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Gary Ackerman

What if technology is helping us do things that don't matter?

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abuse / bullying people...

...by copying your article + changing the post date to earlier date on another site + filing complaint against you so your original post is removed by your webhost!

said:
💬 "... the “reputation management company” decided to try a new tactic.

Following a familiar playbook, they copied my Web3 is Going Great post to a free BlogSpot website, then backdated it by one day.

The goal was to then abuse the notice and takedown process to claim that I had stolen their work, force my webhost to remove the post, and then hope that I was either intimidated by the legalese or too strapped for time to fight it out with my hosting provider.

Unfortunately for them, “legal department” is only one of the many hats I wear as an independent writer and publisher, and “hosting provider” is another. I informed them that no such infringement had occurred, and noted that there can be penalties for fraudulent copyright claims should they try to continue pursuing this tactic. "

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Enshittification comes naturally from capital invested or *the leverage* from capital invested? 

Cory Doctorow vs Molly White

💬 comes naturally from capital invested or *the leverage* from capital invested?

@pluralistic vs @molly0xfff

(framed as "vs" just to get some reply points from people and potential answers about comment below...)

💬 Molly says
"Cory Doctorow provides his perspective on Bluesky, including on their recent funding round. I particularly like his point: “Plenty of people have commented that now that a VC is holding Bluesky's purse-strings, enshittification will surely follow (doubly so because the VC is called ‘Blockchain Capital,’ which, at this point, might as well be ‘Grifty Scam Caveat Emptor Capital’). But I don't agree with this at all. It's not outside capital that leads to enshittification, it's leverage that enshittifies a service.”

📋 Website Post by @molly0xfff citationneeded.news/issue-69/

vs
❓ = ? ❓



⭐ Images Credit: Molly's image + my edit by enlarging objects + adding ".news" in bottom right
( ⚠️ let me know Molly if this image is problematic)

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/ / Rights about a

from

The TLDR / LESSON LEARNED HERE:

🔴 Even if you can't give birth to children or you are beyond the age, it doesn't mean you can't reason for yourself and others about such issues. ( / style speaking up for self and others...)

Quote Molly says...
💬 "Moreno’s comments earlier this year that suburban are single-issue voters for candidates who support abortion rights, and that that’s “a little crazy by the way — especially for women that are like past 50 — I’m thinking to myself, ‘I don’t think that’s an issue for you.’” Physically bearing children is certainly not an issue for Moreno either, but that somehow didn’t stop him from expressing his own vehement opinion in an interview last year that it’s “insane” that, “as a father of two daughters”, if one of them became pregnant as a result of a rape, they could get an abortion without first obtaining his consent.

(Moreno’s daughters are around 30 years old.)

by @molly0xfff

Post page: citationneeded.news/issue-69/

SUMMARY
✔️ Good point here and shows how people miss the point for sticking up for others or having opinions. Even if you can't give birth to children or you are beyond the age, it doesn't mean you can't reason for yourself and others.

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Capitalism flow chart / diagram ? (to differentiate economies) 

@undefined @freemo @rastinza Good stuff rastinza - happy with how you've said things and will think more on it...

✔️ 💡 Idea: Would be good if there was a flow chart to or way to differentiating certain parts of it a bit more clearly (certainly in the what things are not also)... though I haven't searched for this kind of diagram I bet someone (probably) has already had this idea and smart enough in the / / / and maybe other areas it might come labelled under?...

I put picture here as example what be of future to differentiate economies in static or active menu of choices...

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ASNWER = Make more #friends... with the world / fediverse ? 

Make more ...
...with the
...with the ?

And see things improve / discover more!

✔️ This is "for the way" that begins finding the and to most problems...?
IT IS the itself mostly to finding the other answers!

Start making friends daily and see what happens!

Hi, nice to meet you...
(remember we're all a part of each other + come from similar origins)

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@freemo @rastinza WOW this is most intriguing and pleasantly disturbing... the average person has little-to-no chance other than umbrella term but I feel a bit of progress was made... and will put some comments below most for Rastinza:

1/ capitalism and free market can or cannot be the same thing?

➡️ I would say yes when merged and even if separate to start with becomes capitalism by nature of bringing together and if they are not mutually exclusive together and not very far being able to inter-operate together.

