contributions are not valuable.
When in fact there is nothing more invaluable than our time and attention, of which we are each given only a finite amount to spend.
Not sure if this is allowed by the federation: My private pear-to-pear network! 😋
we need #carepunk more than ever at this point
being good to people needs to become seen for what it is: rebellion against a system built to reward assholes as much as possible
Suspect in YouTube Shooting Angry That Her Videos Had Been 'De-Monetized'
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16754281
#hackernews #tech
this probably is the best Angry American Chopper meme I'm going to see for a while
I've seen two
https://twitter.com/RebuildHamilton/status/980900493160517634
legislation to require all algorithmic social timelines (as opposed to raw chronological timelines) to have their code open sourced and frequently audited
black box algorithms can and will be used against our interests
Justice William O. Douglas: Power that controls the economy should be in the hands of elected representatives of the people, not in the hands of an industrial oligarchy. http://protestationdotorg.wordpress.com/category/quotes/#64488
Dresden James: When a well-packaged web of lies has been sold gradually to the masses over generations, the truth will seem utterly preposterous and its speaker a raving lunatic. http://protestationdotorg.wordpress.com/category/quotes/#64492
Let's think about political fallout from the YT shooting:
1. Gender may evoke more sympathy for the shooter than usual. Perhaps mental health will be legitimately addressed.
2. YouTube may use this to take a company stance, cracking down harder on pro-gun or fringe views.
3. We may see an examination into YouTube's work culture and the shooter's relationship.
4. The gender-wars are going to be nuts.
Sir Josiah Stamp: The modern banking system manufactures money out of nothing. The process is perhaps the most astounding piece of sleight of hand that was ever invented. Banking was conceived in iniquity and born in sin. Bankers own the earth. Take it away from them, but leave them the power to create money and control credit, and with the flick of a pen, they will create enough money to buy it back again. Take this great power ... http://protestationdotorg.wordpress.com/category/quotes/#64369
Decentralize your world.
There is of course #mastodon as federated social media.
There is good old #email as federated postbox (as long as not everyone uses GMail).
There is #peertube as a federated video platform.
There is #Riot / Matrix.org as federated group messaging.
There is #XMPP for federated 1on1 messaging.
And there is #nextcloud as federated cloud storage.
In theory most services are already federated. We only miss more users :)
The bad habit of clicking through CWs since people always used it for jokes?
Yeah... Well that was just taken to a whole other level since #switter joined the party.
😅
when will you guys stop believing that there's a difference between democrats and republicans?
“The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies... is a foolish idea. Instead, the two parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can throw the rascals out at any election without leading to any profound or extensive shifts in policy. Then it should be possible to replace it, every four years if necessary, by the other party which will be none of these things but will still pursue, with new vigor, approximately the same basic policies.”
― Carroll Quigley
I think the most important lesson to learn from free software is that after people have enough money to put food on the table they're willing to put time into something with no monetary benefit
"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."
-Anatole France, 1894
If you liked Flight of the Concords and Thor Ragnarok, you'll love New Zealand political opinion pieces.
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Mark this is the second time I tell you you are my hero :)
From everyone here, thank you, it means a lot !
