This whole thing brought up an interesting question. At what point should social media no longer be considered viable for human beings looking to at least commensally communicate with one others? I personally feel we’ve already reached that point. Commensalism
Yes, I definitely do see the irony of this being posted to X
Submitted 2 weeks ago by MTZ@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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Gullible@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
When the social communication platform distorts the truth.
So, like 15 years ago.
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Twitter peaked around 2012 I think.
1984@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
They should ban big tech from running social media platforms. Would be a huge plus for humanity.
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
i’ve said before that we’re faced with two options:
- either introduce a system that can tell you what account is run by an actual human being and which account is not. that could be done in an anonymity-preserving way with codes that you have to get in person (like, from a local library) and then use as a cryptographic signature for online accounts. it’s a bit techy, but doable.
- or we accept that machines casually pass the Turing Test and we’re probably talking to AIs online.
whoisearth@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
On point 1. Every time stuff like this comes up in policy discussions there is pushback maybe because the narrative is too vague I don’t know. The gist is the requirement for named users online not aliases, or a way to tie those aliases easily to named users if required.
People don’t like this. I would argue it’s too late to get a consensus and stuff like Facebook tying your phone and name to an account is needed.
The nuance is how companies and governments use that information and in that we continue to fail hard. My name and my number is my data to decide how to share NOT for Facebook or anyone else.
Penny arcade provided decades ago the internet anonymity problem and it’s growing alarmingly fast.
We all are or have been that person to yell shitcock! at times.
Theprogressivist@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Thats the 33% theyre always talking about! /s
But seriously, fuck these foreign agents. Such a good sign that your policy is so well received that you need to astroturf patriotism.
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
TBF accounts coming from “Nigeria” and “Bangladesh” are probably not actually foreigners sitting there and writing english messages on social media one-by-one. It’s either bots behind VPNs, or people behind VPNs.
baatliwala@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Twitter flags if you’re behind a VPN with an exclamation. I mean yeah it might be possible for some VPNs to stealth around that but not all of them can do it successfully.
billwashere@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I can’t tell if this is sarcastic or this was posted as true.
Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
It’s sarcasm. Twitter introduced a feature that allows you to check the country from which an account was registered. Hundreds of pro-MAGA accounts turned out to be from the countries listed in the OP.
billwashere@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Ok I had heard something about that and figured this was about that but given the time of year my brain was fried. Thanks for the clarification.
tomiant@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
I used to be afraid of death.
These days, I feel like, I’d rather avoid it, but I’d be kind of fine it happening.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
I have come to the realization that dying in my sleep of old age would be a waste. I believe that my life may have an unexpected twist ending, and I’m good with that.
I have certain Red Lines that will not be crossed. The most important are certain people whom I love, who belong to demographic groups that are particularly despised by MAGA. If anything were to happen to them, I would have nothing left to lose, and I would become a very dangerous individual.
I believe I am not alone in this feeling.
tomiant@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
I have nothing left to lose and am a dangerous individual. Join me.
<3
1984@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Yeah thats the upside of watching society go mad.
If we die, its like… Meh. Probably didnt miss anything amazing.
tomiant@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
The concert started out good, but in the middle it wasn’t so good, and then it started pouring, and the crowd energy isn’t there anymore, so it’s fine to leave early to get around traffic.
Stefan_S_from_H@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
All you people who were hating on racists on Twitter, you were hating on foreigners!! 🙃
neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Now MAGA comes out as DEI.
MTZ@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Lmaoooooooooooooooo
BlueMagma@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I hate all racists equally, regardless of their origin or appearance.