I miss Vine so much!

Citizen’s United

Will the people ever come together in order to remove money from politics!?!?!

They are so clearly sick and it’s truly stupid to let such sick people be in charge of so much.

This has scared the shit out of me since learning it from J. R. R. Tolkien.

I, personally, know of hundreds of family/friends that left because of it…Many went to Bluesky.

I don’t believe there will ever be a solution that will please everyone.

Should we all leave the Fediverse since there are thousands of evil assholes that develop and use it?

Come over to Bluesky

I’m not interested in seeing more claims regardless of the source.

There is a very long worldwide stereotype of ultra-wealthy persons. Specifically, that all of them are evil and/or ungenerous. Obviously, this is grossly inaccurate. Bill Gates is one of the most generous persons among the ultra-wealthy.

The other claims about Bill Gates being made in this thread are exactly that -> claims.

If you are referencing this article, then he isn’t funding anything. He is willing to consider backing a TikTok like platform that uses the AT Protocol.

Arguably, ActivityPub has its shortcomings. Also, having another protocol similar to ActivityPub creates more competition which drives innovation (and gets people away from corporate-controlled sites like Meta).

Precisely!

I was part of the beta testing team. I enjoy it immensely and hope to see more and more of my friends and family use it.

https://archive.is/ExZju

I’ve used this for years. Love it!

sometimes I see old movies and wished they still made some like them.

Same.

Eclipsa Audio?

Confronted with information that could shake their worldviews, people can now search for confirming evidence and mainline conspiracist feeds or decontextualized videos. They can ask AI and their favorite influencers to tell them why they are right. They can build tailored feeds and watch as algorithms deliver what they’re looking for. And they will be overwhelmed with data.

This is, precisely, what morons do. How do you fix stupid?

Agreed and thanks!

My family is barely middle class…

Same for us. That’s why we moved to inland (away from the coast) Maine. It’s fairly rural but within 45-60 minute drive to medium-sized cities. Most everyone living in our area commutes this for work. However, at home our money goes a long way.