2/ Free Market variant is hard to achieve on it's own?

➡️ I agree it may be unachievable unless a lot of things are not present. And if they are present ruins Free Market and only flavours a bit whatever you try add it to.

3/ Oxford dictionary definition seems what the average person and most would agree with...

➡️ it mentions "for profit" but not all short definitions elsewhere mention profit and interestingly can be "...private ownership of capital" so using the word "capital" itself and no mention of profit... not sure if this is a clue but I'm guessing ownership of capital (which is wealth, money, business, human resources, economic value) perhaps always leads to profit even if occasionally you don't have to or don't have it in mind as the main thing. You kinda have to make profit / shift surpluses to yourself of some kind even if it's not money.

❓ Can you have capitalism without profit... I guess depending on which flavour but most are for-profit it seems and YOU MUST profit else you don't have most types of capitalism or any capital.

❓ If above is true, does it suggest all is ruined by capitalism itself - directly or eventually from the system forcing or being of nature towards profit as the main (hoarding / accumulating wealth, suckign energy of the people, controlling things, power-struggles, dog-eat-dog companies / states etc even if not distinctly mentioned in short descriptions).

2/ might not be the best from all this - true, but does achieve two things!

🔴 Gets people to look up the word!
🔴 Makes it simple as 'rich' even though any democratic part in the world takes a hit usnig this word and assumes it's almost *all* rich people (which actually I think it *almost* is !!!!)

⬆️ It would be about the rich almost from way back in time if a few almost-aesthic things collapsed again (which were only a faceade of 'democracy perhaps). Since all existence of life may be based on those things of Kings etc, it seems history is overwhelmingly more than people "understanding" things or doing any democratic process (until things get too extreme and then something is done about it, but that's not democratic always either).
So I feel it's more top level / wealthy again and aesthetics of which rich person or which liar you get 'democratically'... today is all built on those things and just becoming mini-games within that? ❓
Not trying to ruin your version but coming from kings, families with wealth, land, strong bonds, technology being decisive... not sure how we can undo all that or not continue it in genuine "democratic" way. Honestly most people couldn't do it even if their life depended on it and that's part of why we're here I'm very very sure of that having tried / tested people personally! Just like working with dud people when you come down to talking 10+minutes and though they live and seem normal / able people. Just towing the line mainly. (which is why I want to change people's communication ability more than code or increase tech for the same things to happen between unhappy / uneducated . unloving people).

⚫ But true the rich don't have direct political power I guess, though even today it's seemingly proving even less needed, so perhaps they still indirectly buy power, talk betwee themselves, buy people of various kinds and that almost super-seeds / overwrites public and gets re-labelled at various points down the line even after any public or democraticc victory (gets er-done or undone later and we see it's just encroaching suffocating life). Even if for a while seems public gets there way, it's done behind back again or reworked later, oil pipeline is re-opened or just made where protest will be less.

And the hand can be put on should on anyone in hierarchy ...
And we see people / parents / teachers doing it despite the logic of that decision made by their supervisor, higher rank- unless they want to die by the sword of morality / staying true to themselves.

4/ Rastinza you mentioned "state capitalism" but I mentioned "state monopoly" capitalism - so just making sure because I think you *can* have capitalism in the popular sense where states govern it as a monopoly or main controlling party but it's not free market - just a kind of revolving door or meme picture of choice of doors leading back to the same things. Limited choice let's say.

5/ Absolutely disagree with this paragraph below

You said "you don't have a bunch of people deciding what the economy should produce according to how much profit they can make, but rather politicians and economists taking decisions according to what they feel is better for the nation."

⬆️ That sounds really naive - it's almost all for profit!! And seems ignoring everything is State controlled and regulated, to the extent that yes I feel and see by design State decides where they are going, NOT the politician and economist ➡️ "for the better of the nation" ⬅️ 😃

Because they might not know what's best, and anyway not able to overrule it even if they tried or had all the evidence otherwise.
Politicians and economists are seemingly purely there to follow the main stream of thought / wil from top and provide commentary like an employee - to follow mostly - yes a few rogues out there but nothing at all for changing the .
Systems are not there to change themselves generally 😃 but cut out all that caring or detail stuff and get the booty / cash !

