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  • On the post: Developer Of Free Web Game Messes With Sites Embedding His Game With Goatse Image

    That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 25 Oct, 2023 @ 07:23am

    Oh but the childrens!!! Consider for a moment how much self control a child you would worry about has, now give them 42 million popups offering all sorts of cool things... Enjoy the malware! Its not nice, but if these scumbags weren't stealing someone elses thing it would never happen. People always want to sometimes blame the maker, and absolve the actual bad actor... (see every fscking lawsuit trying to over turn 230 because corporations have a larger duty than their parents to monitor and protect their child) I am reminded of a threat I saw either on Twatter or Mastodon... company decided to try to phish and employee on their personal phone, employee thought it was real hackers, employee deployed goatse, HR called all flustered, employee suggested they not use his personal phone for their testing. I mean it was goatse, its not like it was 1 guy 1 jar, 2 girls 1 cup, or any of them thousands of video being streamed into our homes on the nightly news.

  • On the post: Netflix’s Idea Of Innovation: Two Big Price Hikes In A Row

    That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 25 Oct, 2023 @ 07:13am

    And the break neck speed at which the computer decides if a show is worthy or not isn't helping them. Shows that have a base of fans getting into a show find out 4 episodes in that its already cancelled. Then there are beloved shows tossed in the bin forever for a tax write off, meaning fans can't even try to get it picked up by another "network" to carry on. I mean they buried one of the big ota 3 with peanuts to make a point they wanted to save a show and it worked... there is no reason to try to explain to NF that you love a show and want it to stay on... shareholder value matters more than if you like the content, here enjoy these 15 new cookie cutter reality shows.

  • On the post: ExTwitter Misclassifies Your Spam Reports So It Doesn’t Have To Take Down Spammers

    That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 21 Oct, 2023 @ 03:00pm

    sigh... got an email from twitter informing me the follow up to my report. (one of many) Some how my spam report got them to look at the images & put content warnings on them, and here are tips if you don't want to see naughty pictures. https://twitter.com/That_AC/status/1715838675311854048 I might just go back to blocking until I can't block any more accounts.

  • On the post: Hey Ricky Schroder: Porn Is Protected By The 1st Amendment

    That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 19 Oct, 2023 @ 04:13pm

    Well thats a unique pointer for an Ouija board.

  • On the post: Hey Ricky Schroder: Porn Is Protected By The 1st Amendment

    That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 19 Oct, 2023 @ 12:43pm

    I'd take them more seriously if they shared their browsing histories before they threw away the tissues and cleared it.

  • On the post: Professor Wrongly Blames Apple For CSAM

    That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 19 Oct, 2023 @ 09:43am

    Well the biggest problem is people keep having children. If we stopped people from having children there would be no children to be abused in the making of CSAM. The next largest problem is claiming that people outside of the childs family are those producing CSAM and abusing children, when it has been clear for a very long time that stranger abductions of children are pretty rare. The next problem is everyone having easy access to cameras, if we just limited who could have a camera we could protect children from the production of CSAM. Of course the really truly insane thing that could be done, is they could stop giving air time to idiots like this who make claims that lack truth or evidence. The media has constant churn carrying idiots & regular folks screaming how Drag Story Times are all about abusing children, yet there isn't a single case of it happening. Meanwhile since Nov last year we're coming on up 300ish priest/pastor/religious related folk arrested for diddling kids. Not seen anyone asking why parents keep taking their children to these places where hundreds of children are molested yearly. No exposé on how some congregations blame the victim, circle the wagons, & drive the victim out of the church rather than accept that their pastor is a kiddy diddler. No exposé on how many victims do not come forward for decades because they were told they were at fault & the bad person. No exposé on how dioceses are often aware they have wolfs leading their flocks, who keep claiming lambs over & over, do nothing to protect the flock, & then when they face being held accountable for their inaction & actions that kept enabling the wolf get to declare bankruptcy to protect a majority of the assets from being available for victims to try and rebuild their shattered lives & beliefs. The bishop knew of and moved 100 wolves but somehow can't face charges?! There are horrible things in the world, but until people are willing to accept facts rather than insane conspiracy theories with no basis in reality we can't actually deal with the problem. Now if you'll excuse me I need to go make sure my x-ray scanner is prepared to scan the kids candy to find all the things in them to kill them & my mini chemistry set to check for fentynyl.

  • On the post: ExTwitter Misclassifies Your Spam Reports So It Doesn’t Have To Take Down Spammers

    That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 18 Oct, 2023 @ 03:45pm

    Hurm... someone finally woke up. I've been on a spambot reporting spree (mainly because its no longer like 7 steps to report them) & was shocked to get the notice that they got my report. I called out support and space karen about it was spam not sensitive media, made a comment about perhaps testing things on dev not prod. Report · October 18, 2023 You submitted a report View Rule <-- link to ALL the rules, not the one I selected in reporting... because that would make sense. Olivia @Olivia1429172 What’s next Our team and technology will review your report. If we find a rule violation, we’ll let you know what actions we’re taking. What’s our process? Context matters. We consider the following factors when enforcing our rules (this isn’t a complete list): 

    Does the reported content target people because of their identity?
How severe is this violation?
Was the report submitted by the person being targeted?
    Creating duplicate reports will not accelerate our process. heh https://twitter.com/That_AC/status/1713123029968900216 .@elonmusk Mr. Musk, it is bad most of my engagement is spam bots liking my tweets, but when I report them for spam & your system says we got your report for sensitive media it doesn't really seem worth reporting them any more. Maybe stop making changes on prod till you test? https://twitter.com/That_AC/status/1713088106381898173 .@Support "We received your report for sensitive media" I reported the accounts for SPAM. The endless stream of accounts trying to lure users to websites to find "true love" or hotter pics. SPAM, not sensitive media. I clearly hit the button for spam so WTFM8?? I expected more from Elon, especially after he ignored my plea for help b/c an account was trying to sell me drugs.

