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@npdoty the ability to opt-out, even if it did somehow retroactively remove data from a model, doesn't justify ignoring ethics or copyright law. What about people who never get told about the opt-out? What about non-technical people who can't add to robots.txt? Why should someone have to opt-out?

If you don't design and maintain clearer politics with your users then the politics can be lost in your design.

Maintain the politics (why it exist and for who it is for or against) and the politics can be sorted WHILE people are using the software - If it's "yet another software" then it has less meaning.

The winner is what people use and believe to get better themselves so eventually the politics (perspectives of people within global consideration) gets better with your design and with you making it!

Maintain a clearer purpose I think is FTW

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"System of Love"... practice of love / care / respect using words and meanings relative to people and between them... (picture & text definition) 

"System of Love" is a measurable practice of a list of things related to love, care and respect needed between people... (picture & text) or else all hell breaks loose!

Boost :boost: 🚀 if you would like to see more of these things practised in life.

Sending to any like-minded souls and fellow members beyond just programming machines and more capitalistic styles of hiring people.

Love / care / respect is an intentional system individually for overall humanity that can start with you and more people... just needs humans to practise daily and pass things on in what you do already - just use more of these things or sticking it up somewhere is a good conversation point.

MORE AFTER THE VOCABULARY

💌 Much love goes out to humanity, get in contact if interested... 💌

We know how it feels without love of various kinds (at work, home, outside) - so let's not neglect any of these things... 💌

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VOCABULARY BELOW ==============

█Measurable

(able to be measured) (adjective)

(regular - with constant frequency)

█Practice

(actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory) (noun)

(to introduce - to bring into practice)

(to grow stronger)

█Honesty

(quality of being honest) (noun)

█Care

(close attention, concern or responsibility) (noun)

█Clarity

(the quality, clarity or sharpness of speech)

█Listening

(to pay attention to a sound) (verb)
(hear out until that person has finished) (verb)

█Affinity

(characterized by affirmation, constructiveness, or influence for the better; favourable)

(affiliation - The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another) (noun)

(association - a connection to or an affiliation with something)

█Experience

(event(s) of which one is cognizant) (noun)

(activity which one has performed) (noun)

█Sociability

(sociable, gregarious, affable)
(friendly, courteous, sociable) (adjective)

█Curiosity

(inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore) (noun)

█Compassion

(deep awareness of the suffering of another) (noun)

█Imagination

(image-making power of the mind) (noun)

(creativity or creative thoughts)

█Reliability

(regular in timing or other way)

█Therapy

(treatment of disease) (noun)

(psychological study)

(social psychology / counselling)

(counselling / ontology (study of being) (noun)

psychosis (mental disorder or distortion) (noun)

█Transparency

(quality of being transparent) (noun)

█Confidence

(expression or feeling of certainty) (noun)

(self-assurance) (noun)

█Commitment

(religious - committed to the practice of religion)

(commit - to pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger) (verb)

█Passion

(any great emotion) (noun)

(suffering of Jesus) (noun)

(theology - study of God, or a god, or gods) (noun)

█Respect

(tolerance) (noun)

(to have regard for the rights of others) (verb)

(self-respect - knowledge of one's own worth) (noun)

(admiration for a person)
{transitive}

(to honour - (show praiseworthiness, respect) (noun)

(to bow (to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference)

█Moderation

(to a moderate, in some degree or level of presence or position) (adverb)

█Sincerity

(quality of being sincere) (noun)

█Logic

(method of human thought) (noun)

(theory in logic - a set of axioms and all statements derivable from them) (noun)

█Experimentation

(thought experiment)

(practice / practical experiment - actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory experiment)

█Teaching

(evangelistic - enthusiasm for a cause or teaching about some parts of something)

(religious evangelism - promoting the preaching and dissemination of the Christian gospel, teachings of Jesus or any of the spiritual leaders who are assumed to be authors of the Gospels in the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John)

█Appreciation
(to value highly) (verb)

(to be grateful for something) (verb)

(admiration - adoration) (noun)

█Welfare
(health, safety, well-being, happiness and prosperity) (noun)

(humanitarian concerned with people's welfare) (adjective)

(humanity - human beings as a group) (noun)

█Relief

(removal of stress or discomfort) (noun)

(catharsis - a therapeutic technique to relieve tension) (noun)

(assist - help) (verb)

assistant (person who assists or helps someone else)

█Forbearance

(forbearing, forgiving, tolerant)

█Toleration

(tolerance (ability to tolerate) (noun)

