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Reddit mods have a habit of blocking/censoring views they don't agree with, (mainly all on one side, consistent with their ideology). That doesn't mean it applies to every subreddit, but if it weren't a widespread problem do you really think anybody would be talking about it?

Somebody is actually working on a language made entirely of emojis called "emojilang, so this could be a way to write a secret message.

Lookup "mastodon". It's decentralized meaning there are multiple instances (copies) of it run by different people each with their own code of conduct & rules regarding what kind of content is allowed. You can find one you like, or host your own. by default each instance can see the others unless they're specifically blocked, & you can follow people from other instances & see their posts or "toots" (yes that's really what they're called.)

Why didn't they try to create a good memory too, just to see if there appeared to be a difference in how it was created or stored?

That would be waste to remain healthy enough to live to 100, then kill yourself. Mental health is a part of living that long in the first place. Anybody who has the mentality that they'll just kill themselves once they reach that age, probably won't live that long anyway.

The expectation to "toe the line" is twitter's problem.

See https://swisscows.com/web?query=pizza&region=iv. results do change depending on where you set your location to or if you don't set a location. Here's another one: https://www.qwant.com/?q=pizza&t=web&locale=en_GB

1. Don't automatically click on short links. There are plenty of url expanders online that you can copy & paste the link into that will tell you where the link goes. 2. Be very carefully clicking on links you don't already trust. That doesn't mean they are all malicious, most aren't. Just use your judgement. 3. Use https whenever possible. Things like banking sites & anything your are entering your banking info into or social security number etc; should always use https, no exceptions. Otherwise it's possible for hackers to monitor your traffic & steal your info. Look for the "https everywhere" extension. It's available on Chrome & Firefox & maybe others. 4. Watch the end of the url (the .com, .org, etc;). They're called Top level domains (TLDs for short). Government sites will always end in .gov, Military is .mil .org is generally organizations, .biz is for businesses .com or .net can be pretty much anything else. Two letter TLDs are generally for countries, .us is The US for example. There are also special ones like .bike for bike shops. There used to be a whitehouse(.com) that targeted people who didn't realize it should be .gov & when they clicked on it, they were redirected to a bunch of malicious sites that downloaded & installed malware without their knowledge. 5. If possible avoid using sites like banking sites in coffee shops/restaurants or anywhere else where you don't know you can trust the wifi connection like at home. Hackers sometimes create fake (but working) wifi networks hoping people will connect to them thinking they are the one setup by the business & when people connect them they can see everything users do & steal any data they send like login info for websites they visit. If you must use them there at least use something like tor to hide & secure your traffic from potential hackers.

I would've never guessed Brazil (or any country for that matter) would be like that. I guess I can see why if medics depend on that for their income, but I certainly would've never guessed they would act so aggressive about it. It seems like there should be some other way for them to make enough money. There should be somebody who's specialty is optometry. Do you have specialists for other things like a heart doctor, or cancer doctor?

Honestly that's probably the only thing I would use either of these for.

I assume this is a joke, right? A real shady url certainly wouldn't use https.

This is why I don't & never will have a reddit account. I have heard the mods are very quick to ban people & even whole subreddits for ridiculous reasons. That & security reasons. It's astonishing how much personal information becomes available from being on reddit. See www.redective.com.

Now that flash has been phased out, this doesn't work. Is there a non-flash alternative?

To see how this would turn out, just watch "person of interest". The question is whether this "god" will be the machine or samaritan. My fear is that it would be more like samaritan.

I disagree. You should be a member of a party because they share your views, not the other way around.

Some of the problems mentioned in the article could already be solved with gmail. To find out who sent you an email, append a "+[keyword]" & use that email to signup for a service. If you only use 1 site per keyword you will know which site sent it. Unfortunately that doesn't work for sending on email though.

You realize elementary os exists right? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementary_OS

I think they're referring to the ability to post illegal content, which can't be blocked.

It differs from mastodon because it's on the blockchain & mastodon isn't. The problem is I don't see why that's better. Being on the blockchain also means a (less than a penny) processing fee, just as a standard BTC/BCH transaction, paid by you, so you're paying to post. The one advantage to that is users could potentially tip each other. Google, Twitter, & Facebook are proof that people don't like having to pay to use something if there's a free alternative. Plus it means having to have BCH which most people don't understand.

"Delay" is the key word. Not prevent. Any service big enough too attract more than "fringe" users will start seeing spammers eventually.

Not to mention anti-Semitic tweets, & in the past Isis accounts, who were shutdown by a "3rd party".

This looks a lot like instant messaging to me. Maybe glorified IM, but still IM.

Are there any sites that are a complete alternative to reddit instead of just a different frontend? I found https://dev.lemmy.ml/, but they don't seem at all concerned about privacy. They have no privacy policy, so I found a site that generates a privacy policy for them, & they still haven't added a privacy policy.

"and then a speedy news roundup doubling as an advertisement for CNN itself." was all I needed to read. Regardless of your political views it should bother you that Spotify is clearly siding with cnn. If it doesn't something is wrong.

https://youtu.be/jxZD2QdutEc also mentions quantum internet

How does Google know this unless they have some access to the databases of each of those sites/instances? Why would google have that kind of access?

So Google somehow knows which apps block certain instances, which generally get reputation among other instances & are quickly blocked? That's not believable.

Google removing apps with spam/malware is one thing, & not something people would actually complain about. That also doesn't apply to removing the fediverse apps. They don't contain malware, they're simply alternative social networks. If they're going to remove them for having content they consider inappropriate or whatever excuse they're using, they need to remove other social media apps like facebook & twitter, because they certainly both have plenty of that too. Otherwise it just looks like an attempt to remove competitors to facebook/twitter. I also don't see what this has to do with a business refusing to make a cake. Businesses do have a right to refuse service. In this case if you're going to remove apps claiming they violate a specific violation, but don't remove other apps which will also inevitably be in violation the same way, it's reasonable for people to question it.

Don't forget twitter & facebook, but they won't because that's not really the reason.

another comment suggested Apple may really be doing this because they aren't getting their 30% cut of the money going between facebook & these add providers. Honestly it wouldn't surprise me.