We are Aaron Swartz’s strongest soldiers. RSS feeds forever baby. Down with the Epsteins and the von der Leyens of the world. It still feels fresh, but then again I will be getting old soon

It’s pretty easy to identify malicious actors and bots. They all act the same, cannot produce original thoughts, they pop out of Discord to harass people, they sound exactly like Alexander Reid Ross complaining about /r/ChapoTrapHouse, unaware that without the protection of the reddit admins, their screeching goes directly into the void. Sound familiar Melvin?

This site is way more addicting than reddit, especially since there is no arbitrary cap on blocking users. I’ve never bought the “social media will become less addicting when its features are mirrored by FOSS” or “social media addiction is purely a product of software design” stuff

The addiction model of it is useful analogy, but people need to keep in mind that cobbling together pop psychology has serious limits. AI and social media panic are tools used by tech companies to develop public-private partnerships via legislation.

Lmao you’re right he has the business model all mapped out

This lady is practically a neocon now! Did you see her speech at NATO?

Better than most, would be good for the people here making nervous jokes to have a listen