My deal for AI slop taking all our jobs is universal basic income and medicare for all.

If I don't have to make money to eat, or have a place to live, or for medicine, then fine. Steal all my shit because then I can spend my time making art and giving it away to people.

My deal for AI slop taking all our jobs is universal basic income and medicare for all.

If I don't have to make money to eat, or have a place to live, or for medicine, then fine. Steal all my shit because then I can spend my time making art and giving it away to people.

cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/37870004

reddit got bad because spez (the reddit admin) restricted API access to the platform for third-party apps, such that people would be forced to use the official app or web UI, both of which display advertisement and collect user data (e.g. scroll behavior).

the reason why this happened is because reddit is a for-profit company and tries to extract money out of the userbase, at the expense of the users.

another example of a bad decision that reddit made was to push a lot of ragebait (“Am I The Asshole?”) because company shareholders want to see “engagement numbers” go up, and if somebody writes an angry reply to a post, that’s “engagement”. but it makes you angry at the stupidity of the “Asshole”, so it makes your day worse. that is another example how reddit makes money at the expense of the users.

size (number of monthly active users) is not what made reddit bad. commercialization is.

we should probably get rid of the “don’t make lemmy grow, it will ruin the platform if we grow” idea.

i miss when companies made things and we bought those things and owned those things

@NewsDesk weekly updated open draft articles of impeachment, for every office holder who has and continues to commit crimes.

OP was clear about wondering if it was the app they were using.

This comment made no clarification whether they used the same app or got this from a browser.

Then closed with a clown emoji.

Wasn’t worthy of a post, yet it’s worthy to look at and comment on? Lol.

Genuine discussion is good, which is exactly why I view banning people for saying things as minor as what I said as insane. I’m not just blanket statement assuming all Russians are bad.

Didn’t see it was two days, may as well be a lifetime ban though now that I know the mods ban for effectively just mentioning other countries. It’s bizarre.

Mystery object of the day. Small pin you might put on your collar or tie. I assume a company or organization. Was in a random box of electronic components. Maybe space or military related? #mysteryb

Sources: Anthropic's bankers are weighing plans to raise its IPO price following heavy demand, which could increase the valuation target to $1.5T or more (Financial Times)

https://www.ft.com/content/68bcba57-0575-44ee-80f4-2e5ea23a431e?accessToken=zwAAAaHIPX8Ekc9ovLpXBXVE7tOA9C5eojpDHg.MEYCIQCyA_RvsNxAO8C2cqmOijMAfUYU6CI25hscCqhpSEOiPwIhANJsgKYmPtN4Oag-OniyReoOcFughHSQbGVN_54GU-vs&sharetype=gift&token=f904c459-eec5-4b8c-ba10-d039c030cd7b&syn-25a6b1a6=1
http://www.techmeme.com/261110/p60#a261110p60

Sounds about Lemmy.ml.

Yeah… except no - nothing at all provided in Lemmy restricts users on that instance from trolling you in your DMs, and in posts in communities located on other instances.

You either have to block each user account one by one (and keep repeating that as new ones pop up), or else switch to PieFed to gain the ability to apply a true instance block affecting all users on it at once.

In fact I hear that lately PieFed.social even applies a user-level instance block against Lemmy.ml by default for all new joiners. It is easily removable and a DM sent to the user explaining how. The feature is transparent as a bag of rocks - I cannot even find solid confirmation that it actually exists - but aside from that it’s a good step IMHO to protect the reputation of the Threadiverse from exactly OP’s scenario.

@stux That slogan has to be reinstalled as part of the OS of management, if the company's to become fit to survive again. Soon.

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the computer was made by an evil union to make sure that it couldn't take jobs from people?

why not just not make the computer then

It reminds me a little of the old internet. I like how relatively small it feels, and that people post content for the sake of the content, not to promote themselves. I haven’t found my usual corners yet, the ones I used to hang out in on older platforms, but I figure that’s just a matter of time. I’m not super nostalgic for the old internet or anything, but it’s nice to find at least a hint of something human-centered somewhere.

I hope it doesn’t fall apart and that it keeps growing.

I was skeptical when I switched to Linux, but then I ditched Windows on my dual boot for good. It was a hugely positive experience, and it really felt like freedom. I’m hoping this will be the same.

And don’t be mad at me if I act totally clueless here sometimes 'cause all that is new to me.