AwesomeLowlander

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[–] AwesomeLowlander 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's not even theoretical. Reddit implemented this and the exact behaviour you described happened. Somebody tested and documented it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TheoryOfReddit/comments/sdcsx3/testing_reddits_new_block_feature_and_its_effects/

[–] AwesomeLowlander 6 points 1 week ago

though they are still able to see, vote, comment, and mine your content for descriptive data which can, has, and will lead to doxxing

Like 100% of the internet, you mean?

[–] AwesomeLowlander 40 points 1 week ago (10 children)

Reddit implemented this, and it was abused heavily to push trolls posts and disinformation up the algorithm, since by blocking people who disagreed with them, after multiple attempts the naysayers could no longer see the posts.

Somebody tested it, and was able to get their testing misinformation posts heavily upvoted after just a few days.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TheoryOfReddit/comments/sdcsx3/testing_reddits_new_block_feature_and_its_effects/

[–] AwesomeLowlander 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Deadliest? What junk media have you been consuming?

[–] AwesomeLowlander 21 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Occasionally I wonder if I should unblock .ml to get more content, then I always remember why they're blocked in the first place.

[–] AwesomeLowlander 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Apple has about 259 shows and movies compared to Netflix’s approximately 18,000.

Given genre preferences, that's about 20 watchable shows, then?

[–] AwesomeLowlander 2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Just a note, it is actually so offensive to a woman’s role in society that many (most? I have no idea) scholars think that it was so over-the-top that it must have been meant as a critique of the then-status-quo.

The author outright stated that it was meant as a critique in the 2nd edition, so there's no need to guess :)

[–] AwesomeLowlander 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The question as always is, where should the line be drawn? And realistically, the parents are the ones with the most say over the decision, so it's never going to be a purely logical choice.

[–] AwesomeLowlander 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This starves society of resources to overcome far more pressing social needs like building hundreds of thousands of units of public housing.

Given current events, defense IS a social need. The US can no longer be trusted to defend the western world, given how willing they are to elect idiots who will sell out to the highest bidder. Anybody who shares a border with Russia needs to get their military in tip top condition.

[–] AwesomeLowlander 6 points 1 week ago

It's not like there's a single standard way to spell it

[–] AwesomeLowlander 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So... you unilaterally decided to change the method of comms you and your friends had been using, then decided they were bad friends for not falling in line?

[–] AwesomeLowlander 2 points 1 week ago

See the linked article elsewhere in this post, they had to wear safety goggles around it when it was in use.

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