If there's no bias, there's nothing to worry about.
Before making calls to censor the site, it's important to point out that if social media isn't biased, then this site will fail utterly and quitely disappear. So really there's nothing to worry about. We can act like adults and not care instead of panicking and proving we are very worried.
To learn an open source alternative. You have a few to pick from. If you are like me and don't need functionality much beyond CS2, The Gimp is just fine.
This isn't a problem with automated systems. It's the racist targeting the social networks are doing to normal white Christians. Our largest demographic. Racist are very good at making up excuses.
The media will literally pretend a tweet is a story now. You have donald trump to thank for that. He's keeping twitter afloat single handedly. So if the media are willing to pretend twitter matters, it does. That makes it a public marketplace of ideas. That means if they get caught acting with obvious malice, they can get sued. Just Funimation can and did.
There were 129 deaths in 2017 and 144 in 2018. So they are freaking out because it climbed year over year. But if you are highly unethical, you can just go back 5 or ten years and pretend they have no right to be concerned.
So, I set up a Dissenter account as that's rapidly replacing Disqus as the "goto" chat option on lots of sites, especially for sites that censor their comments sections. Unfortunately that required setting up a "gab.ai" account. Which I was reticent to do because of all the negative things I'd heard about the platform. But you say to yourself "I just won't participate. I'll only use Dissenter". Yeah. You get sucked in anyway. And you notice..... gab doesn't appear to have any of these problems that facebook or google plus or twitter has. Why is that? Why is it that that community is having none of these issues at all. Very puzzling right? cough It's almost as if this isn't a moderation issue, and it's more a ministry of truth kinda thing. Because they aren't using these "tools" to police their platforms. They are using them to control the narrative.
Imagine trying to moderate any platform when childish journalists can call up the Southern Poverty Law Center and get clowns declared a "nazi symbol". I wish I was making that up. Yeah. Imagine being YouTube and having to take down 50 billion clown videos because some childish losers in the Media declare everything they are called nazi hate speech.
So this is a story about a tweet. A tweet about a guy hating a different social network. A story about some nobody that nobody knows or cares about, and opinions they have that don't matter.
It's like they think it's free. I bet our current coddling of emotional people still not over being wrong about an election has cost our economy an easy trillion dollars.
The world was a much better place when we expected everyone to be thick skinnned, and we didn't police words and thoughts to appease sensitive liberals.
On the post: Consensus Quietly Builds That 5G Was Overhyped, Rushed To Market
TLDR;
Handful of Apple Zealot Journalists Pretend They Are "consensus", whine because Apple still doesn't have 5G.
On the post: White House Sets Up Echo Chamber For Complaints About Social Media Bias Against Conservatives
If there's no bias, there's nothing to worry about.
Before making calls to censor the site, it's important to point out that if social media isn't biased, then this site will fail utterly and quitely disappear. So really there's nothing to worry about. We can act like adults and not care instead of panicking and proving we are very worried.
On the post: Adobe Warns Users Someone Else Might Sue Them For Using Old Versions Of Photoshop
There has never been a better time
To learn an open source alternative. You have a few to pick from. If you are like me and don't need functionality much beyond CS2, The Gimp is just fine.
On the post: Supreme Court Says iPhone Users Can Pursue Antitrust Claims Against Apple Over App Store
"Google are monsters! Chrome is a monopoly!"
On the post: Supreme Court Says iPhone Users Can Pursue Antitrust Claims Against Apple Over App Store
Ah, coming to Techdirt for that hard hitting no holds barred....
Oh... oh... it's an Apple story.
Your arms must get so tired from carrying all that water.
On the post: Apples Only For Apple: Apple Opposes A German Bicycle Path
Nonsense like this
Apple tries to pretend they are more important than they are. That's why they appeal to folks with that character flaw.
On the post: While Trump Complains About Facebook Takedowns, Facebook Is Helping Trump Take Down Content He Doesn't Like
I mean, they just kill people
That's all. They aren't really dangerous like...
