Hrisskar Flat-Foot @hrisskar@qoto.org
You look like you could use a friend, outlander. Perhaps I can be your friend. I'd like you to help me recover some gold.
Joined Jan 2020
I don't know what to call this one. "Depths of Hope and Earth"?
@silverwizard Doesn't that make things more interesting than Deathquake von Icesplosion and his right and left hands Grannypuncher and Kicks-All-Puppies?
@tek Me either; ads are irritating not only because they make page loads much longer! I get enough ads offline; I'm in charge when I'm staring into a glowing rectangle with a keyboard, dammit!! 
@tek I for one will stop blocking ads when major international internet companies stop serving malware:
https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-analysis/2015/08/large-malvertising-campaign-takes-on-yahoo
Hrisskar Flat-Foot
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Next time someone argues pseudo-science and alt-med "does not hurt anyone" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/science/coronavirus-pangolin-wildlife-ban-china.html
Hrisskar Flat-Foot
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Why Don’t We Just Ban Targeted Advertising?
From protecting privacy to saving the free press, it may be the single best way to fix the internet.
https://www.wired.com/story/why-dont-we-just-ban-targeted-advertising/
Hrisskar Flat-Foot
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@stevenroose yup, the world has went completely off their rocker insane when it comes to propaganda these days. Especially when its so trivial to debunk it.
@freemo That's reasonable.
@design_RG @mngrif @arteteco
@freemo
>this individual threatened to murder someone
Lemme guess: Jojo.
I'm inclined to lean towards "lol y cant dey jus mute 'em? xD" though with lusers as persistent as Jojo... I suppose you could call me a fence-sitter on this. Instance blocks leave a foul taste in my mouth regardless. And such lusers could easily hop on to any other instance, toss their DM'd threat when they suspect their target is active, and logout while snickering knowing their nasty message hit the mark even if they'll be b& within minutes.
Hrisskar Flat-Foot
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@design_RG @mngrif @arteteco Seems I'm going to reluctantly have to vote to silence neckbeard, pl, and FSE.
Giving safe harbor to individuals who evade bans and complete inaction regarding resolving it is too big a risk to the safety of our users. If they can no longer block users they wish to block they have no protection against harassment. Since this individual threatened to murder someone it is particularly concerning.
As was seen I reached out to the admin of all three instances and after a long talk none were willing to take action to ban or contain the user in any way.
For these reasons I reluctantly need to vote for a silence.
Any votes from the rest of you or discussion left?
@Dottieredilla1 What's this have to do with STEM and similar?
Hrisskar Flat-Foot
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>crisis
>the people are terrified
>the government(s) suggest new laws and practices to "protect" the people
>the terrified people agree whole-heartedly
>when at any other time the people would shout them down as privacy-invasive and as further erosions of freedom
How eerily familiar! 
You look like you could use a friend, outlander. Perhaps I can be your friend. I'd like you to help me recover some gold.
Joined Jan 2020
