Kinda shook at the Meta-supporting comments. They should not be anywhere near the fediverse. Meta is a business first and the users are the product. Companies now just want to maximize profits, minimize costs, and hoard wealth for... rocket ships? Fediverse itself is community-owned, independent, and decentralized.

With how new all of these controversies are, it's kinda baffling that people are still defending this company. They're going to continue to exploit anything and everything for profits. It wouldn't even surprise me if the genuine reason they're interested in this concept is because they want to take what's open-sourced, adapt it, and commercialize it. I would imagine they're thinking, 'why invest in a brand new backend when we can profit off of an existing one, unrestricted.' And this "meeting" that they're forming is basically a free forum for them to learn and ask questions about how they can exploit the Fediverse and find any way to profit off of it. "Off the record" anything is shady as fuck.

This is very alarming. There is no doubt that there are going to be human rights violations perpetually. Is it going to be a forced stay or voluntary? Horrible experimentation is going to be done here.

I disagree. We should be discussing Reddit even more. It's only a matter of time before web crawlers see Reddit being mentioned so much, it might just end up being on the first page of search results. Advertisers are going to see less value from Reddit as it slowly becomes just low-quality posts, users who don't spend money, and adblock users on the platform.

It baffles me that they even used the word "expectations." Like... 'ma'am... I am not being paid. Do not have ANY expectations.'

To anyone still on Reddit and/or moderates a sub, I would recommend deleting all of your content. Reddit is going to continue making money off of whatever you post, even if it's helpful. If you're worried about preservation, submit your content through an archiver. Don't let them continue to make money off of you when you are not valued. Down with corporate overlords.

Meanwhile, Ottawa has yet to follow through on a promise six months ago to try seizing funds it says are held by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich. No application had been filed in any provincial court as of last month.

Mkay, well... Canada better get a move on and pack up their bags to ditch Russia. I'm sure Putin will seize all Canadian assets in their regime whenever they please, just like with other companies.

Which is actually what some communities are doing now. Unless moderation tools are expanded, this is probably going to be the best way.

This is a really tough topic and really gets me thinking about this whole system. Until Lemmy moderation tools get better, this is probably for the best. I just don't see a "real" reason to defederate at this point when anyone can make an account from the big list of instances and just sign up with a new account. That's some effort to go through, but I'm sure we all know how dubious and unrelenting trolls can be.

Just earlier today, I saw a post criticizing Beehaw, which lead down a rabbit whole of finding out what some of the more problematic instances are, and the entire premise is just being toxic and name-calling. There's no discussion in there. They just want a forum to type out and spread their hate.

Anyway, it's not definitive so let's just see where it goes from here. If anything, a lemmy.world account + a beehaw account is the best of both worlds.

My ideal wishlist would be to be able to block problematic instances entirely, then a block for specific users of a specific instance that fundamentally makes interaction impossible with Beehaw. Almost like an "okay, @JohnDoe123@123.com has bad activity. @JohnDoe123@123.com can no longer see posts or comments that originate from Beehaw. @JohnDoe123@123.com is automatically added to a global block list for all users @beehaw.org." It would also be nice to have more options like accounts younger than a week old or that don't have a verified email, etc etc can't view or participate in discourse.

Defense attorney Colin Stephens told jurors that Howald had peacefully co-existed with the gay and lesbian community in Basin for decades. Howald testified that he is gay. “At his core, Howald is not a crusading bigot, who is hell bent for leather on wiping lesbians from the Earth,” Stephens said in his sentencing memo.

You've got to be fucking kidding me. Self-hatred being projected onto innocent people who just want to live their lives.

In 2006, Howald was sentenced to two years in prison for felony aggravated animal cruelty, after pleading guilty to shooting a chocolate Labrador at a southwestern Montana campground and decapitating the dog with a chain saw.

Valid question that can be expanded even further. Has Elon paid for... anything?! Last I heard, Google is still waiting on their payment for their cloud services. 😂

Thanks for posting! This is wild. Internals are probably a disaster, to say the least.

like all blowups on Reddit, this one will pass as well'

I hate this part so much. Corporate overlords be gone!

Wow, and I thought all the subs leaving + shutting down was bad enough. Now, advertisers are going to see this remaining subreddit flooded with racist and bigoted memes no doubt.

An appropriate legacy for the subreddit. Very "on brand." 🤣