█Awareness

awareness (the state of consciousness) (noun)

awareness (the consciousness of a state, or state of mind) (noun)

█Openness

(receptiveness to new things) (noun)

(intimacy - feeling of closeness and openness towards someone else) (noun)

█Reasoning

(action of the verb 'to reason') (noun)

(rational - capable of reasoning) (adjective)

█Diversity

(quality of being diverse; difference) (noun)

(biodiversity - diversity of flora and fauna) (noun)

█Confluence

(meeting - gathering for a purpose) (noun)

(merging of similar or different elements into a union)

(Flowing - liquid or metaphorically; flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous)

(mix - stir two or more substances together) (verb)

█Fun

(have fun - enjoy oneself) (verb)

(fun - enjoyment or amusement) (noun)

(have fun - wish someone a good time) (interjection)

█Kindness

(being kind) (noun)

(heart - emotions or kindness) (noun)

█Patience

(quality of being patient) (noun)

(not losing one's temper while waiting) (adjective)

█World-view

(personal view of the world) (noun)

(globalisation - process of going to a more interconnected world) (noun)

▌UNWANTED globalisation (a process of making world economy dominated by capitalist models) (noun)

(unity - the state of being one or undivided) (noun)

(friendship (countable) - friendly relationship) (noun)

(religion - system of beliefs dealing with soul, deity and/or life after death) (noun)

█Balance

(to balance / counterbalance)

(to equilibrate - to bring into equilibrium)

▌(credit and debit - balance of an account) which as a banking system can never be balanced as money is constantly loaned again and again creating more debt than equalisation

▌(debt / society balance - an action, state of mind, or object one has as an obligation to perform for another) (noun)

▌(money owing - that one person or entity owes or is required to pay to another) (noun)

(well-balanced; in equilibrium itself or eco-system) (adjective)

(mentally stable and free from psychological disorder) (adjective)

(Calm, serene, well-balanced, all-rounder).

█Knowledge

(fact of knowing about something; understanding, familiarity with information) (noun)

(study - mental effort to acquire knowledge) (noun)

identity (knowledge of who one is) (noun)

█Courage

(quality of a confident character) (noun)

(gutsy - marked by courage) (adjective)

(courageous (of an action, that requires courage) (adjective)

(bold courageous, daring) (adjective)

(direction - indication of the point toward which an object is moving) (noun)

█Coherence

(coherence - quality of cohering; of being coherent) (noun)

(coherent - orderly, logical and consistent) (adjective)

█Goodwill

(good-natured - of or pertaining to a perpetual kind disposition) (adjective)

(the forces or will of good) (noun)

(as a result of good will by someone / a group) (noun)

(showing friendliness or goodwill - warm, approachable)

(fair, justified) (adjective)

(self-denial - an action that sacrifices one's own benefit for the good of others) (noun)

█Health

(state of being free of physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction) (noun)

(psychological fitness - general level of positive or thoughts) (adjective)

(body fitness- general physical structure of a human or animal) (noun)

(cure - a method, device or medication that restores good health) (noun)

█Healthy Community

(community - group of people sharing a common understanding) (noun)

(perception - conscious understanding of something) (noun)

█Education

(process or art of imparting knowledge, skill and judgement) (noun)

(self-study (study without the aid of a formal education institution) (noun)

(self-education; self-directed learning) (noun)

█Satisfaction

(fulfilment of a need or desire) (noun)

█Perseverance

(persevere - to live, survive) (verb)

(Psychology: perseverate - repeat a response after the cessation of the original stimulus)

█Solidarity

(union of interests, purposes or sympathies among members of a group)

(unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy) (noun)

(psychological or material support) (noun)

to solidify (to become solid)

█Reflection

(act of reflecting, thinking more)

(careful thought or consideration) (noun)

█Empathy

(understanding situation)

(sympathy - as a person / humanity) (noun)

█Calm

(free from anger and anxiety) (adjective)

(calmly - in a calm manner) (adverb)

(condition of being unworried and free from anger) (noun)

(peaceful - motionless and calm; placid) (adjective)

(relaxation - act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed) (noun)

█Courteous

(showing regard for others) (adjective)

(affable - friendly, courteous, sociable) (adjective)

█Flexible

(easily bent without breaking) (adjective)

(flexibility - quality of being flexible) (noun)

█Understand

(know / grasp - to understand an idea or subject) (verb)

(to be aware of the meaning of) (verb)

▌(to stand under authority - "I understand this letter means XYZ terms and conditions...")

