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• On the post: Six Months In: Thoughts On The Current Post-Twitter Diaspora Options

  

  Pseudonymous Coward ( profile ), 29 Apr, 2023 @ 02:37am

  My first experience with Mastodon involved an instance that literally got harassed out of existence by a bunch of right-wing assholes who did everything in their power to spread misinformation about it. This isn't an inherent problem with Mastodon or decentralization, obviously, but gatekeepers do exist and they can cause significant problems for anyone who isn't a cishet white dude.

• On the post: Six Months In: Thoughts On The Current Post-Twitter Diaspora Options

  

  Pseudonymous Coward ( profile ), 29 Apr, 2023 @ 02:29am

  I'm aware of what they said. I just don't think it's a valid defense. If you're launching a social media site and your policy on how to stop people from spamming racist slurs at anyone who fails the brown paper bag test in any way resembles "we'll figure it out later", you fucked up so hard it should get you a pro wrestling crowd chanting at you.

• On the post: German Legislator Sends Cops To Literally Police Twitter For Porn

  

  Pseudonymous Coward ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2023 @ 11:54am

  I'm not saying Schmid is a Nazi, but I am saying that the last time some right-wing German asshole got pissy about degenerate media, the country had to add Section 86 to their criminal code.

• On the post: Fox News On Its Way To Finding Out What ‘Actual Malice’ Means In Dominion’s Defamation Lawsuit

  

  Pseudonymous Coward ( profile ), 11 Apr, 2023 @ 07:52am

  "Any given Minneapolis sports team"?

• On the post: Mehdi Hasan Dismantles The Entire Foundation Of The Twitter Files As Matt Taibbi Stumbles To Defend It

  

  Pseudonymous Coward ( profile ), 07 Apr, 2023 @ 11:28am

  Eh, honestly, I don't have as much of a problem as long as it goes through the same review process as any other report. (Which, given how rarely Twitter acted on the flagging, it honestly sounds like it did.)

• On the post: Mehdi Hasan Dismantles The Entire Foundation Of The Twitter Files As Matt Taibbi Stumbles To Defend It

  

  Pseudonymous Coward ( profile ), 07 Apr, 2023 @ 11:22am

  Sir, this is the Culver's drive-through.

• On the post: Elon Musk Still Loves ‘Shadow Banning’ Those He Doesn’t Like

  

  Pseudonymous Coward ( profile ), 20 Mar, 2023 @ 07:21am

  Remember, if you go far enough left, you get your guns back.

• On the post: Texas, Which Banned Most Content Moderation, Now Pushing Law Requiring Abortion-Related Info Be Blocked From The Internet

  

  Pseudonymous Coward ( profile ), 03 Mar, 2023 @ 12:25pm

  Private rights of action are not loopholes around constitutional rights. Courts are agents of government enforcement. This bill is as unconstitutional as a bill only allowing the state to sue would be.

  That's only true if the courts want it to be true. Which, so far, they haven't.

• On the post: FCC Nominee Sohn Faces Third Hearing As Democrats Dawdle, The GOP Obstructs, And A Sleazy Telecom Industry Smear Campaign Continues

  

  Pseudonymous Coward ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2023 @ 07:21am

  Projecting so hard the FAA is drafting a warning letter about what your post is doing to nearby airplanes.

• On the post: In A World Where AI Art Is Cheap And Easy To Generate, Do We Still Need Copyright?

  

  Pseudonymous Coward ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2023 @ 07:18am

  Most people understand there will be no new art unless the artists are supported, and will support artists directly.

  You'd be surprised how rarely that happens outside of specialized communities.

• On the post: Kathryn Tewson Invites DoNotPay To Use Its AI Lawyer In Court… To Address Her Petition For Pre-Action Discovery For A Consumer Rights Claim

  

  Pseudonymous Coward ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2023 @ 12:34pm

  Got to admit, I look forward to reading the ruling in Put Up v. Shut Up.

• On the post: Utah Lawmakers Rushing Through Bills To Destroy The Internet… ‘For The Children’

  

  Pseudonymous Coward ( profile ), 03 Feb, 2023 @ 10:58am

  I used to work for one of the companies that Apple uses to get warm bodies in their call centers, and one of the memories that will never leave my head from those miserable days is just how often parents would get angry at me because I had to get their kids to say "yes, you can tell mom about the purchases I made on my account". I had to get permission from their kid because, when the parent set up the account, they put in their own birthdate instead of the kid's. Because they couldn't figure out how to create an account if they put in the kid's. I very much look forward to seeing parents do the same thing with Facebook and promptly get angry when Facebook refuses to let them spy on their "adult" child's account.

• On the post: GOP Belatedly Realizes Its Embrace Of Propaganda And Conspiracy Results In Bizarre And Unpopular Candidates

  

  Pseudonymous Coward ( profile ), 01 Feb, 2023 @ 09:51am

  No wonder you ran screaming from the idea of a debate if "whiny little liberal bitch" is the best rebuttal you can come up with. Though, to be fair, at least you spelled it correctly.

• On the post: GOP Belatedly Realizes Its Embrace Of Propaganda And Conspiracy Results In Bizarre And Unpopular Candidates

  

  Pseudonymous Coward ( profile ), 01 Feb, 2023 @ 09:45am

  Let me guess. Gab is down for maintenance?

• On the post: US Airline Leaves No Fly List Details Accessible On The Open Web

  

  Pseudonymous Coward ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2023 @ 12:34pm

  And look where we are today: we’ve got Business Insider citing someone named “Maia arson crimew”.

  Holy fucking bingle, am I right?