Unit @Unit@qoto.org
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Always eager to have my mind changed. Hoping to hear profound ideas and share them as well. Please challenge my thoughts.
Joined Nov 2022
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#India first democracy to ban encrypted apps like #Briar #Element & #Threema saying these were used by "terrorists": https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/apps-banned-india
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Remember that one dude that got caught swindling billions of dollars for his crypto scheme and it was a big thing for a week and then they just decided to drop all felony charges against him and he walked out of court with a smirk on his face haha you remember that guy what was his name Bankman or something haha yeah those guys with the funny last names are allowed to do whatever they want but if you're $10 short on your taxes the IRS will kill your dog haha
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do u think of humans as animals?
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"Piracy can't be stealing if paying for it isn't owning"
This is increasingly how it feels, when streaming shows disappear for tax reasons and things you "own" digitally become inaccessible.
Thank you @Illuminatus for this quote.
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@LouisIngenthron @Unit @unchartedworlds @futurebird
The deplatforming question is an interesting question to me. If we set aside legitimate targetted harassment, intimidation and threats, I cannot work out good first principles for deplatforming on social media. For one, if you don't like what someone is saying, you can just ignore them, block them, dont follow them or whatever. Deplatforming is only done to limit other peoples access to a certain individuals ideas. In the case of children I could understand having parental controls on what ideas they come into contact with since they are not yet mature in their thinking. But for adults I can't come up with a non-paternalistic reason why I should be allowed to limit what other people see online and I also don't trust other people to make these types of decisions for me.
@unchartedworlds @futurebird
If I have been “deplatformed” from twitter I can no longer speak on twitter.
Obviously someones ability to “speak” isn’t removed. I still have my mouth and my brain…I can still talk to people. But my ability to speak, in this case on a specific website, is ultimately limited.
I’m still not sure why its okay to do this when, if its so obvious why we should deplatform someone, that we can just tell others why they are wrong.
@futurebird I agree that “just allow everything” isn’t a good sentiment, but individuals should be allowed to sort out a majority of information for themselves and be able to openly debate why someone is incorrect.
You lose both of those things when you remove a a person’s ability to speak.
Additionally, you encourage others to move into echo chambers which I personally think makes things far worse.
@Emilyy @ska @dalias @futurebird @mattmcirvin
Deplatforming is great until it happens to you
I’m thinking of trying to learn piano again.
I played piano, sax and violin at different times when I was younger but hated practicing because I’d get embarrassed when my mom came to listen.
Maybe I can actually learn and practice some so I can play something nice for her this time
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Linux
- Open Source
Always eager to have my mind changed. Hoping to hear profound ideas and share them as well. Please challenge my thoughts.
Joined Nov 2022