(hard experience shared in sympathy / consolation as a human being) (adjective)

█Gamification

(to treat as a sport)

(a regular "game" using of certain active variables from life and usually achievements, rewards, medals, acknowledgement given in virtual or non-virtual ways sometimes as incentive)

█Variation

(not just one way always)

(to play and have fun in other ways)

█Communication

(messages or interaction between people)

(carrier of a way, acting as messenger for a person or philosophy)

█Persistence

(continuous)

(not giving up easily)

█Understanding

(being flexible with someone or about any issue or topic)

(grasping / knowing the real core point of it all, usually from time invested and dedicated looks into something)

(empathy / sympathy)

█Exploration

(travel for the purpose of discovery)

(careful systematic search)

(systematic consideration)

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WE ALL WANT SOME FORM OF THESE WORDS....
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We all want for love / care / respect "or else" the opposites occur and things (people) get left neglected and also untrained.

We let the bad in by not doing the good. Just the way things get without doing them.

As much as you "don't have time" all these things (or their opposites) catch up and damage us / people waste our time later without healthy use of healthy ways - so to practise talking now (at whatever level) pays off in the end to do more careful work together / constructing something beyond Capitalism.

It can mean starting something better too as many people just won't listen and you literally have to create it yourself on top of existing good sources, like I did with this list.

Once you as individually and family learn to print and share these things (stick on your fridge/door), it's techniques and sentiments can "live on themselves" (in others)...

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"I love talking to people, but I really need some quiet to recover afterwards."

- Scott Francis @darkuncle

Jobs cannot solve things totally if puts you out of a job...! 

This means often people and need to prolong problems or extend existing ways to keep alive and keep their job!

Play it too fair as individual or suggest a great idea at work and you can measurably show you're obsolete and even lose your job. So since as you are not needed and they see now they can do the job without you a bit of down-sizing (and being cut out) happens. Robots and machines are one more direct example but even good ideas can be similar replacement for a person.

Brutal and simple it means companies and individuals do a lot of other stuff that isn't in the usual moral interest at all to solve THIS problem (of needing employment before anything)...

(Governments and people at the top especially are stuck in a paradox face with risking their position for any big real ideas or implementation)

It explains also why less-deserving people get promoted and I've see this first hand as undoubtedly the best in the department has not been promoted and sent to top (for years) because there is probably at lost of risk they will set things straight / be too good and if they are not full of bad attitude they will not continue that flavour of hierarchy and even propose it bravely.

Imagine if actually reduced or solved problems - it would put people out of a Governmental job ! - make things too efficient for them) because it is actually possible to run things without using existing methods and techniques without so many people paid or layers / hierarchy etc... so when people talk about problems they don't see those people need to prolong them else cut themselves out of the loop (even with some re-inventing or moving possible - who wants to risk that in a shrinking employment market ⬅️ if that's true or it's simply not easy to change / find new employer / relocate / start again).

It's similar to manufacturing, make a good product - as there is not always enough market for them to buy in a years or that people will even buy from you again later... so do you need a monopoly and attachment with it (right!?)

Solving problems is a problem in itself when people using jobs to stay alive and therefore HAVE TO CAUSE PROBLEMS TO THEN CLEAR IT UP.

GOOD PEOPLE AND ARTISTS DIE DOING THINGS TOO EFFICIENTLY AND HAVE TO CONSTANTLY "RE-INVENT THEMSELVES" WHICH IS LIMITED ALSO !


or even normal

you know how when you're thinking about getting a tattoo, a good question to ask is "would this be better as a t-shirt"?

the fedi equivalent is "would this reply be better as a new post"?

Show thread
"why have you been obsessed about cryptocurrency since 2007"

#poast losing its stripe account is a pretty good example

FINALLY a canadian builds a social media empire to challenge facebook, even for some small insignificant fraction of its total market dominance in social media, and boom the payment provider pulls the rug from under him for political bullshit reasons. Meanwhile crypto payments to said social media site continue as if nothing was happening.

And WHERE THE FUCK IS THE CBC ON THIS ONE?
10,000s of people, many canadians affected by political censorship by a US company and where's the canadian media? Sleeping as usual, because it's their political enemies who are affected.

Trust in Fediverse seems is fading - AND not being built on as relationships / networks etc - Here are my workings and estimations... 

(Hope I'm not projecting this)

Consider it as a work in progress my dear :fediverse: VERSION 2
(will increment this as I type today) - food for thought...

