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throwawayacc2 commented on Wikipedians question Wikimedia fundraising ethics after “somewhat-viral” tweet   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wik... · Posted by u/akolbe
throwawayacc2 · 3 years ago
I had a recurring donation set up for wikipedia. I really like it. It’s useful. But I hate woke politics. So, yeah, I no longer have that recurring donation.

I genuinely don’t understand why people feel the need to shove their ideology down peoples throat every chance they get.

throwawayacc2 commented on Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staff’s code, workers said   washingtonpost.com/techno... · Posted by u/perihelions
TheChaplain · 3 years ago
Comments like this makes me lose faith i humanity.

If I were a engineer at Twitter, I'd do my absolute best up to the minute I have to leave the premises. Because I would care about the company, my colleagues and most importantly for the >200m people who use Twitter for fun, educational, business and those who depend on it.

But it's probably because I'm an old beard, who value being honest and ethical, to be the better person even if I'm in a room of degenerates.

throwawayacc2 · 3 years ago
Comments like this make me wonder just how divergent peoples outlook on life are.

I’m with the guy you responded too, making a billionaire lose money is way funnier and interesting.

But even in a normal company, I never really understood this loyalty/ethics thing.

To me, it makes sense to do the very, very bear minimum and “steal” as much time as possible. So you can use it for your self.

A job is you selling time to someone else. It’s simply incomprehensible to me someone would willingly give extra of their time. Equally not attempted to claw back as much as their time as possible.

I suppose there’s an element of game theory, there are points in time where it’s worth to go that extra mile to achieve something that will put you in a better position, but those are the exceptions not the rule.

Not judging you, I’m glad people like you are out there. My life is better due to people like you and I am thankful for that. But, yeah, I guess I’m just fascinated at the differences in outlook.

throwawayacc2 commented on “Twitter will be forming a content moderation council with diverse viewpoints”   twitter.com/elonmusk/stat... · Posted by u/minimaxir
partiallypro · 3 years ago
Babylon Bee being suspended was one of the dumber things the previous Twitter rules had done. It's a satire site, it's right leaning, nothing in the piece they said was hateful or even an unpopular view. Kanye's ban, he's just a mentally ill person. I don't think he meant "death con" he just didn't know that it's actually "def con." His remarks are still reprehensible.

Twitter's whole moderation problem has been it is very, very inconsistent. I've seen accounts from certain political persuasions be banned or suspended, but then I have seen someone openly tell someone to kill themselves (or that they deserve to be killed or beaten) and the tweet was never removed, and the person was never suspended/banned because of the account it was aimed at. The Onion has had some questionable pieces that weren't any better than what Babylon Bee had, and they were never touched. The moderation has to be consistent; I don't think a council is a bad idea, especially for bigger account bans.

All that said, I hope Trump is never allowed back, but he probably will be. In any case, things have to be equally applied and that has not been the case to anyone paying attention. Even the doxing rules have basically been completely ignored if it were aimed at -some- people.

Then, there are things like the Taliban, Russia, China, etc which have at times actively cheered on social media about the death of Americans or an American defeat... having active accounts but then you ban sitting members of the US government? (I think Trump deserved it, but there are others.) How does that make any sense at all?

throwawayacc2 · 3 years ago
> All that said, I hope Trump is never allowed back

Asking honestly, why?

I am genuinely curious to understand the reasoning behind this line of thinking.

throwawayacc2 commented on Ad blocking is under attack (2017)   adguard.com/en/blog/ad-bl... · Posted by u/metadat
jefftk · 3 years ago
> A slaver to his slave: Your attempts at achieving freedom are undermining a business model that is letting a lot of people enjoy cheap clothing, and that would be selfishly making the world worse.

This ignores harm of slavery to the slave, but in both the online ads case and your burger hypothetical there are no analogs to the slave.

> I genuinely cannot understand how refusing to consume something makes me selfish.

The argument is pretty straightforward. In your hypothetical, hunger has been mostly solved: everyone can eat as many burgers as they want. But this solution is fragile, and rests on people consuming the lettuce that comes with the burgers. By choosing to remove your lettuce, you increase the risk that this falls apart and we'll be back to the status quo where some people are hungry, and others spend a substantial portion of their income on food.

(I still think this is a silly hypothetical)

throwawayacc2 · 3 years ago
I am literally harmed by ads. In my case, I suffer from internet addiction you see and those extra load seconds and interruptions are deeply harmful to me. They trigger anxiety and panic attacks.

But that’s just me. Other people are harmed way more! Maybe you can wave away my ad inducted anxiety but can you wave away people with epilepsy? Can you wave away people with ADHD? Can you wave away people with accessibility needs? Can you wave away people unwillingly outed as lgbt by the ads they are served? Can you wave away predatory ads? Can you wave away “making the world worse” through ad enabled miss information?

As for lettuce I am allergic to it. I will literally die if I don’t remove it.

Your move.

u/throwawayacc2

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