We see how often even the truth gets them / us, how far all the evidence out there gets.
State has final say (even if wrong - they determine the logic and often it's not logical and cruel actually to maintain power!). It owns all the puppets by nature of keeping them 'alive', and changes those values to kill them / die them off, or incentivizes the bullies and stronger folks (even academics and brains), punishes according to whatever thinking suits them more NOT PEOPLE!
So probably talks between themselves happen a lot and likely is that they are there to their self-given jobs alive ETC! NOT FOR BENEFIT OF ANY "NATION" feeling of that's long gone, BUT TO EXTRACT FROM IT! (that's their "business" model and not there to provide even people things to do and have a "pleasant life" among themselves!). No way.

And if you didn't see how disposable and crushing all that is / has been then I'm not sure how to say more. We're only there because they might need us and as soon as we're not we'll be cut off / phased out / exterminated, replaced by a machine. Why pay for excess humans?

That whole nation thing gives me the idea that people are doing it because they care or care more about nation than taking care of themselves.

Pretty sure also every nation has lost it's identity and culture also and it's just like similar sports teams that come together like and gladiator-it-out leaving not much useful at the end but profits of one or the other.

Hope you can give me the arrow where I'm wrong but people doing it for people when on team "State" is like you think the job of politicians and economists (to do things almost *to* other rather than with them) is going to really take into consideration what they think and restore this world into cat-loving nature place with less money and not-for-profit give-it-to-the-children's-future ways!

Ok that's long and perhaps a bit of a sub-point but it's still about those ruling us... are if they going to actually give it back to us.. lol...

Is interesting. Thanks in advance.

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@hildabast @overholt Thanks for clarifying. Yes that feature is useful in that way.

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Capitalism (+SubTypes) ➡️ E.G (State monopoly) capitalism or (Techno) capitalism... Generally the types with power over people or profit over people... ? 

@rastinza @freemo Sorry for delay, post didn't show up in my notification or I missed it.

TLDR = see end paragraph!

1/ ✔️ So yes Rastinza I too was having these thoughts...

... though I am sure not completely in agreeing with you mostly because of your first line because we were writing it as Capitalism (Free Market)... which is the bracketed version and maybe it's contradiction as both are part of the same thing AND each can also be separate in it's own way.

The brackets shows it is a subtype (or economic policy as you say) and written as: Capitalism (Free Market OR ANY SUBTYPE) and maybe both can imply it's on way to be applied to things too...

Overall seems both is use in a variety of ways and all have their sub variants or mix of practices within other big headers as a 'way of doing things' and not just 1 thing...

2/ I realised as Freemo was talking tht he declared along the way 1 sub-type of Capitalism was the focus but initially / to start with it was first more about how *other people* use the word alone as "Capitalism" incorrectly - so if other people do not state it or mean the free market type, (let's say they mean "State monopoly" type capitalism or similar -

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_mo

then they are more likely correct IF many more mean this sub-types or infer things of that Capitalism umbrella topic that covers those bad things commonly people mean (to do with the rich ruling, unfair possession, state interventions to keep it unfair, oligarchy etc)...

So perhaps it's generally accepted to mean this type more than any other... and I would accept people are less wrong if a majority means things whatever way they mean it IF they use it enough and assume between them which one they (especially if the other nuances are a bit niche / never learnt and nearly non-existent to them). So if people don't declare it then it might not be (Free Market) and as Freemo confirmed we don't have that type today so could suit most all people who say it and be correct about that (accidentally correct or not!)...

So the type of Capitalism is important of course but most people who don't declare subtype might agree on similar things (which might not know until we asked them) but generally in the State monopoly category or oligarchy / Techno-capitalism ...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technoca

...and similar variants of power over people or over people... ?

(I just made this up but from hearing it often elsewhere).

3/ Which is why I liked the word instead of Capitalism...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutocra

...because as it's a totally different word! HA 😃

CONCLUSION
⚫ 1 Capitalism has many types
⚫ 2 Use Plutocracy? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutocra

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#Commercialisation ... of #TV 📺 #Internet 🌐 (Adverts in Everything) 

...of 📺 🌐 ...and Earth 🌎
(and Adverts in Everything!)