Hard to see what you see but I guess you use :fediverse: not much more than a few messages - and probably think "why do I need to more?" and "Not my fault if this place fall apart / dies / gets eaten for the same reasons as seen before (take overs / mergers / invaders etc) -

"HEY it should all run without my care / attention / participation to it all! "

TLDR: Below is reasoning of which general group on Fediverse you might fall into (and briefly your mindset / focus which is why you might appear to care whether it's true or not) and also what's going wrong added to under the categories

All as I see / experienced / experiencing in response to my ideas given in general, responses to my ideas or observations from interactions with others (or lack of) without my involvement. Limited but at least closer to first / second hard without any big stake in it other than doing something about XYZ invasions / potentials / building trust in ourselves...

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TLDR (bit longer - or skip to next section)
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Basically groups of people who moved over from Twitter cold-turkey from rug-pull type stuff or more intentionally and just Fediverse here now in a similar same way (not really building anything and being mostly user /consumer only)...

and those who *might* realise or not that as time goes on their time here is running out on Fediverse too as and bigger players are simply moving next door / shifting operations (literally Twitter, FB, Meta, Google / Alphabet Group going to dragnet and just move here / use us even more)

And continue to index the fuck out of us with near no-attempt by admins or users to protect us / themselves / their users from data-scraping / stuff (some we can't see but you know their patterns of profit are undoubted and their existence is their own definition of their own existence ⬅️ yes that's clever )... STOP READING if you don't agree with this.

STOP READING if you think predators or war makers changed their stripes and now their intentions are much better and it's not that bad, they wouldn't be so cut-throat in the more-civilised ways of playing off people against themselves to gobble us like a Pacman dots all the while... :pacman: ●☻●☻●☻●☻ :pacman: ◌ ◌ ◌ ◌ ◌

Commercialism's comforts has basically blinded us / made us think it's all ok and doable using their ways.

Anyway here is more on this:

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Groups and basic reasoning why
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█"Boys and Toys" (Computers or similar "This is all going to help" or "this is my fun leave me alone")
█Gamers, FPS shooters - like war playing is ok for so long or ever justified emptying so much time on (we've all been their, now it's time to get out)
█Hobbiest / Modders / Fiddlers (PC. . , , etc)... some genuine hacks we might use "one day" but still their communication is probably limited "like why should I look into anything else other my family and hobbies?"
News ("oh wow this could really save the world again" stuff or "oh my god look what they are doing now... let me re-tweet it.... I mean "boost")
█(etc etc... overall humans who are interacting with non-humans as main material - doing the consumption of time and interaction while not seeing the human sides are lacking as a result - directly communication and therefore systems etc - Advanced users can also be just users with users under them as an instance.

AND ALL here not caring to interact much, few posts back and forth MAX. Not many marathon runners - if you feel bad about this comment you might have been 1 of ?0 I contact during each month directly offering / asking anything and everything to catch a bit of interest, even to dispel any doubts openly.

Verdict: "Humans are inefficient and imperfect therefore ignore them" / "why try it's futile" types of people)

█Bourgeois (Too rich or Rich enough upper-middle class - don't want to rock any boats and happy where they are.
Why spend time on those below me or those non-family people?
Me talk to non-blood related people or think of "1 love" humanity - naaaa)

ANSWER: Like Martial Arts halls you can improve the lower belts by training with them and thos that stick around can be like family who then come up and fight with you / teach next calls or generation... it's not business deal always, but if you treat life like that then it will be just buying / selling people... which we know doesn't work well / ignores the mind or general issues of suffering by people...

Nobody wants to do these things actively apart from a few posts.

█Alternative sexuality- # ... etc
People who escaped from masses of others not quite accepting or upto speed...
More active, vocal and trying that others... probably because their life depends on it and sexuality in danger by those confused by new and strange purely from not having experience / learning from mainstream.


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etc 🚨
all kind of the same and self explanatory
...just some just news echoes or some trying to do it all on their own mostly (which does make sense remember you need lower echelon as cringe as we might be).


A strong potential as already superior in activity and communication (yes even in making sense from things despite profile or server suggesting otherwise). Clever not just in humour or in killing time. A ton of stuff simply to view and ignore without big feelings.

spectators - action watching

Trump etc no need say more - you know why you watch this stuff rather than work on something with us (in the other groups)

to come today... will revise or add new post v soon... follow with notification if important to you (switch off if it's ever bullshit)

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EXPLAINED STUFF / DISCLAIMER
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I included the word "you" here to make it "a bit more personal" so you question yourself to which category listed you fall in - and ask yourself if I'm approximately right (?).

