Melvin_Ferd
@Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world
- Comment on Are bots on lemmy? 19 hours ago:
Because you’re thinking about it wrong. With a bigger population it’ll cost more to influence them. If you ever watched how they did it in 2016, they started small, always. The first sub Reddit’s to see lots of opinion shifts where small subs like local interest before they moved on to the larger metropolitan ones. If you’re paying to influence people then you need a chain of initiation to start. This makes Lemmy a much greater target than Reddit. Look at opinions on AI. Lemmy was full on sharing multiple daily headlines like “AI is coming for your daughter’s” while Reddit thought it was just a neat tool
- Comment on Are bots on lemmy? 22 hours ago:
Wouldn’t it make it more targeted
- Comment on Would it be correct to say that enshittification is the physical manifestation of the economic ai bubble bursting? 22 hours ago:
Holy fuck the AI hate is getting super pathetic
- Comment on Michael 1 day ago:
If tennis and riding a bicycle are sports then so is gaming.
So they are not sports
- Comment on How can a US state block porn? 6 days ago:
Don’t they get the common VPN IP and just block them
- Comment on I'm so goddamn sick of this fat, orange, narcissistic asshole and I will celebrate when he dies 1 week ago:
Yes, Joe Rogan
- Comment on Are there communities online where artists share their art for free / donation? 1 week ago:
Remember when the Internet was about collaborating instead of making money and getting famous. I think we will never see that again
- Comment on #environmentalist 1 week ago:
Yay!! 🙌
- Comment on thats all 1 week ago:
You’re missing out. Why have a dick if not for dick flashing
- Comment on #environmentalist 1 week ago:
Remember when people lost it because disabled people wouldn’t be able to drink again and then they all died of dehydration after these draconian straw laws severely impacted my day
- Comment on Anon is forever alone 1 week ago:
Yes, absolutely. I’m still tired of this acceptance of this type of acceptance because it translates into so many of you crying about being miserable the rest of your life. Well no shit you’re miserable if you accept low skill low wage jobs. There’s a point where this push for seeing positivity and acceptance of all things turns into something that is misleading. Young people see the attitude and adopt it. Next thing they’re 33 and still working these jobs and miserable.
- Comment on Anon is forever alone 1 week ago:
The guy is a fucking bum. Why are so many people here trying to force positivity when the point is realizing he wasted his life. The point isn’t to twist it into some exercise in tolerance to smell your own farts. It’s ok to say “you bum”
- Comment on What are the demands of the No Kings protests? What's the plan if they win? 2 weeks ago:
The passengers came together and joined forces at the back of the bus
- Comment on Not promoting hate speech but what happened to all the slights/slurs/vulgarity from like the 20s and 40s. There were so many. Now it seems well I can only think of three? 2 weeks ago:
I tell my kids this now. It’s all fun when you’re young but as you get older you’ll realize some people say these things with malice and that’s when you start to see why it’s not a great practice. Over time you see some people aren’t just joking or shit talking, they really don’t like women or lgqtb or librarians.
- Comment on How are these ICE agents allowed to fire on protestors like this 2 weeks ago:
Why not? It could be. You choose violence that’s your choice. But there’s also tons of ways to not go that route.
- Comment on How are these ICE agents allowed to fire on protestors like this 2 weeks ago:
It’s kind of a crazy take because I know you’re joking but the implication is that the left really has no power to do anything. If the roles were reversed they absolutely would not stand for any of this
- Comment on How are these ICE agents allowed to fire on protestors like this 2 weeks ago:
What if we just coordinate better and became a bit more strategic and forward thinking.
I mean these people are obsessed with image. They are dependent on the public for that image. We are the public ergo …
- Comment on How are these ICE agents allowed to fire on protestors like this 2 weeks ago:
The answer is to find out why it is what at and find solutions.
- Comment on How are these ICE agents allowed to fire on protestors like this 2 weeks ago:
Incredibly insightful. Thank you.
Is it a fantasy on my part that there’s some mythical law firm or society that looks for these violations?
I always thought there were groups looking for federal agencies violating constitutional rights. I’m also worried about the face mask issue only because I fear that they’re also not keeping accurate records. I would love to see a lot more effort going into collecting and compiling as much evidence for any ice who are covering their face. When crowds form, don’t just worry about getting the event, instead get pictures of each individual from all angles. Upload it and share it. Then when the time comes there is a mountain of evidence to use.
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- Comment on Not promoting hate speech but what happened to all the slights/slurs/vulgarity from like the 20s and 40s. There were so many. Now it seems well I can only think of three? 2 weeks ago:
It’s goal was what we see today. It mobilized the left to become the language police to everyday people since most never cared about this. They might say something was R worded but never had actual prejudice or ill will against someone that was mentally disabled. This create a huge wedge that let the right capitalize on to gain more power. The left has been led around by their collar for decades. It’s effective
- Comment on Not promoting hate speech but what happened to all the slights/slurs/vulgarity from like the 20s and 40s. There were so many. Now it seems well I can only think of three? 2 weeks ago:
That’s different. That’s just pure hatred. South park nailed it with the episode where the kids have a kangaroo court because they were saying a gay slur but had no clue it was derogatory to gay people.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Why be so cowardly.
- Comment on What options of resistance are programmers creating to not submit to AI culture? 2 weeks ago:
Shhhh don’t tell them. We’re trying to leave these guys in the dust.
- Comment on Frog........right..... 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Losers 3 weeks ago:
Yes. Think how it works. Humans, all of us have a very obvious fault in our system if you think about it for a minute. We are social animals. That’s our super power and our downfall. I can 100% manipulate and convince you something is real through repetition. Unless you’re an outlier like maybe you are on the spectrum and have difficulty with social norms. But the average person will change when the see a message repeated over and over a long period of time.
This is a pipeline from rich benefits -> think tanks -> political consultants -> marketing groups -> bot farms -> Internet users -> semi_hemi_demigid co-workers
- Comment on Losers 3 weeks ago:
Bots have been used for at least a decade. Before bots it was marketing PR teams who hired college kids to run multiple accounts. It’s always been bots. You and all other leftist were tricked
- Comment on Losers 3 weeks ago:
I thought you were saying the media is making fun of right ring wingers. The media is placating Trump. Just like how journalists are asking soft back questions.
- Comment on Losers 3 weeks ago:
It was bots that set a tone and pushed arguments that people adopted and used against you
- Comment on Losers 3 weeks ago:
Right, that’s what I’m saying. Bots targeted leftist and scared them away. That let their views spread rapidly. Now we all have to listen to the bots everywhere because the average voter now has adopted those same views as the bots. It’s only getting worse. We all did it. We took short term advantage over long term pains
