Obviously the ultimate goal is to free themselves from dependance on the US and the Trump admin has shown that this need has become crucial. Establish a non-profit organization with the mandate to maintain, respond to user needs and keep secure the software for the public. This would allow developers to work full time on it and keep it supported for decades. The EU and the org’s board can meet every year to discuss what direction they want to go with it.

Because some soulless marketing drone will think it is a great idea.

Casper the Unfriendly Ghost

I see an upside, I’ll be able to post “Fuck you Zuckerberg” for years after I’m gone.

It is almost as if the human ear is much less precise than electronics.

I’ve got the Players With Yourself Club card

Just as long as I don’t have to carry a bunch of CCs because I don’t know what store takes what. Then they will all have different policies, security issues, fraud protection will vary, etc.

“It appears you are Fred Flintstone.”

Yes, LLMs are critically dependent on your input and if you give too little info will enthusiastically respond with what can be incorrect information.

Pushing constantly towards a subscription economy.

People demanding group think or exclusion is bad.

Between reddit’s control freak mods, their selective enforcement of rules, their lack of mod behavior restrictions, ads made to look like postings, etc you have very little freedom outside of porn surprisingly. You have to stick to the groupthink in subs or get banned which makes most comments predictable, agreeable and milktoast.

If they get subpoenaed they have no choice.

Does reddit block VPNs?

So if you do something like call for a protest you’ll need to use a foreign VPN and a burner account.

Lemmy now has its own echo chambers and control freak mods too though.

Someone has to manage the robots…

Who’s a good CEO!? You are! Yes you are!

That is what I read about Weimar Germany. When the middle class found itself on a precipice that is when everyone became agitated.

It isn’t on their neck to be brutally frank. Going after illegal immigrants and terrorizing Minnesota isn’t hitting the vast majority of Americans. History shows when the middle/lower classes become desperate and food becomes an issue that is when the knives come out.