Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

@dynamic "the web as it used to be"...when? In my mind, the (accessible) web as it used to be is newsgroups, irc, email, and web pages.

Newsgroups was my social media of choice. Categorized, threaded, open (depending upon your ISP), and possible to filter out the bad (spammers, trolls, and off topic). IMO, what killed newsgroups was that most people didn't know how to filter well, and they were text only (ignoring uuencode/uudecode). The right tools could remedy both.

@dynamic One thing that the unified services have over distributed services is the ease of finding people. You want to find work colleagues? Go to LinkedIn. Want to find family? Go to Facebook. Want to find celebrities? Go to Twitter.

The fediverse has a lot more anonymity, and even without anonymity, it is harder to search. I was anonymous on Twitter, so employers wouldn't use my politics against me. Many of the questions you can't ask in interviews can be found on social media.

@dynamic Gmail equals "free" and portable email for users of all platforms is the reason I've always thought it was popular. The idea of personal data mining is relatively new for most people, and even with the concept in place, most people don't really believe it affects them adversely. i.e., "you get free online services for better targeted advertising? Win, win!" is the attitude.

Gmail also seemed to handle spam better than Hotmail, which was it's "free" predecessor.

Is there a social media site dedicated to small victories? A place where no one is allowed to crow about what society would view as a great accomplishment, but rather a site where you can crow about your little everyday accomplishments. e.g., "I finally swept today!"

@kyle A lot of lazy management assumptions in that piece. Fungible employees, everyone wants to advance, ...

This blanket permit makes it easier to build pipelines. Advocates are suing to stop it. https://grist.org/climate-energy/this-blanket-permit-makes-it-easier-to-build-pipelines-advocates-are-suing-to-stop-it/

That thing where one guy at work wastes everyone else's time because he wants to word smith comments in the code. #dumballover

Opposing PRO Act, Uber and Other Gig Companies Spend Over Million Lobbying Congress https://theintercept.com/2021/05/06/pro-act-uber-lyft-doordash-instacart-lobbying/