  • On the post: The Great Paywall Of Musk Will Consist Of $1/Year To Tweet

    That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 18 Oct, 2023 @ 10:09am

    And how many more stupid ideas does he have to pitch until the money men force him out?

  • On the post: FCC Wants Consumers To Get Refunds For Annoying Cable TV Contract Blackouts

    That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 17 Oct, 2023 @ 07:25pm

    There are enough people who don't want Faux News in their tv who if given a chance would drop it. This would hurt Faux's bottom line, this is a good thing.

  • On the post: Clarence Thomas Thinks Supreme Court Orders Lists Are His Personal Blog Where He Can Fantasize About Enabling His Rich & Powerful Friends To Sue Their Critics

    That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 16 Oct, 2023 @ 01:05pm

    embed fail go boom....

  • On the post: FCC Wants Consumers To Get Refunds For Annoying Cable TV Contract Blackouts

    That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2023 @ 12:40am

    Imagine a world where all the channels were ala carte. Then consumers would have an idea what the channels cost them and is it worthwhile to put up with the fights. Thank and faux news might collapse if people could opt to not support it.

  • On the post: Officer’s Body Cam Recording Helps Get Him Stripped Of Immunity By Appeals Court

    That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2023 @ 12:33am

    A moose once bit my sister.

  • On the post: FTC Pushes New Rule To Try And Kill Bullshit ‘Junk Fees’

    That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 12 Oct, 2023 @ 04:38pm

    spokespeople are just like members of congress, you pay them and they say whatever you want them to.

  • On the post: AT&T Looking To Dump DirecTV After Years Of Merger Headaches

    That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 11 Oct, 2023 @ 08:11am

    ATT always just following what the others are doing... pity it took them this long to follow all the customers dumping them....

  • On the post: Not In Kansas Anymore? Police Chief Suspended Following Raid Of Small Town Newspaper

    That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 10 Oct, 2023 @ 09:04pm

    The fraud... it keeps coming. The attorney retained by the cities insurance company was made custodian of records. Media asks for the alleged statement that was the basis for the fustercluck. Attorney sends over scan of the document... missing pages. Reporter says, where is the rest. (OHAI Jessica!! @JessMcMasterKC) Attorney says, this is all that was provided to me. Attorney reaches out to the drunken chef to find out more about the missing parts of her statement (that the PD refused to allow her to keep a copy of which considering Cody asked her to delete texts.... hmmmmmm). Do not forget the raid on the council member is on bodycam with Cody playing tough guy & terrorizing her & her husband who has dementia and has been terribly upset since the raid and bullshit. KBI is still slow walking their investigation, Cody had claimed that they were aware of him seeking warrants & other assorted things... Pretty sure there MIGHT be much more corruption in Kansas... I mean its not like the head of KBI came out in bold support of Cody & against the evil paper before this blew up and he went into hiding.... oh wait.

  • On the post: Confused City Council Candidate Trademarks Local School’s Logo And Demands Licensing Fees

    That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 10 Oct, 2023 @ 08:53pm

    The grift is strong with this one. Usually they wait until they are in office to start ripping citizens off.

  • On the post: A Reagan Judge, The First Amendment, And The Eternal War Against Pornography

    That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2023 @ 06:20pm

    I want to have an undeniable study to make the politicians choke on. I want them to explain why all of society has to protect a few idiots who refuse to explain to their 12 yr old its not a weewee.

  • On the post: A Reagan Judge, The First Amendment, And The Eternal War Against Pornography

    That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 06 Oct, 2023 @ 06:46pm

    I would love to see studies proving that porn is as horrible as these asshats say. Not from a group they founded or funded. An actual impartial party, running actual data not FB fantasies. Imagine if we found out that trying to "protect" children from seeing boobs is what drives some to be sexual deviants? Now hard core porn, one can understand why that isn't ready for the kids tv hour... but flipping out over a work of art like it is the same thing is insane.

  • On the post: Crime In Minneapolis Continues To Drop Despite The PD Losing Hundreds Of Officers

    That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 06 Oct, 2023 @ 11:00am

    The crime was coming from inside the station house!! One does wonder how many of the old stats were just juiced up by them looking for someone to arrest for a crime they did or didn't do. I mean its not like someone found out that yet another department was running a CIA style black site abusing citizens to get confessions.

  • On the post: ExTwitter Ad Revenue Continues To Be In Free Fall

    That Anonymous Coward ( profile ), 06 Oct, 2023 @ 10:57am

    IT HURTS MY EYES!!!! So we're removing snippets from links, and we're gonna remove all the other buttons & stuff unless you click into a post so my eyes stop hurting. Oh... oh hell.,, its Elon think. If they don't know if its a picture or a link, people will end up following links they might not have otherwise followed and then we can show advertisers how many clicks we are generating them and then Kraft will TOTALLY come running back to put Kraft Dinner ads next to the Proud Boys discussing why white is right!!!

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