I really, truly, dislike this timeline.
Having work spaces that are inclusive of all, will draw all types of people to work there. And those work spaces are so, so much better off from the diversity.
Where I work is not perfect, but we have many different people there. And it is awesome working in these diverse groups. You really start to understand each other and come to better decisions to complete the tasks.
It is very difficult to motivate people to move to a different platform.
Meta continues to do shitty things. I deleted all my accounts 10 years ago because of said shitty things. The list of shitty things keeps growing.
I can try to be optimistic about the Streisand effect. But it would have to be towards positive experience with pixelfed. Enough people would need to move for it to not feel empty. Sort of like BlueSky during the election. Enough people frustrated with twitter, and (most importantly) see enough people, including celebrities, politicians and other influencers migrate to make it worth checking out.
Edit to add: I very much would love to witness the downfall of meta and twitter. We need these alternatives. And as much as people hate commercialization, all of these alternative spaces need some marketing to make them viable.
This is crap. The internet should be a utility. Not taking in account that people can’t really function without being online (banking, school, health records, other basic services). How much internet infrastructure is funded on the tax payers dime? Do we get a refund?
Probably very easily. The people who make it to the top generally show more psychopathic tendencies.
Hmmm… these demographics are not surprising.
That sums it up well.
I’m all for research, it’s good to have proven methods to say “hey, this is not healthy”. But this is a no brainer. I always assume that even a healthy option at a restaurant is worse (high fat, high salt, high added sugars) than anything I’d make myself.
Nobody is kidding themselves into thinking any of these places are healthy.
Not a piracy answer, but email the author(s). Most are excited that someone is taking interest in their work and will gladly send you the paper.
Sounds like a great opportunity to promote the Linux community and let the different OS shine.