man, i was so psyched to read kiwi farms was finally kaput...but that statement, haha, wow. thank you for taking the ridiculous phone comparison to task - 2-3 people talking in a private conversation about terrible things is nothing like massive platforms, big yikes. and also, it's weird they spent so much time talking about ~fanning the flames~ when if they really gave a shit and/or were concerned they wouldn't post a statement that is in itself inflammatory, like ??
meanwhile, i'm not sure the big mac analogy landed as strong...actually, i don't really understand it at all. analogies aside, what's wrong with correcting yourself? obviously if you're only tweeting to like, ten friends then who cares i guess but, when you have a larger platform, corrections are important. so much of the internet now is just droves of people champing at the bit to have the next ~hot take~ or funniest dig and then everyone in the comments repeating it (but saying it like "i don't know why but i feel like [repeat of the post/comment they're replying to]") and anyone who corrects them just gets trolled and laughed at. it's so weird. i digress but, to get back on topic - i don't expect anyone to do thesis level research before posting something online. but if you find out you were wrong, why not say so? i feel like i must be missing something.
-the rube goldberg machine was amazing - but so was the camera work to capture all that!
-enjoyable tiktok. i saw wheatus at the height of "teenage dirtbag" and the crowd hated all their other songs so much they played teenage dirtbag twice. or three times maybe.
-dropick murphys forever and ever amen. i'm a rhode islander who has been in boston for over 20 years, and you can hear in this clip something people who try to do our accent never get right. which is that you don't just drop every R ever. he very clearly says both "swindluh" and "swindleR." our accent gets more intense if we are hyped up about something (good or bad) and/or yelling. and yes, we will get all whizzed up and then be like, lol anyways have a good one tell your mom i said hello
You may not remember this from however many years ago, but the language Matthew Prince used in the post directly mirrors the FCC definition of a "Common Carrier", who are among other things held to what is usually referred to "net neutrality", and this is richly ironic considering internet service providers have been resisting this classification for decades.
There is probably an argument to be made that, yes, Cloudflare should be considered a "Common Carrier" in some sense or another, but Matthew Prince clearly wants to have his cake and eat it, too, in a way substantially analogous to Spotify pretending that their business deal with Joe Rogan was somehow covered by Section 230.
More broadly, though, the problem with "free speech" on the internet is that it's a form of misdirection that companies deliberately use to distract people from the largely unaccountable monopolistic power they have amassed. Or, again, the primary function of Section 230 is to help private tech companies establish and maintain monopolistic cartels.
Definitely didn't think the kickboxer going on Joe Rogan would be Zuck and not the Top G Andrew "Cobra" Tate, but I do think Zuck would rather be this sort of bropublican than the Tucker Carlson type or Hugh Hewitt type. He's at a bit of a crossroads there where fb is the main product that is mainly spewing right wing trash, but the metaverse is supposed to be the cool gen z time sucker thing, and seeing the struggle for them managing the gram it may be old people mad at liberals may be the one thing that keeps meta afloat when its all said and done.
I thought your internet as a street corner metaphor was right on the nose. its still not totally there because street corners are more accessible whereas its easy to miss stuff on the net because theres so much out there, but i felt its better than other desciptors. (thanks for the lore on encyclopedia dramatica... good add!)
Gonna check out the tiktoker since its up my alley, and the good tweet was scary right about the good album.
A website is a street corner
man, i was so psyched to read kiwi farms was finally kaput...but that statement, haha, wow. thank you for taking the ridiculous phone comparison to task - 2-3 people talking in a private conversation about terrible things is nothing like massive platforms, big yikes. and also, it's weird they spent so much time talking about ~fanning the flames~ when if they really gave a shit and/or were concerned they wouldn't post a statement that is in itself inflammatory, like ??
meanwhile, i'm not sure the big mac analogy landed as strong...actually, i don't really understand it at all. analogies aside, what's wrong with correcting yourself? obviously if you're only tweeting to like, ten friends then who cares i guess but, when you have a larger platform, corrections are important. so much of the internet now is just droves of people champing at the bit to have the next ~hot take~ or funniest dig and then everyone in the comments repeating it (but saying it like "i don't know why but i feel like [repeat of the post/comment they're replying to]") and anyone who corrects them just gets trolled and laughed at. it's so weird. i digress but, to get back on topic - i don't expect anyone to do thesis level research before posting something online. but if you find out you were wrong, why not say so? i feel like i must be missing something.
-the rube goldberg machine was amazing - but so was the camera work to capture all that!
-enjoyable tiktok. i saw wheatus at the height of "teenage dirtbag" and the crowd hated all their other songs so much they played teenage dirtbag twice. or three times maybe.
-dropick murphys forever and ever amen. i'm a rhode islander who has been in boston for over 20 years, and you can hear in this clip something people who try to do our accent never get right. which is that you don't just drop every R ever. he very clearly says both "swindluh" and "swindleR." our accent gets more intense if we are hyped up about something (good or bad) and/or yelling. and yes, we will get all whizzed up and then be like, lol anyways have a good one tell your mom i said hello
You may not remember this from however many years ago, but the language Matthew Prince used in the post directly mirrors the FCC definition of a "Common Carrier", who are among other things held to what is usually referred to "net neutrality", and this is richly ironic considering internet service providers have been resisting this classification for decades.
There is probably an argument to be made that, yes, Cloudflare should be considered a "Common Carrier" in some sense or another, but Matthew Prince clearly wants to have his cake and eat it, too, in a way substantially analogous to Spotify pretending that their business deal with Joe Rogan was somehow covered by Section 230.
More broadly, though, the problem with "free speech" on the internet is that it's a form of misdirection that companies deliberately use to distract people from the largely unaccountable monopolistic power they have amassed. Or, again, the primary function of Section 230 is to help private tech companies establish and maintain monopolistic cartels.
It looks like a character from the cartoon show “The Littles.”
So… when does the “AI Whisperer” title start proliferating on Twitter and LinkedIn?
That Rube Goldberg machine was wild. Honestly, I wasn’t sure if it would ever end.
ED came back online in late 2020.
Definitely didn't think the kickboxer going on Joe Rogan would be Zuck and not the Top G Andrew "Cobra" Tate, but I do think Zuck would rather be this sort of bropublican than the Tucker Carlson type or Hugh Hewitt type. He's at a bit of a crossroads there where fb is the main product that is mainly spewing right wing trash, but the metaverse is supposed to be the cool gen z time sucker thing, and seeing the struggle for them managing the gram it may be old people mad at liberals may be the one thing that keeps meta afloat when its all said and done.
I thought your internet as a street corner metaphor was right on the nose. its still not totally there because street corners are more accessible whereas its easy to miss stuff on the net because theres so much out there, but i felt its better than other desciptors. (thanks for the lore on encyclopedia dramatica... good add!)
Gonna check out the tiktoker since its up my alley, and the good tweet was scary right about the good album.