Frogs, Clowns, and learning to code apparently.
On the post: CBS Happily Engages In Censorship To Placate China
So?
CBS happily pretended a russian hoax was real for three years. This isn't remotely surprising or out of character for them.
On the post: It's One Thing For Trolls And Grandstanding Politicians To Get CDA 230 Wrong, But The Press Shouldn't Help Them
Thought Control Legislation
CDA 230 so far appears to be used almost exclusively to punish folks with politics different than the platform owners.
On the post: Content Moderation At Scale Is Impossible: Some Republican Politicians Are Indistinguishable From Neo Nazis
trying to change the subject
This isn't a problem with automated systems. It's the racist targeting the social networks are doing to normal white Christians. Our largest demographic. Racist are very good at making up excuses.
On the post: Texas Senator Pushing A Bill That Would Allow The State To Sue Twitter For Banning Conservatives
The media makes twitter matter
The media will literally pretend a tweet is a story now. You have donald trump to thank for that. He's keeping twitter afloat single handedly. So if the media are willing to pretend twitter matters, it does. That makes it a public marketplace of ideas. That means if they get caught acting with obvious malice, they can get sued. Just Funimation can and did.
On the post: Study: The 'War On Cops' Is Pure Bullshit
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Thankfully since you don't matter, your opinion is just as meaningless. Neat eh?
On the post: Study: The 'War On Cops' Is Pure Bullshit
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I'm just trying figuring out how to block you since I have value and you have none, so don't matter.
On the post: Study: The 'War On Cops' Is Pure Bullshit
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So, couldn't actually refute me then huh lol. I'm sorry I was right.
On the post: Study: The 'War On Cops' Is Pure Bullshit
There were 129 deaths in 2017 and 144 in 2018. So they are freaking out because it climbed year over year. But if you are highly unethical, you can just go back 5 or ten years and pretend they have no right to be concerned.
On the post: Don't Force Web Platforms To Silence Innocent People
Something interesting I've noticed
So, I set up a Dissenter account as that's rapidly replacing Disqus as the "goto" chat option on lots of sites, especially for sites that censor their comments sections. Unfortunately that required setting up a "gab.ai" account. Which I was reticent to do because of all the negative things I'd heard about the platform. But you say to yourself "I just won't participate. I'll only use Dissenter". Yeah. You get sucked in anyway. And you notice..... gab doesn't appear to have any of these problems that facebook or google plus or twitter has. Why is that? Why is it that that community is having none of these issues at all. Very puzzling right? cough It's almost as if this isn't a moderation issue, and it's more a ministry of truth kinda thing. Because they aren't using these "tools" to police their platforms. They are using them to control the narrative.
On the post: No, YouTube Cannot Reasonably Moderate All Content On Its Platform
lol
Imagine trying to moderate any platform when childish journalists can call up the Southern Poverty Law Center and get clowns declared a "nazi symbol". I wish I was making that up. Yeah. Imagine being YouTube and having to take down 50 billion clown videos because some childish losers in the Media declare everything they are called nazi hate speech.
On the post: No, YouTube Cannot Reasonably Moderate All Content On Its Platform
So this is a story about a tweet. A tweet about a guy hating a different social network. A story about some nobody that nobody knows or cares about, and opinions they have that don't matter.
Thanks?
On the post: AI Won't Save Us From Fake News: YouTube's Fact Checking Tool Thinks Notre Dame Fire Is About 9/11
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It's like they think it's free. I bet our current coddling of emotional people still not over being wrong about an election has cost our economy an easy trillion dollars.
On the post: AI Won't Save Us From Fake News: YouTube's Fact Checking Tool Thinks Notre Dame Fire Is About 9/11
The world was a much better place when we expected everyone to be thick skinnned, and we didn't police words and thoughts to appease sensitive liberals.
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