America is the best example that you just can’t teach some people. Doesn’t matter if it is scientists and doctors doing the teaching. If anything in the eyes of idiots that makes them even less credible. Don’t underestimate stupidity.
I honestly know what you mean. But I have my principles. It’s not good to use censorship to fight disinformation. It’s a social problem and it’s better to fight the root cause, not the symptoms.
I get updates on X from my local news and police stations about traffic, weather, etc. We’d need to get this type of stuff into another single platform before many people would switch.
If you have to use Twitter I recommend using squawker if you have android. Unfollow everyone from Twitter just use squawker to subscribe to accounts which provides a subscription feed that is local without adding the account followers.
Not a good idea to use the official Twitter app anyways with all the data collecting it can do and adding to follower counts adds added pressure to keep a presence there. Just turn into a ghost when it comes to Twitter usage.
How will they switch if they’re already consolidated where they are? People are employed to manage these accounts, it’ll just be their responsibility to migrate to the new platform.
Except that it doesn’t work. The most effective way to shut down a movement is to prevent it from existing in the first place, not to reeducate millions.
It’s more ridiculous to believe that fighting crime is confiscating cars, block websites or similar things without catching the ones who cause the crimes.
I’m the one saying “find the criminals”. That’s the priority.
Please note, I am not saying that you shouldn’t delete illegal material or confiscate drugs or whatever.
I am saying you shouldn’t block pages, because the material is still there and the pedo, too. You have done essentially nothing, except harming the internet infrastructure.
I’m against banning things. It’s better to teach users how not to use these platforms.
It’s more effective, because it has a long term effect.
I like the Danish idea to label EU products in supermarkets. Information is a good first step.
America is the best example that you just can’t teach some people. Doesn’t matter if it is scientists and doctors doing the teaching. If anything in the eyes of idiots that makes them even less credible. Don’t underestimate stupidity.
I honestly know what you mean. But I have my principles. It’s not good to use censorship to fight disinformation. It’s a social problem and it’s better to fight the root cause, not the symptoms.
That nice in theory but hasn’t worked in practice.
I get updates on X from my local news and police stations about traffic, weather, etc. We’d need to get this type of stuff into another single platform before many people would switch.
If you have to use Twitter I recommend using squawker if you have android. Unfollow everyone from Twitter just use squawker to subscribe to accounts which provides a subscription feed that is local without adding the account followers.
Not a good idea to use the official Twitter app anyways with all the data collecting it can do and adding to follower counts adds added pressure to keep a presence there. Just turn into a ghost when it comes to Twitter usage.
How will they switch if they’re already consolidated where they are? People are employed to manage these accounts, it’ll just be their responsibility to migrate to the new platform.
Except that it doesn’t work. The most effective way to shut down a movement is to prevent it from existing in the first place, not to reeducate millions.
Every time some entity introduces censorship-like measures, the internet gets slightly worse. And I mean it from a technological perspective.
I don’t like to lose good things, just because there are some morons out there.
If you can navigate masses towards X, you can also do it in the opposite direction.
So where do you draw the line then?
Can’t ban websites selling drugs or with CSAM, just in case?
You shouldn’t ban websites. You should get the criminals.
Well, that’s completely ridiculous.
It’s more ridiculous to believe that fighting crime is confiscating cars, block websites or similar things without catching the ones who cause the crimes.
I’m not the one here saying pedos should be left alone until we can find them 🤷
I’m the one saying “find the criminals”. That’s the priority.
Please note, I am not saying that you shouldn’t delete illegal material or confiscate drugs or whatever.
I am saying you shouldn’t block pages, because the material is still there and the pedo, too. You have done essentially nothing, except harming the internet infrastructure.