SeedyOne

The problem is where you said “as long as” because we already know companies AND the AI itself can’t be trusted to not expose sensitive info inadvertently. At absolute best, it’s another vector to be breached.

“The market” (stocks) has been and will continue to be divorced from reality but to play devil’s advocate, Tesla and it’s investors consider it “more than just a car company”. It’s still ridiculous, but that’s the market for ya.

While odd looking to some of us, they were actually right. That’s 56,000 “millions” or 56,000 x 1,000,000 = 56 billion. A mind blowing amount of cash.

I’ve found it pretty easy to avoid with a bit of curation but I understand they’re a “necessary” evil that comes with every major user migration.

Yet, annoyingly, much of the press still uses it to disseminate news.

I understand journalism is in a rough spot these days and many are there against their will but something needs to change abruptly. This slow exodus is too slow for democracy to survive '24.

Finally someone who understands the nuance here.

You’re naive to think it’s just starting now.

They hated him for he spoke the truth…

Teleconference chat at 2400 baud was something else.

And yet crypto is back up again for some dumb reason. Are we sure NFTs are truly dead or are we going to see that grift in a new form soon? One can only hope it’s the former.

Some very interesting stats. I wondered who might take over as RARBG exited the scene.

Harder to do if you use Prime for other things. I’ve never watched a single Amazon video but I’m trying to source other purchase options locally so I can finally cancel the Prime shipping, which was saving our household money over the years. That said, if we can avoid it in the future we’ll stay off Amazon.

I didn’t even realize it was POSSIBLE to differentiate those sections let alone remove them. Thanks for inadvertently informing me.

It should be emphasized, the above list is accurate for Social Interaction as the discussions and text have indeed waned. It does mention that at the end, but still.

For media sharing specifically, many of those above items are either trivial OR are actually what helps it thrive. Somehow, 30 years later, we’re still under the radar and maxing out connection speeds without having to VPN, seed, share or dodge ISP rules and DMCA requests.

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All the tasty data collection and surveillance with none of the calories.

Historical precedent and #2/#3 on my list above make the case for erring on the side of caution. That and we’ve got far more to lose than to gain.

Whichever way instances decide to go there’s a few things people should remember:

• We’re lucky to have this option even if it’s divisive at times.
• It’s not always about what we know will happen, sometimes it’s concern over possibilities we couldn’t even imagine at the time.
• Growth is great but there’s infrastructure, moderators and policies that can be overwhelmed.
• Defederation can be reversed at any time if things change.

Sure does seem that way.

You’re just the right kind of evil, that’s amazing.