Yeah this is all second hand from an announcement about something that is “going to happen”. So details might differ from what actually shows up.
And yes I think mod abuse is starting to show up in their bottom line. They need people commenting so they target ads more effectively, same reason they killed r/All. They need to know stuff about you so they can send ads.
Mods being the toxic assholes they are is driving people to lurk, as you stated.
They recently had a mod event where they announced they are restricting ban abilities from mods. Basically AI can ban, mods can choose to unban - but not initiate a ban in the first place.
There are a couple mods I like to hate-watch, once a month or so I swing by and see what kind of BS they have been doing lately. The schadenfreude of watching them mald over this was the best I’ve had all year.
Removed by mod
It’s not a smear campaign when it’s just an actual thing that happened.
Hasan hivemind is alive and well I see
The root comment didn’t even know who Hasan was tf you mean “already known”.
Dude is a dog abuser, and it’s relevant.
He’s one of those “People you agree with but say it in such an insufferable way you want to disagree” type of people.
Says politically good things, is very hot, but is also a smug douche.
Polling shows something like a +15 seat majority for Dems. They are rigging it because they know with that big a majority, they have no chance of ever getting their issues passed.
A +2 majority can be toyed with, just convince a couple members. Can’t say the same about 15
“From Alaska to California”
So like… Alaska & California.
Maybe Oregon and Washington if we are being generous.
I’m convinced (and would place money on) the mechanism for LLMS to start self propagating and maliciously wreck all internet connected devices (read: Our entire society) is via companies trying to offload compute via something very similar to federated learning.
Just put a teeny model on everyone’s device and let it adapt to the user needs and oops skynet
I get that your argument is basically “You don’t realize how many people 8 billion people is”. My argument is “You don’t realize how big the mississippi is”.
Bringing up 20ft implies you are including the headwaters which is not my argument. I’m referring to downstream.
Even if in theory you managed to dam it - the Mississippi is so large and fast moving it would EASILY find another route. Like there would not be a “bay of Mississippi” or whatever.
If someone is beating on you, you should take the minnimal required action to make the beating stop which normally is just leaving but sometimes can including hitting or stabbing or shooting back.
But you never “get to” hit them just like you never “get to” be rescued from a burning car. It’s not a privilege, it’s a last resort you hope you never need and the day that you do need it is a sad, dark day.
You comparing the mississippi to a lazy river is showing your ignorance lmao
Every person on earth could jump in the mississippi and it would flow anyways.
Standing in the Mississippi won’t dam it
I don’t give a fuck and would like to be at my desk as little as possible
I always had this stance and found it weird when people resisted. Your boss’s boss’s boss’s boss is telling you to work half as much? Whether you think that the output is half as good quality or not why the fuck aren’t you JUMPING at the chance to do that.
No I enjoy it. I’m not sitting there getting angry over anything or having it ruin my day.
Just once and a while swing by and laugh for a bit. It’s like a zoo I guess? But I have more respect for zoos.
“What are the idiots up to today… oh being idiots lol”