does anything fun happen here

*oof*

damn, another mosque shooting in Norway this time, only one killed or shot

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49308016

People are really taking this accelerationism to heart

But at the same time, you need to give a shit about Social Media because in the end that is what influences all of society now.

@dichloroarsine I would say that if I didn't rely on it, or if I had a gun.

@dichloroarsine I just would feel a lot more secure about degenerating society if I had a gun

@dichloroarsine uh, gotta wait if you know what I mean

@dichloroarsine Hopefully it won't be too long so that I will still be able to obtain one

@Weez communism works on really small scales, obviously (only if you trust those who you're living with)

@Weez Well, that's the part that's debatable. They are doing it in such a bad matter, however in good faith.

@Weez It's because of course left tech companies will think they're doing everything in good faith, however, they are extremely biased nonetheless. Good faith doesn't excuse things that aren't moral.

@Weez People don't just leave platforms because they dislke them. In terms of modern internet platforms, there aren't any places else to go.

@Weez OF course there are alternatives, however they are not anywhere near the level of reach that twitter or youtube has

@Weez if you want to be practical, being on big social media platforms is the most practical

@UnScottable no need to do ad homenim attacks

@Weez it's because no matter what, certain topics will be eventually silenced

@Weez but there aren't better places to go as there aren't as many people, and as many different political people on these alternative platforms

@Weez it's never that simple though

@Weez Many moderates and other poltically less involved people see no need to move over to other social media platforms

to reach those people, you need to use mainstream platforms

And making alternative platforms mainstream requires a lot of work that many people can't do

@Weez like what?

Gab isn't nearly mainstream

discord isn't really a social media persay like twitter I mean

Yep, nothing, however that takes a lot of effort and power. Power and effort that the big media and tech have. They have the resources to keep people on there, and unless you have a lot more moderates who see the need to switch, the vast majority of Americans won't switch over.

@Weez consumers can be manipulated all the time as they are by the media. There is a reason we have snake oil laws

@Weez Well, I'm just saying, the amount of damage that will be done before you can get many people to switch is a lot

@SPOOKY Phil, Ruler of Heck but that's isn't a good idea either because the principle of social media requires that everyone be on there

The damage that you already see everywhere

Well, it's obviously a spectrum

Which would be awful obviously

I'm not sure if that was sarcastic or not, however good faith isn't what you should really be guiding things on. The nazis though that removing the Jews was good faith.

Well, I think that with the power that these companies have, we should have some say over them. They literally control our lives to such a big extent

So why don't y'all think that the government should have a say in social media tech companies, especially when they can covertly influence so much in the political sphere?

So when they are doing this shit, how can you still support free market absolute in this instance?

@UnScottable I agree however that is obviously up to the courts. You will need a lot of evidence

So what is the basis you need?

Well, they have literal billions of dollars

no way you fight that power

Are you saying that you need evidence first instead of allegations?

Are you saying that the leaked documents don't have any standing as evidence?