It's totally ok to say this to yourself but consider coming out of your zone of comfort.

Made from first hand experience (attempts) and previous measured bias = a list of groups (on Fediverse but general groups too) who are perhaps not doing enough BUT also doing the opposite to their own ethos sometimes (much like Facebook while anti-Facebook and posting there a lot).

I estimate these groups as main reasons why for overall relationships / groups / networks are not to my level of expectation (while still leaving room for other group and reasons)

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EXAMPLES OF SLACKNESS / NO FIGHTBACK OF EVEN EASY STUFF
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Like "no consent" or simple footer for "no permission granted" or "information is not for scraping or used commercially" or CC-BY-SA-NC).

This includes Eugene / Gargon + my admin @freemo who I've asked a good while back either about Google links here feeding the commercial farms (Gargron) or adding a footer to our particular server (freemo).

How bad do people want to keep Fediverse and is there enough people to hold it? Right now, as conversation I'm not sure.
As admins and few conscious yes, but without help of masses and "upgrading" your users then your users are the weak point and we'll just move to the next thing or stick to being "bridged" ( )

I reserve right to correct myself or see if anyone has a good comeback to justify changing this - all is from positive want for better / more reasoning... but my account shows what I've tried a lot... I don't many other to call their account and try for these 'upgrade the weak-points' type of things called users...
users being just are not enough and we can encourage more!

Trust in Fediverse seems is fading - AND not being built on as relationships / networks etc - Here are my workings and estimations... 

(Hope I'm not projecting this title and consider as a work in progress)

Hard to see what you see but I guess you use not much more than a few messages - and probably think "why do I need to more?" and "Not my fault if this place dies to the same reasons as before - it should all run without my care / attention / participation to it all!"

TLDR: Below is reasoning of general groups on Fediverse (and briefly their mindset / focus) and also what's going wrong added to these categories as I see / experienced / experiencing it in response to ideas in general, my ideas or observations of interactions with others (or lack of).

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TLDR (bit longer - or skip to next section)
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Basically groups of people who moved over from Twitter (mostly) and just use it in the same way... who *might* realise or not in time that their time is running out on Fediverse too as and bigger players are simply moving next door (literally Twitter, FB, Meta, Google / Alphabet Group going to dragnet and just move here)
Or continue to index the fuck out of us with no attempt by admins or users to protect us / themselves / their users from data-scraping / stuff (soem I can't see but you know their patterns of profit are undoubted as their definition of their own existence)... STOP READING if you don't agree with this.

If you think predators or war makers changed from their pure-profit intentions and playing off people against themselves to gobble us like a Pacman dot... :pacman: ●☻●☻●☻●☻ :pacman: ◌ ◌ ◌ ◌ ◌ then stop reading and go back to commercialism comforts.

Anyway here is more on this:

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Groups and basic reasoning why
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█Boys and Toys
█Gamers, FPS shooter like war is ok or worth emptying so much time on
█Hobbiest / Modders / Fiddlers (PC. . , , etc)
News ("oh wow this could really save the world again" stuff)
█(etc etc... overall humans dealing with non-humans as main material / time consumption / interaction spent

AND ALL here not caring to interact much, few posts back and forth MAX.

Verdict: "Humans are inefficient and imperfect therefore ignore / why try" types of people)

█Bourgeois (Too rich or Rich enough upper-middle class not to rock any boats and why spend time on those below you or those non-family people / non-blood related)

ANSWER: Like Martial Arts halls you improve the lower belts treating them like family who then come up and fight with you / teach next calls or generation...

Nobody wants to do that actively apart from a few posts.

█Alternative sexuality- ... etc
People who escaped from masses of others not quite accepting or upto speed...
More active, vocal and trying that others... probably because their life depends on it and sexuality in danger by those confused by new and strange purely from not having experience / learning from mainsteam.

spectators - action watching

Trump etc no need say more - you know why you watch this stuff rather than work on something with us (in the other groups)

to come today... will revise this post v soon...

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EXPLAINED STUFF / DISCLAIMER
(or skip to next section...)
=================

I included the word "you" here to make it "a bit more personal" so you question yourself to which category listed you fall in - and ask yourself if I'm approximately right (?).

It's totally ok to say this to yourself but consider coming out of your zone of comfort.

