Everything done to make the Internet āsaferā and/or more clear to idiots has made it worse for anyone competent. The ability to control cookies was always there and worked completely fine since the 90s.
Forced two factor authentication is another one. I literally never had any issues before two-factor because I just used different unique passwords and didnāt share them with anyone. I have never been āhackedā even once for 20+ years online. But now, I have issues when travelling and using a local sim with a different number when email authentication isnāt permitted. And all to protect idiots who use āhunter2ā for their password across all systems and then act like some elite hacker cracked their code.
Iāve since just set up a voip number purely for two factor phone number based authentication, but itās annoying I was forced to do that instead of being given the option through and opt-in system.
The phone number is the best way to ID user across different sources of data. Facebook created datapoints for those who arenāt even on Facebook, but are in some usersā phonebooks. In my country you get a SIM-card only with your documents, so alphabet agencies have an even better idea who are you on the web.
Itās all just scam that pushed without any conaideration for our convinience.
I really hate the forced 2fa on shitty little sites that nobody would care to hack. I also really hate that just about every site and service requires you to give them your phone number now, which of course they immediately start spamming, and you have to send a text to a short code, which might have hidden charges associated with it, to opt out. I donāt want anyone having my phone number, but you have to give it if you want service. That VoIP idea you have is great.
I pick up litter a lot. While fishing the local rivers, while walking my dogs in the park, while at my customerās properties (apartment buildings). My theory is people sometimes feel they have little control over their lives and doing stupid stuff like littering makes them feel empowered. The mentality is āyouāre not the boss of meā, they know theyāre not supposed to do it. Doing it makes them feel in charge. Truth is they are taking the power they have and blowing it
Iāve certainly been trying to get people into the fediverse and off the corporate side of things but yeah, Iām currently sitting at 0 conversions. Itās made for some fun conversations though.
Weāve got the culture and to put it simply a place to go to. The barrier for new entry is just that we are all, put simply, nerds with our communities focused around that. The fediverseās main problem overall is honestly just that the majority of the population are corporatists whether they know it or not.
No, I donāt want to see that brainwashing garbage. Itās curated to wreck the brains and society of Western democracies.
Everyone should have heard about this by now, but Chinaās version of TikTok is vastly different than ours. It is limited to mostly educational content and has built-in screen time limits. They know what is bad about our version of it, and itās on purpose.
You can go ahead and point out where I mentioned Lemmy in my prior comment. But I will address that now, and of course TikTok is not better than Lemmy.
But what my prior comment was about is that the content from TikTok is unhealthy for the mind. Therefore Lemmy should not host it at all.
I already downvote the porn posts that are just dancing hoes from TikTok. Or anything with that watermark on it. Everyone who cares about mental health and reducing propaganda and misinformation should join me in doing so.
There are a few reasons I can think of that Lemmy is a better platform than ticktock.
ticktock uses an algorithm to drive engagement and keep users on the platform for as long as possible, recommending posts that it thinks the user will like or hate. Lemmy doesnāt do this.
Iāve never actually used ticktock so Iām not sure if itās possible to block content in the same way but the ability to block users, communities, and entire instances is I think one of Lemmyās best features.
there are no ads on lemmy.
Now for the content in question, my understanding is that itās entirely user generated. Just like Lemmy, reddit, YouTube, Etc. Itās not like the Chinese government is making American women film themselves dancing and then forcing them to post it on ticktock. Thatās just what that person wanted to make and post and ticktocks algorithm is recommending it.
With that being said, there are potentially useful, funny, or important content that might be uploaded to ticktock by a user, the same way that girl dancing video was. If that happened, wouldnāt make sense to move that content to a platform without many of the down sides of the ticktock platform?
From what I can see, it seems like their opinions go against the grain of the Lemmy userbase. They donāt seem to be intentionally antagonizing people.
I think you donāt really grasp the concept of a hivemind, where users of a platform tend to have collective set of views deemed acceptable and unacceptable by the community. It doesnāt necessarily make them wrong, it just means that it is a view or opinion that runs contrary to that of the community. Reddit was a shit show for that (and I know you came from there due to your use of karma), and Lemmy has it too. The entire purpose of the up vote/downvote system is to increase/decrease comment ranking based on users perception of comment quality, though people tend to use it to show disapproval (as you did with my previous comment). There is no "normalā when it comes to this, as it is entirely dependent on the instance and subcommunityās collective views.
Furthermore, let me introduce you to the actual definition of gaslighting, per Merriam Webster:
1 : psychological manipulation of a person usually over an extended period of time that causes the victim to question the validity of their own thoughts, perception of reality, or memories and typically leads to confusion, loss of confidence and self-esteem, uncertainty of oneās emotional or mental stability, and a dependency on the perpetrator
2 : the act or practice of grossly misleading someone especially for oneās own advantage
Yeah but theyāre just distracting from the domestic surveillance that is oppressively bad. Iāve never seen a compelling argument TikTok is somehow more dangerous to use than Facebook. At least for a US Citizen with no family in China. But you go out explaining how youāll assassinate Xi on any platform they could send somebody to take you out. Anyone who trusts any company or government with their data is naive.
I think itās more in that each platform has their differences as far as consumption, and possible behavior setting/modification, in which theyāre both detrimental. Itās not secret that algorithms are used to keep the user engaged, and that so-called ragebait is a huge engagement driver. Facebook is somewhat of a link aggregator meets microblogging (ie status updates), while tiktok just feeds an endless loop of short videos. I would imagine (though I donāt have stats or sources) that videos keep people glued to their screens more effectively (easier than reading), and could be more troubling.
Iām not in TikTok or anything but isnāt that something China would of course do? Like they are trying to push their app to a country that loves FREEDOM. Why would they limit content based on their controls in place in their country?
Wait until you hear about Latin American colonizers taking inspiration in the cities of āGranadaā, āCĆ³rdobaā and āSantiagoā to name their cities āGranadaā, āCĆ³rdobaā and āSantiagoā. At least Venezuela changed a couple letters from Venezia.
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