SecondJon @SecondJon@qoto.org
- Current Life Chapter Title
- Something Smells Terrible
- More Seriously
- Fighting the long defeat
I'm interested in being just not civil, but excellent in interacting with others of different viewpoints in an online world where we can so viciously defend our echo chambers and be so dismissive of other perspectives.
I'm a #Dad of several from toddler to teen, #Husband, #Christian, #Anglican, Unaffiliated #conservatarian, Software #Developer, #Coloradan, Reader of paper #books, Card and BoardGamer, #tea drinker, solving problems and helping millions escape extreme poverty as a #Salesforce #Architect at an amazing nonprofit.
Joined Aug 2018
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New York Times Reveals Source On Kavanaugh Allegations Was Reputable Nigerian Prince https://babylonbee.com/news/new-york-times-reveals-source-on-kavanaugh-allegations-was-reputable-nigerian-prince …
2019-09-16, 19:40:29
https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1173683092835508224
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Information on Silencing an instance, to help the confusion.
Hi, Qoto! As you know I posted earlier regarding the silencing of the Spinster instance.
I'd like you to know that a Silence is different than a block. A silenced instance will still allow you to follow users on that instance and communicate with them.
However, the instance will not show in your federated timeline.
Study Finds that Facebook is Bad for Your Mental and Physical Health
A university study has discovered that regular use of Facebook may be detrimental to your health.
https://godfatherpolitics.com/study-finds-that-facebook-is-bad-for-your-mental-and-physical-health/
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Democratic Candidates Announce Plan To Dangle Stacks Of Cash In Front Of Potential Voters https://babylonbee.com/news/democrats-announce-plan-to-simply-dangle-bags-of-cash-in-front-of-potential-voters …
2019-09-14, 00:30:00
https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1172668785452617728
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2019-09-14, 01:30:00
https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1172683884795854849
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Andrew Klavan Retweeted:
The right often hits leftists for having no faith in God... but, not coincidentally, they've lost their faith in people too.
The @andrewklavan Show!
WATCH ==> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RhMwJM-hU8 …
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After last night's debate—and a full 2.5 years after I published it—"Reasons To Vote For Democrats" is back on the charts as the #1 bestseller in Political Parties and the #2,350 bestselling book overall.
CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH, @TheDemocrats!
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The bodies of over 2,000 aborted babies were discovered on the property of an abortionist that Democratic presidential candidate @PeteButtigieg championed and supported.
Unbelievable.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-south-bend-abortion-clinic-20190806-2glq5hlgyfejvbvhbk2dknhbme-story.html … https://twitter.com/MaxLewisTV/status/1172679535705382912 …
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This is disgusting. Talented young man makes good. @nytimes tries to destroy him over nothing. Then they whine when the tactic is turned on them. #formernewspaper https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1172306267152384000 …
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The economy is so good now that the only Americans who are out of work are people who were fired by @realdonaldtrump.
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Median income hit record high in 2018 while poverty declined
Median U.S. household income reached $63,200 in 2018, the highest figure on record, new data released Tuesday by the Census Bureau revealed.
California has the highest levels of poverty, with 18.2% of its people, or 7 million, in poverty. This is essentially due to the high cost of living in California versus other states.
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So a recession. https://twitter.com/ewarren/status/1170070887887986690 …
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Lego Introduces New Sharper Bricks That Instantly Kill You When You Step On Them https://babylonbee.com/news/lego-introduces-new-sharper-bricks-that-instantly-kill-you-when-you-step-on-them …
2019-08-31, 00:00:00
https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1167587805410877440
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University Of Kansas Labels 'My Pleasure' As Hate Speech https://babylonbee.com/news/university-of-kansas-labels-my-pleasure-as-hate-speech …
2019-09-05, 00:15:00
https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1169403519696166912
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Protesters Claim Victory After Blocking Customers From Chick-Fil-A For Entire Sunday https://babylonbee.com/news/protesters-claim-victory-after-blocking-customers-from-chic-fil-a-for-entire-sunday …
2019-09-06, 23:38:53
https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1170119206248910848
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Black unemployment rate falls to a record low
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/06/economy/black-unemployment-rate/index.html
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Scott Adams Retweeted:
I know it would be difficult to implement and is contrary to human nature - but I think we ought to explore not publicizing the identities or motivations of mass shooters. Would discourage those seeking notoriety or to spread twisted beliefs.
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How the Liberal Left created the Conservative Right and extremism in the fediverse:
As someone who cares greatly about equality, and recognizes minorities and underprivileged groups deal with some unique and difficult struggles I realize the title to this post would seem a bit inflammatory. But that is not my intention, my intention is to address a very real problem.
As anyone on the fediverse knows there are generally two major groups of instances. Those that wont ban anything of any kind, no rules it's the wild west (red instances). Then there are those that ban anyone who shares any opinion that disagrees with their politics, even if you criticise both the left and the right in the same breath you will likely quickly find the instance or yourself banned.
However the unfortunate consequence of this pattern of behavior is to promote ever increasing support for red instances and to drive grey instances (instances that take a middle ground) into being red instances. Should be obvious why...
You basically have a spectrum of behavior with red on one side and blue on the other. With everyone crammed into the 0.1% of either end of this spectrum that means most new instances will start off, most likely, somewhere in the grey area, even if their just marginally shy of being red or blue in its full extreme.
The experience for an admin of such an instance is to quickly be overwhelmed with people from blue instances blocking and banning for things like criticising a democratic politician or something rather minor. By the end of the first few months a blue/left leaning instance will quickly find itself on dozens of suspend or ban instances as a result and find they only have a voice among the 99% red instances and the 1% grey instances out there.
Since this means they naturally wont have a voice among blue instances, and most people are on social media because they want to be social, this means their only incentive is to appeal to red instances (since that's where all their boosts and likes come from). Along with building animosity for how blue instances treat them and with the acceptance of red instances you will find all the incentive for the instances to move to be an extremist red instance with extremist no-rule policies quickly develop.
As such we see exactly what we are seeing now on the fediverse, an ever increasing number of red instances very quickly overwhelming and overtaking the blue instances.
Of course this is made worse by the fact that those ont he blue instances can only see other blue instances. so they will be under the mistaken impression that the red instances don't exist and that the blue instances are thriving and growing and dominating over the red instances. This ignorance just ensures the red instances grow unchecked and unchallenged.
As someone who's personal policy is anti-extremism, and with this pattern being one that generates extremism it is very VERY concerning to me.
- Current Life Chapter Title
- Something Smells Terrible
- More Seriously
- Fighting the long defeat
I'm interested in being just not civil, but excellent in interacting with others of different viewpoints in an online world where we can so viciously defend our echo chambers and be so dismissive of other perspectives.
I'm a #Dad of several from toddler to teen, #Husband, #Christian, #Anglican, Unaffiliated #conservatarian, Software #Developer, #Coloradan, Reader of paper #books, Card and BoardGamer, #tea drinker, solving problems and helping millions escape extreme poverty as a #Salesforce #Architect at an amazing nonprofit.
Joined Aug 2018