Made from first hand experience (attempts) and previous measured bias = a list of groups (on Fediverse but general groups too) who are perhaps not doing enough BUT also doing the opposite to their own ethos sometimes (much like Facebook while anti-Facebook and posting there a lot).

I estimate these groups as main reasons why for overall relationships / groups / networks are not to my level of expectation (while still leaving room for other group and reasons)

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EXAMPLES OF SLACKNESS / NO FIGHTBACK OF EVEN EASY STUFF
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Like "no consent" or simple footer for "no permission granted" or "information is not for scraping or used commercially" or CC-BY-SA-NC).

This includes Eugene / Gargon + my admin @freemo who I've asked a good while back either about Google links here feeding the commercial farms (Gargron) or adding a footer to our particular server (freemo).

How bad do people want to keep Fediverse and is there enough people to hold it? Right now, as conversation I'm not sure.
As admins and few conscious yes, but without help of masses and "upgrading" your users then your users are the weak point and we'll just move to the next thing or stick to being "bridged" ( )

I reserve right to correct myself or see if anyone has a good comeback to justify changing this - all is from positive want for better / more reasoning... but my account shows what I've tried a lot... I don't many other to call their account and try for these 'upgrade the weak-points' type of things called users...
users being just are not enough and we can encourage more!

The art of doing nothing in Capitalism... I was thinking about this as a chess strategy... 

"On a strict definition this of course isn't really possible. We are compelled to make moves. It is, however, possible just to shuffle a piece backwards and forwards.

As you might expect this isn't a very successful strategy for any reasonable form of the game."

lichess.org/@/Schadenfreude__g

I thought the above was the best part without diving into the chessy stuff...

And in real life, "killing time" or "killing the clock" = choosing the right games = not playing into capitalism's hands = not selling your time too fast or paying endless rent (doing any game more controlled and in a better way than all of it taxed).

Writing this was hard as it seems "the end justifies the means" but for sure Capitalism holds all the squares and if Fediverse people won't listen or unite... then really don't try too hard... it's a lost game UNLESS you find really a sure way else you're creating another business that is the business template of Governments - very well designed (and yes "please sign here" means to jump into the fire before any progress even begins!)

If you can find a minimal way to live (like not pay rent) THAT IS A BIG +).... instead of Berlin prices...

So instead make your own work... work on your notes, re-thinking, re-writing stuff = you win and capitalism loses... while you MUST ACCEPT there are not real winners - and you might have to end it also - because they will also or committed to the negative debt-based society anyway.
That's why people "have no time" or spent it on making a family based on debt or paying forever.

Just not jumping into big traps or accelerating debt is A BIG PLUS but I don't claim you don't work or find some things to do / volunteer for, sports... asking people for help personally.

So you accept your death even if you live for a bit more, and try don't play too fast into INDEBT-ing yourself and obligations, not signing your name to too many known bad things (if any...)

If you can find the balance, the right platform to share. think about involving others... do that if safe enough. [ Direct messages for example can't be easily scraped and copied to search engines... ]

Capitalism wants your DATA to WORK AND TO...
... PAY FOR YOUR RENT / EXISTENCE
... PAY LANDLORDS RENT
... PAY INCREASING ELECTRICITY

... TO PAY FOR LIFE 10 TIMES OVER! LITERALLY AS BANKS RE-LEND YOUR MONEY AND DILUTE IT'S VALUE!

Doing nothing (doing less) is not a bad plan IF YOUR SERIOUS ON FINDING SOMETHING ELSE (MAYBE BETWEEN PEOPLE BUT DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH) AND LITERALLY DO IT ON A SHOE STRING / MINIMAL SETUP.

"Let's decouple our ideas of innate human value from jobs, mmk?"

- Kudra @kudra

@bhawthorne @darius @martincrownover @kissane

while that outcome is possible, I don't think it's likely, because a large number of users would instead say "oh ho, you're going to monetise us as well as ask for donations? Well eff you, no more donations or buying #merchtodon, I'm going to move to another instance, block mastodon.social, and encourage others to do the same."

There's nothing stopping users at the individual level from removing access to their content from any instance that chooses to monetise through advertising.

We had these arguments waaaaay back when #LiveJournal sold out and started showing ads, after years of swearing they never would, but the interoperability of LJ codebase sites was imperfect, Facebook was stealing people's social graph, and sadly that community hub never recovered.

Fedi is imperfect, but people are starting to understand that we have tools at both server and user level to fight back against corporate capture. Spam and other issues I'm more concerned by, but so far Fedi has been doing pretty well there too, I think.

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