@Dangerous_beans I don't think we've had a problem with that; it may be that they get caught by the "we block/ban obnoxious behavior" trap before they can do much damage.
@fatsam So much of "conservatism" (the oligarchically-correct stance) depends on "not really thinking things through".
@rnd I don't think that art can convince everyone, but it can inform minds which otherwise would have been kept ignorant and thereby more controllable by narrow-minded interests. It opens up options that the Right doesn't want people to consider or even know about.
...but I agree that art alone will not fix this.
@fatsam The whole question rests on the idea of copyright, which itself is based on a scarcity economy...
I really think we're having the wrong debates around these issues, and I suspect that is at least partly by design.
AI steals an artist's work? Let's talk about UBI. AI replaces someone's job? Let's talk about UBI. People spam AI content to try to make a fast buck? Let's talk about UBI.
Consider all the helpful things that people do even though they don't have to and aren't getting paid.
Now imagine they didn't also have to have jobs in order to survive.
@CptSuperlative This sounds similar to the several-day phases of brainfog and tiredness I keep having. I am wondering the same thing.
RE: https://toot.cat/@woozle/117467944825365458
I'm now thinking that this might be a good cartoon:
the mythical "little Dutch boy" with his finger plugging the leak in the dyke, but the dyke is labeled "CENTRISM", the water behind the dyke is labeled "PROGRESS", and the Dutch boy is labeled "LIBERALS"...
...or maybe he's "OLIGARCHS"? And should the dry ground be "FASCISM"? Or is that getting too heavy-handed?
The whole "boosts and archival posts are expensive for server operators" #disinfo reminds me of the anti-fediblock and anti-moderation stances that were going around a few years ago: it all feels like propaganda to make fedi function less effectively as a community.
This is a social network node. It's our purpose to host people's posts, and interactions around them, and to nurture safe spaces for civil* discussion. That's what the whole thing is for.
:tootcat:
(* I'm reclaiming this word, btw. My usage of it does not exclude "punch a Nazi today", "burn down the system", or other such language often described as "uncivil". Fuck that shit.)
@hexaheximal Yeah, that quote in your first paragraph is just silly. Boosting does serve that function to some extent (especially when you're boosting your own posts), but the key element (to my way of thinking) is that it draws the attention of people who wouldn't otherwise have seen the post at all. (It also is kind of like saying "this post is important, in case you didn't notice before".)
@artemis My impression is that a lot of this comes from the fact that centrism is a fully-funded viewpoint, and many paychecks depend on its usefulness to the Right as a way to stop the Overton window from sliding more leftwards.
To put it another way: non-progressive liberalism is a tool of the Right, not a genuine viewpoint -- but because it's well-funded, it convinces a lot of people (for various reasons and in various ways).
@devopscats I feel like I should be collecting these, just to have evidence on hand when some right-wing-sympathizer claims the Left is being too violent....
...and then I remember that the Right doesn't care about reality, and thereby manage to avoid giving myself yet another task. Yay me! (...but in the back of my head, I still want to find a way to do it...)
X-Twit doesn't do tag subscriptions? (Genuine question. I haven't deleted my account, but I also haven't logged in for some years now.)
@Nickiquote Also, that bit about boosts being expensive is just straight-up incorrect.
Shorter That Guy: "You need to get out of Twitter mode and instead do [list of things more popular on Twitter than on fedi]."
I suspect the real motivation is that he doesn't like what you're saying, and is trying to get you to reduce your own impact by convincing you to take absolutely unnecessary steps that will have that effect.
@Nickiquote Also, that bit about boosts being expensive is just straight-up incorrect.
Shorter That Guy: "You need to get out of Twitter mode and instead do [list of things more popular on Twitter than on fedi]."
I suspect the real motivation is that he doesn't like what you're saying, and is trying to get you to reduce your own impact by convincing you to take absolutely unnecessary steps that will have that effect.
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