Notices by CynAq 🤘 (cynaq@evil.social)

@AnarchoNinaWrites@oliphant.social I learned to be weary of the phrase "anything they don't like." Very rarely, if ever, have I seen it used in a way that's beneficial to the idea presented, and almost without exception, it's there to provide a quick but crude generalization, or muddy the waters about exactly how bad the stance of a group is concerning a certain subject.

As an example, whenever an "independent leftist political commentator" says "the right labels as socialist, anyone they don't like", what they actually should have said is "fascists label as socialists, anyone they want to genocide."

So, is this a gross, but unintentional over-simplification, or is it a not-so-unintentional obscuring of the extent of vileness? I don't know in every case, but I have suspicions.

@mattb@hachyderm.io @aral@mastodon.ar.al Go on The Intercept and you'll see.

@mattb@hachyderm.io @aral@mastodon.ar.al It's n independent news organization.

@mattb@hachyderm.io @aral@mastodon.ar.al They ask for donations without putting content behind a paywall, and they don't run adds.

@msbellows@c.im @aral@mastodon.ar.al @mattb@hachyderm.io yes, and they are open about it too.

@moredread@universeodon.com @autonomysolidarity@todon.eu with neoliberals at best in power, even the staunchest of democracies aren't really immune to this. Put it in a "fight terrorism" or "protect the children" bill, and they'll give you the keys to the kingdom if it keeps their minds at ease against being labeled as siding with those things the bill is supposed to be fighting.

@aral@mastodon.ar.al make #SmallWebEnergy a thing.

#SmallWeb

@danvanmoll@twit.social in my opinion, we now have enough information about all of this to have more specific conversations rather than vague predictions about the near future.

Talking about #Mastodon or #fediverse being under threat or not without mentioning what the actual people using these systems will experience as a result of these developments sounds a lot like treating people as numbers.

Who cares (other than those with monetary interests in all of this) what happens to #Twitter, if #blewski implodes like the #Titan sub or if #Spill will survive another day, when what will happen to me, or to the trans girl trying to have conversations about her new short story project, or to the beekeeper just looking for company without being bombarded by ads while his insidiously scraped wishes, interests, problems and fears are for sale as a nicely curated list for more potential advertisers is unclear?

I'm very tired of this business talk when we need to talk about people.

It's not in any way positively relevant to anyone who isn't looking to make money from #Threads or its inclusion to the #fediverse.

@stux@mstdn.social @Jain@blob.cat I replied to a bunch of folks who ask "how to use this app" questions. Most seem to make one post, follow one or two people and then never come back.

I wonder if for new comers who don't follow anyone yet, getting local or global as the default feed would be more helpful. At least until they follow 10-20 people to populate their feed.