"Use a ~~pen~~ PIN, Sideshow Bob."
That's really insightful and interesting, thanks! I do like the idea of simple reporting of posts rather than downvoting.
Hopefully as a Fediverse instance of radical info hubs forms, these discussions can be the topics to tackle. That'd be a wonderful "problem" to have! I'm hoping more people step forward expressing interest in the concept and willing to help make it happen.
That's an interesting point. If it doesn't make much of a difference, then why even ever enable it?
I find it best to really only embrace what contributes to a positive, productive experience rather than just replicating the Reddit culture through copycat features. But that's just a small detail. The main challenge ahead is to utilise these templates to create a radical info space similar to the Mutu Network. Hopefully we can do it!
I was on kolektiva.social for a while (and still use their sibling instance on PeerTube, kolektiva.media), but found they became too unwieldy to effectively moderate, and unfortunately hit headlines with their compromised server data. I'm now on todon.eu.
I think Mastodon is a fantastic and important system of communication. However, I think a Mutu-style network would rely on something similar to Lemmy/Beehaw.
It's what happens when we have libertarianism without socialism. One without the other is bad news.
Most potential technology will of course be acontextual and lacking any kind of critique of capitalism. I witness people I know make all kind of "wise" decisions based on career expectations or ambition and definitions of "success," and they're actually really miserable yet can't seem to recognise why. I'm unconvinced AI developed by capitalist companies would provide healthier perspectives. Heck, even humans fall short in such roles as counselling, when they lack class consciousness or a critique of neoliberalism. AI probably doesn't stand much more chance.
Liftoff is working really well for me!
Oh, and which countries are "free"? I'd like to know which state has liberated all its people. I'll wait.
There is an ongoing pandemic and the global capitalist efforts to downgrade, downplay, and minimise this pandemic for " the economy" mean that it's even more important to mask, not least to challenge the health supremacy and ableism of this current capitalist culture. Masking is one of the most easy yet powerful ways we can promote safety and engage in intersectional anticapitalism (in times of universal deceit, and all that).
Protests are not about "being seen" as individuals to gain clout or appear cool and edgy, not least with the increased assault on the right to protest.
To truly "believe in the cause" is to act, not attract recognition. Besides, if you want a revolution, you'd better start dressing for the occasion.