Quacksalber

joined 2 years ago
[–] Quacksalber 20 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It was the lack of access to the right information. Most people won't spend hours researching a topic. Most people don't spend any time on seeking outbinformation. They only absorb whatever information they happen to come across. And liars are especially adept at being loud. So they're the first, and often only, to be heard.

In a world without corruption, a ministry of truth would work wonders. In our world, I don't know what would work.

[–] Quacksalber 2 points 3 weeks ago

That's the problem with hateful people. They don't see those stories as a warning, they see it as a blueprint.

[–] Quacksalber 6 points 3 weeks ago

What's good for the goose is good for the gander. You all probably cheered when the US's power was used against Russia.

It's called being for good things and against bad things. Using the US' power to push back against Russia's invasion is a good thing. Using the US' power to aid Israel's invasion is a bad thing.

[–] Quacksalber 11 points 3 weeks ago

The share price of Chengdu Aircraft Corporation, which makes the J-10Cs, soared on the news.

Wonderful.

[–] Quacksalber 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I find it disheartening, that not even 1 million people care enough over the whole EU. I guess we have to wait for the Fortnite generation to see it shut down, before we get some momentum.

[–] Quacksalber 7 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The EU is not a company, if this petition reaches its goal, it will be heard. And the EU has built up a small track record of pro-consumer legislation recently.

[–] Quacksalber 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

How strong is the push to become completely independent from Denmark on the ground really?

[–] Quacksalber 62 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

I've got to dig out an old reddit classic for this title

[–] Quacksalber 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

requiring the reporting of child abuse confessions to authorities

So they aren't blatantly evil at least. Confessions remaining private is the foundation of how they work. Either way, the church loses on this one.

[–] Quacksalber 202 points 1 month ago (20 children)

Some 125 Indian and Pakistani fighter jets battled for over an hour in one of the biggest dogfights in recent history, according to a Pakistani security source quoted by CNN.

A total of 125 fighter jets engaged in an hour-long aerial battle, with both sides confined to their own airspace as long-range missiles were exchanged at distances surpassing 100 miles, CNN said.

So no dogfight at all. Thanks, Newsweek.

[–] Quacksalber 1 points 1 month ago

And now they are broken again...

[–] Quacksalber 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Now it seems to be fixed.

 

I think the way federation currently works spells doom for the fediverse, should any service of it get major traction. Currently, if you subscribe to a community on Lemmy or follow a user on Mastodon, your instance will pull the content of that instance/user and make it available for all to see and interact with. What seems like a good idea to spread content however is becomming the achilles heel of the fediverse: The admins of Lemmy/Mastodon instances are liable in many juristictions for the content their servers are distributing. This means in practice that many Lemmy/Mastodon instances block NSFW content for example, as the admins, understandably so, are either unwilling or incapable of making sure they are not running afoul of any laws.

As such, I think that the fediverse needs to offer a way for users to follow content from other instances without having that content be stored, let alone shared by their home instances.

A question I have at this point is where this criticism is best levied against. Is it the job of Lemmy/Mastodon to provide such a form of federation, or does the ActivityPub protocol needs to be ammended?

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Quacksalber to c/agora
 

As a more casual user that has chosen ShitJustWorks as his new home instance, I don't feel inclined to participate daily in the internal politics of this instance. Yet (semi) daily, the Agora seems to vote on issues that will affect me directly, such as defederating from instances the thread-starters deem to be harmful, something I am fundamentally opposed to as long as the block functionailty is sufficient to filter content you really don't want to see.

I suspect that many more people on this instance feel the same way, not wanting to participate daily in internal politics that is, or aren't even aware of the voting power the Agora holds. After all, the fediverse explorer currently shows over 6000 users belonging to this instance, with over 2000 active monthly. Yet the most commented-on voting thread in here has merely 200 votes, so only 10% of users will change the rules for all users in this instance.

I fear a 'tyranny of the active few', to put it in hyperbolic terms, that has the potential to drive away the majority of people.

But I also recognize the usefulness of the Agora and as such, I would like to suggest some voting rules:

  • At any point in time, there will be just one voting thread open on the Agora where people get to decide on issues that will affect how the instance is run in the future, pinned at the very top.
  • In this thread, up to X number of top-level comments will represent the actual issues to vote on. I suggest 10 as the maximum number of different votes in such a voting thread.
  • Voting will run for a full month, to allow maximum participation.
  • Over the month, people can create discussion threads for issues and preliminary voting threads to include those issues in the main voting thread. The X most popular issues will be voted on in the next month's main voting thread.

By limiting the number of issues to vote on, bringing them together in one thread and giving ample time for users to participate in the voting, it will be easier for casual users to keep track on what is being voted on and foster a voting culture that is backed by the majoriry of this instance's users.

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