its like that scene from a Western movie where a bunch of black-dressed men ride towards a serene bucolic ranch and the family inside looks through the window with a sense of foreboding
I've been hoping for celebrities to give Mastodon a shot after all of the racist spam proliferating in Facebook/Insta, but I'll admit this isn't quite what I had in mind. Do you have any more information on their decision to use Mastodon?
> HL Mencken once said that “the trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one’s time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all.” There’s an unfortunate corollary to this, which is that if you try to create a libertarian paradise, you will attract three deeply virtuous people with a strong committment to the principle of universal freedom, plus millions of scoundrels.
Going to be hard to run a social media site from prison. But seriously, I'm surprised it's October and he hasn't felt a single consequence to his many actions.
But back on topic. If he's trying to say that his platform won't cancel people, what happens when the Taliban do sign up, or it's flooded with left leaning users?
I'd be scared to work for a company under the man's control with all the news articles about him stiffing others on payment, but it will be interesting to see if conservative tech workers who complain about being in the minority will flock to build his effort
> “We live in a world where the Taliban has a huge presence on Twitter, yet your favorite American President has been silenced.
Everything is framed in 'us vs them' language even now I see. Not surprising considering the data they've gotten from doing supporter polls. Here's an example; I wish it wasn't real, but it is.
"Who would you rather see fix our Nation’s shattered immigration policies?
Option 1: "President Trump"
Option 2: "A MS-13 Loving Democrat"
Feel free to peruse the other insightful questions here. They'd be hilarious if you remove the fact that this was part of a former head of state's official campaign.
Why would an AG cater to a drug-addicted family member of a politician? How many special prosecutors does the Democratic Party need to rein in their corruption?
I expect it will be a gift that keeps on giving, like the Polish equivalent "Albicla" which was a total debacle, with rookie security mistakes where half of users were Popes ;)
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 86.5 ms ] threadIn Pravda there is no izvestia, and in Izvestia there is no pravda.
the fediverse[1] is about to get "interesting".
its like that scene from a Western movie where a bunch of black-dressed men ride towards a serene bucolic ranch and the family inside looks through the window with a sense of foreboding
[0] https://joinmastodon.org/
[1] https://fediverse.party/
> the fediverse[1] is about to get "interesting"
The Mastodon community has dealt with this before when Gab came along. The majority of servers will just block the Trump instance.
And that's if they even enable federation. I suspect they won't.
Why's that, because it's Trump related?
https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/07/22/freedom-on-the-central...
But back on topic. If he's trying to say that his platform won't cancel people, what happens when the Taliban do sign up, or it's flooded with left leaning users?
See section 7.22 of the ToS, under "Prohibited Activities":
"As a user of the site, you agree not to: disparage, tarnish, or otherwise harm, in our opinion, us and/or the Site."
https://truthsocial.com/terms-of-service/
> 23. disparage, tarnish, or otherwise harm, in our opinion, us and/or the Site.
https://truthsocial.com/terms-of-service/
> 20. upload or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit) viruses, Trojan horses, or other material, including excessive use of capital letters
Was talking yesterday about how forums used to have their own rules for appropriate behavior. The "golden" era of online comms
Everything is framed in 'us vs them' language even now I see. Not surprising considering the data they've gotten from doing supporter polls. Here's an example; I wish it wasn't real, but it is.
"Who would you rather see fix our Nation’s shattered immigration policies?
Option 1: "President Trump"
Option 2: "A MS-13 Loving Democrat"
Feel free to peruse the other insightful questions here. They'd be hilarious if you remove the fact that this was part of a former head of state's official campaign.
https://web.archive.org/web/20200703042946/https://www.donal...
Because it is.
You won't be as smug after the 2022 mid-term elections. No more woke agenda. :)
Here's the corrupt Biden WH at work:
"AG Garland grilled on Hunter Biden's art sales"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbBWwKWxWuU
Why would an AG cater to a drug-addicted family member of a politician? How many special prosecutors does the Democratic Party need to rein in their corruption?
This is like some third-world level of nepotism.
https://www.politico.eu/article/albicla-poland-anti-censorsh...