I didn't even realize it was POSSIBLE to differentiate those sections let alone remove them. Thanks for inadvertently informing me.
SeedyOne
joined 1 year ago
Yet another clue as to why Google search sucks as time goes on.
It should be emphasized, the above list is accurate for Social Interaction as the discussions and text have indeed waned. It does mention that at the end, but still.
For media sharing specifically, many of those above items are either trivial OR are actually what helps it thrive. Somehow, 30 years later, we're still under the radar and maxing out connection speeds without having to VPN, seed, share or dodge ISP rules and DMCA requests.
All the tasty data collection and surveillance with none of the calories.
Historical precedent and #2/#3 on my list above make the case for erring on the side of caution. That and we've got far more to lose than to gain.
Actually, as great as Lewis writes and as acclaimed as his career is, he completely failed with SBF and fell for the con. He was so enamored with SBF he even told friends to "buy whatever Sam says" at one point. The case later releasing the slack chats contradict his book heavily and while it's common for Lewis to cast controversial subjects in a positive light (Wolf of Wall Street), this one was over the top and a bit of a disaster.
In fact, Behind the Bastards did a great 2 part podcast this month specifically on SBF and Lewis' embedding in his camp. It's fascinating.
Whichever way instances decide to go there's a few things people should remember:
- We're lucky to have this option even if it's divisive at times.
- It's not always about what we know will happen, sometimes it's concern over possibilities we couldn't even imagine at the time.
- Growth is great but there's infrastructure, moderators and policies that can be overwhelmed.
- Defederation can be reversed at any time if things change.
I felt similar at the start of S3 but by the end I was hooked again. In fact, I thought when Jemaine left the writing team it couldn't possibly be as good but I have to say the writing held up.
Harder to do if you use Prime for other things. I've never watched a single Amazon video but I'm trying to source other purchase options locally so I can finally cancel the Prime shipping, which was saving our household money over the years. That said, if we can avoid it in the future we'll stay off Amazon.