James R Kirk @ Kirk @startrek.website

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BASHIR: Out of all the episodes of star trek, which ones were canon and which ones weren't?

GARAK: My dear Doctor, they're all canon.

BASHIR: Even the non-cannonical ones?

GARAK: Especially the non-cannonical ones.

This community is going to be the most addictive rage bait for me... Lemmy will prove fruitful content grounds.

You're correct where it counts (not Roman at all) but it was around before Italian Fascism:

It was during the period of the French Revolution that the gesture was invented by revolutionary republicans who framed their politics as a revival of the Roman republic.

Does it count as "a human" if it's a bot reposting human-made content for the 50th time?

I know he's just selling the platform to AI companies, but it's an odd take considering they've been moving away from being a message board and towards being just another content feed for years now.

This is pretty fucked up, OP

The top finger kinda gives it away imo

I am a happy /c/fuckai subscriber and I am still comfortable admitting that image generators can be great for memes and quick jokes.

AI

Fedora Kinoite.

KDE Plasma (very Windows-ey) and it is "immutable" which means you can't break it.

Someone else said Kubuntu which aesthetically will look the same and is also a good choice but if you want to start with a "just works" I recommend an immutable distro.

But promoting the structure and not the community goes against the logic of "DON’T TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THE FEDIVERSE"! haha back to square one.

I've added your blog to my RSS reader, looking forward to future posts.

Yeah agree with your points fully and really examined my own behavior. It does make me wish Fedi had more "things you can't get on twitter/facebook/etc". I think the opportunity for many specific local/regional servers and more topic focused instances are a better idea than fewer, large general purpose instances. Like, it's hard to convince a newbie to join a local instance when Mastodon.social is "the one where everyone is".

Excellent post, it really made me think! I wonder if you saw this recent video that made the rounds by @ele@videos.elenarossini.com? She breaks (bends) some of your suggestions but I still thought it was in the right ballpark.

You can install KOreader on any kindle these days, FYI.

Wow, it (1.3mb) can fit on a single 3.5" floppy.

Sometimes I think AI slop does nothing but remind us that social media could never really be trusted to deliver reality in the first place.

You've got the right idea, uploading content on old internet was (largely) about putting yourself out there hoping to find like minded people to connect with. All those "quirky, weird" websites people nostalgize over weren't seeking clout, they were seeking connection.

I think it's healthy to deprogram ourselves from the idea that "followers" are the goal of creating content. If an influencer is making "art" with the express purpose of getting followers that they can leverage into marketing deals, then are they really making art? If the goal is to make money then... that's just a job, imo.

Got it, very interesting! I look forward to it being worked out soon, Wordpress federation is awesome.

Still not fully integrated, but it's nice to see broader ActiviyPub adoption beyond "follow a handful of users who opted-in". I never expected Meta to be the company inching towards federation and not bluesky. Makes me wonder if Tumblr will ever follow through with their promises to federate.

edit: To the (sadly predictable) response that "Meta will screw you over in a heartbeat" YES, of COURSE they will, that's why it's GOOD to be able to access Threads content safely and privately from a non-Meta controlled platform.