flandish

Ain’t no war but class war.

the “why” is easy. it was sold, right? so profit is the answer. these are corporations. it is always profit. the “what” and “how” and “when” are all other questions worth asking.

stochastic parrots. all of them. just upgraded “soundex” models.

this should be no surprise, of course!

gotcha. thanks!

same and same! it’s all good! 🫡

i had content recently removed for “advocating violence” (iirc it was when i suggested criminal charges for all shareholders of corps who do violent things like allow death when choosing profit over people, yadda yadda.) No example of what the offending remark was and I could not find the old comment to manually review or correct or apologize. in this case I messaged a mod. no reply yet. was it a legit removal? probably certainly! was it poor “customer service” to not follow up with me? probably. does it make me confused as to what the line is there and therefore distrust that community? certainly.

anyway yeah. so the feedback loop could be improved. mods could be more human. and commenters could be less dicks all around! :)

I think the case of of legit vs not is a case by case thing and that’s why there are mod teams. Sidenote: is it possible to message an entire mod team vs trying to find one who is online when there are questions?

re point a: if the rules of the instance are not followed, of course mod action is legit. that guy was a douche it seems.

i think mods of nsfw instances also deserve certain praise; modding that stuff must be … ugh. especially since the instance could be on a 486 in someone’s bedroom. having ran newsgroup servers back in “the day” - turning on anything “alt.bin” was … not advised.

if a community cannot take legitimate criticism then its volunteers need themselves to move over too. Having volunteered places for literal decades, it’s important to not take any of shit horseshit to heart.

hint: my modlog has shown that in some communities there are VERY thin lines. so no, I am not “part” of the problem, I am saying finding the line is sometimes … undocumented at best.

yes but - when mods do act like inconsistent children with power trips it’s as crucial to remind them we can go elsewhere to another instance.

sure on public free “you’re the product” sites.

yeah. wasn’t 1990 like 20 years ago? :)

how long or short is this “lifetime” of which you speak? the 90’s is peak, you whipper-snapper.

capitalist mutual masturbation and manufactured cognitive dissonance / distraction so they don’t have to actually change anything and effect profit potential. while they wait for daddy dictator trump to open their proposals in the form of a cotton sack with a dollar sign on the side.

file under: “unsurprising capitalist takes”

what did they think … wait. yeah. they’re not capable of thinking.

yes, because interview practice is still worth something

standard 7th grade or so biology class stuff. 1990ish. A week or two of classes. that’s it.

i’d go with 8 proxies and a dial up modem on one end just to be safe.