Like the diluting of what was once pure, it then gets watered down or advert-packed to keep us watching... (... adverts).

That's what this is about mainly:

" " things and cashing it in towards their death (inevitably pushing and killing things after helping feed or creat them - steady profiting more and more as time goes on).

THE REST BELOW EXPANDS ON THAT - ABOVE IS THE MAIN

⏺️ DISCLAIMER 1
While everything was "pure" before (or geeky or niche or even rarely practices) was always going to do bigger things the more interest there was building for it. So I accept even the Internet itself from modems and BBS Bulletin board system to broadband you people enjoy (I'm almost still on modems lol!) means that commercialisation was inevitable and mostly needed EVEN THOUGH the TONS of money and $tate infrastructure is charging planet and us PLENTY for the broadband-drug streaming to us per month which companies can increase price or adverts into our addiction-filled lives - so adverts are naturally with that... [shrug] ...especially as they test and find tolerance levels...

⏺️ ❓ What's your golden period? ❓
"THE" golden period I think of is the 2000's as we had the best of everything, early broadband or even just before with personally crafted crappy custom HTML sites, ecologic internet (telephone lines and modem) and less addiction (lower baud speeds) etc etc - 1 film a day MAX! Ok maybe a bit more on braodband but picking and choosing was good as naturally any human goes out of control with 'all you can eat' entertainment...

⏺️ BACK TO TODAY
Blogs becoming the same kind of advert rolls in between text (or is it text in between advert rolls), now each page is almost the same copy and pasted version or setup perfecting what was the SEO search engine with keywords and other tactics so everything now looks the same for anything non-Wikipedia or other than official pages. Now the system is too good and technical availability being taken advantage of at the cost of quality or even genuine interest (it's all just for money isn't it?)

⏺️ SOMEONE ELSE'S COMMENT JUST MENTIONED IN PASSING...
A comment by @GhostOnTheHalfShell / GhostOnTheHalfShell's affirms some of these types of things that happen to a TV series that "slowly was crushed by never increasing commercial schedule, which is to say that the show barely had any content"
Post: masto.ai/@GhostOnTheHalfShell/

⏺️ DISCLAIMER 2:
I admit content being drawn out and advert-filled doesn't mean the quality or worth is always less ( TV stuff I'm thinking of where you can get tea in between or really do something else and come back to it when it gets interesting again). Even if overall the enjoyment process is changed it doesn't make it instantly crap... And since TV back then, the downloading of episodes (TV had unavoidable adverts back then)... which was solved temporarily until streaming came along and it's like being back on TV but via internet with it's tracking engines and more!

but anyway....

⏺️ OVERALL yes the feeling is that *feeding* also becomes too much, too pure, too watered down or whatever too much... too much is bad, too much is too much... whoever is supplying it and we have to say no / I need less / I have to moderate it to only *this* part of my life which is hard with 'educational things' especially that turn out to be EVERYTHING!

⏺️ ❓ I hope it all amounts to something and we do get and more , more than consuming and find ways to trap people to watch adverts or be tracked in our online habits...

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@overholt Making Friends with the Fediverse, for the way! - one person at a time! 👬 + 👭

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John Overholt

Today I am celebrating my 20th anniversary of starting work at Houghton Library, originally as a project cataloger for the then-newly arrived Hyde Collection of Samuel Johnson, and today as the curator of pre-1800 collections.

I have up days and down days like anyone else, but I am unbelievably lucky to have the job I do, and I am constantly re-energized by the opportunity to work with such amazing collections and colleagues.

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Facebook leaving people also possible... backup for you and next generation 

@hildabast @overholt Yes Hilda like your description and real reasoning about Facebook that many hold in some way...

But I'd say, the connection to people is a sort of a vicious circle / future digital violence (we're born into it) so at some point when comfortable plan for something different that we can come out of (at least for the next generation or when you pass?).. Positively I say consider slowly screenshot or some easy way to to offline place and feel ok when time comes...

Pretend you will not need to hang onto Facebook so much (also because Facebook might not hang on to you! ⬅️ it's a real risk and for next generation).

