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2 months agoApparently soon after it became the neglected responsibility of adults to parent billionaires.
“No, maybe that wasn’t it. Words precede and surpass me, they tempt and alter me, and if I am not careful it will be too late: things will be said without my having said them. Or, at the very least, that wasn’t the only thing. My entanglement comes from how a carpet is made of so many threads that I can’t resign myself to following just one; my ensnarement comes from how one story is made of many stories. And I can’t even tell them all— a more truthful word could from echo to echo cause my highest glaciers to crumble down the precipice.” - Clarice Lispector
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It isn’t like creepy rightwing ultrawealthy men with shadowy connections to pedophiles and other criminals own those companies they are uploading the photos to!
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Oh wait…
I trust Sam Altman less than I trust what random internet advertisements say.
I think a better solution is to ban techbros from giving serious economic or cultural advice and take computers away from business majors.
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People talk a lot about the protocols that power Bluesky vs. ActivityPub, because we’re nerds and we believe deep in our hearts that the superior protocol will win. This is adorable. It flies in the face of literally all of human history, where the more convenient thing always wins regardless of technical merit. VHS beat Betamax. USB-C took twenty years. The protocol fight is interesting the way medieval siege warfare is interesting — I’m glad someone’s into it, but it has no bearing on my life. There’s no actual plan to self-host Bluesky. Their protocol makes it easier to scale their service. That’s why it was written and that’s what it does. End of story.
So refreshing to see someone call out Bluesky for what it is.
Marktowndon?
Sometimes when I think about watching porn I feel guilty and bad about myself and then other times I see somebody rejoice in the righteousness of banning porn and I think “This feels good! This is a good thing!” and I pump my fist in rhythm to the speaker as I masturbate to righteousness and self hatred, ah yes this feels deeper and more spiritual than just physically pleasuring myself! Here is our path forward, here is MY path forward :)
Everyone who was casually onboard with this because it felt righteous can fuck off.
Yeah AI is an acceleration of that, which is why it sucks.
There are so many levels to hell I haven’t even heard of.
No Kings!
Bluesky is a joke and its userbase are the punchline.
Succinctly said, I love it
Fuck AI
UpScrolled is also for-profit right?
For real, in my opinion the failure of Google to curate a good playstore where you can find creators who recommend apps that you can trust, when it owns YOUTUBE which is where a lot of review content is posted for all kinds of topics, is stunning.
Fair enough, but for the record I am not just arbitrarily mad about this.
This is the fediverse.
We should be excited about the possibility of social media when it is employed in a kind way for adults and younger people.
How am I supposed to feel optimistic when even here people resort to kneejerk reductions about social media moral panics without engaging with the nuance?
Yeah it is frustrating, but you aren’t wrong. I am angry because I care.
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