Some people might be ok if they are being let go and because storing it offline might be unsafe / insecure too... But a passworded or private directory should cover that...

I like you're positive look on it so say "be prepared" by considering something "slowly but surely" (while still accepting you still need it for today for the current people alive). One day you might need to do this anyway and good practice

Many people might not want to do all this backing up which I admit is a lot) but automatically it can felp ,..

So maybe all or some with all move one day so this helps sort one big part of it out or feel ok by not having every single thing for future memory of your son and perhaps doing things a but more offline to start with it will make the consuming of Facebook your life different (storing it all in a 1 big directory).

Happy to chat however you

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Wikipedia Community example + Article link [by Molly White] 

@info
@crecente
Relative to and the part in the post that said Wikipedia "thrives because it prioritizes community and collaboration over technical perfection"...

...the post related:
citationneeded.news/elon-musk-

...the author Molly White:
@molly0xfff

💬 "But neither nor anyone on the right can control Wikipedia as they wish.

💬 “...there is no danger that someone will buy Wikipedia and turn it into their personal playground.”

⬆️ [reduced / slightly edited] ⬆️

Keywords:
vs
vs of expression

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Ways to help each other from start nearer to the finish?... Any suggestions? 

@crecente Hi,

You said in your profile that you're "Looking for folks who are ready to be part of the solution." - and I was thinking how we all get excited about people but then it tends to fizzle out / it's hard to continue so this in itself needs solving somewhat or more solid way because we all care but somehow can't continue - so wondering (optimistically) if you have some idea what you want as help or how others and people online have contribute because I think people do but find it hard somehow.

Some examples of useful things in the past is good for others to see (usually it's just a donate button).

I think the 'other way' is to let other run riot with our stuff as frankly most people don't let that happen or even scared of their 'fans' / people who are over-excited about someone's good material - so on the one hand people / humanity needs help but people feel strange with obviously strangers and not seeing the obvious choice which is to make friends wit almost everyone in order to get ahead... and even let go a bit of their stuff or virtualised fears...

Ok that's the summary for and it's current main problems I see online - so I propose at any depth 2 people want - but keen to see how you have it and your experiences or what works and even what doesn't...

I think the "how to help / share / grow each other" is something to work on doing better so I'm asking if you found a way - there is a million and one ways it can be done.
Thanks.

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Drew Crecente (they/them)

Bring these up at holiday dinners to educate folks about the need for consumer protection:

▪️ hotel booking & event ticket fees banned by FTC

▪️overdraft & credit card late fees lowered by CFPB

▪️airline seating fees ban proposed by DOT

▪️internet service fee disclosure rules required by FCC

🌐 whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/s

#consumer #corporations #greed #Biden #junkfees

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Drew Crecente (they/them)

Daily Quote - December 19, 2024

I believe artists are leaders in expressing things that humankind often doesn't know how to say yet.

~ Constance Hockaday

#TEDGames #dailyquote #art

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"Code is a tool, not the goal..." ⚙️ 🔧 #Quote 

"Code is a tool, not the goal..." ⚙️ 🔧

💬 by about etc

🔗 hamishcampbell.com/embracing-m

Continued below... (reduced version of post link above)

💬 "Embracing “messiness” as a feature, not a bug, in creating humane and effective tech solutions.

Wikipedia is a messy, decentralized project that thrives because it prioritizes community and collaboration over technical perfection.

The , with its federated nature, allows for diverse approaches and experimentation, embracing a level of messiness to resist centralization and foster creativity.

The we need to mediate is the churn of , of developers focusing too heavily on technical aspects, ignoring the social context and long-term utility of their work. "


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"Pessimism may travel faster than optimism, but only optimism holds the potential for real change. "

💬 Hamish Campbell @info

Post Jan 09, 2025:
hamishcampbell.com/a-call-to-a

➡️

continued...

" Feed the problem or solve the problem. There is no mythical “third way” out of this mess.

What we have are shovels, , and shit for compost. Work hard enough, and you’ll get flowers and tasty vegetables. 🌸🥕

It’s well past time for composting. Let’s grow flowers. 🌱 "


( healthier also )

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Creative Commons? :cc: creativecommons.org/

➡️ If your work is / then let me know and I'll remix your work with some education!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative

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