Also Named Bort 🇨🇦 @terryenglish@librem.one

the old internet was like running through untrammelled snow and exploring the possibilities of what this could become, internet today is like being boxed into a train car with a bunch of other cattle and jabbed with tasers

@terryenglish those people are still on youtube but it's just impossible to find them

hidden camera footage reveals Monsanto scientists painting a white stripe down the back of black cats in attempt to produce skunk/cat genetic hybrids!

>I remember so many just everyman viral videos. Our culture seems to think they still exist. TV shows still occasionally feature a trope of someone trying to go viral on youtube. But when was the last time we actually saw it? The mechanism for it seems to have been obliterated. No more Star Wars Kid, no more Numa Numa Guy, no more Francis flipping a table, no more Leave Brittany Alone.

>The youtube algorithm has basically decided real people, in all their weird, quirky, idiosyncratic glory are dangerous and need to be suppressed. They can't be monetized, and since they can't be monetized, they are the bottom of the barrel in terms of discoverability. Facebook has decided people shouldn't see the posts of the people they follow unless someone has paid them for advertising. Twitter has decided that they need to sort your feed according to what they think is important, and put a few quality filters on it to boot.

>It seems something wonderful has been lost. A symbol that the internet was for "us". We were all a part of it, and we all belonged on it. That everyone was a little bit weird, and that was wonderful. Now it's wonderful, wonderful billboards reaching as far as the eye can see. And it happened hardly without anybody noticing. I also can't help but think it's reduced our tolerance of each other, having this weird corporate doppelganger replace what we used to think was a reflection of the public.

im the kind of asshole who would ask someone how a funeral went

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@terryenglish @oneway It's not clever, it's retarded.

No one sees your comments unless someone directs them to the page. Comment raids worked because they raped the minds of their victims.

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I want to thank people here on LR instance.
Earlier today I was a bit frustrated on the amount of complaints we get from other instances because we refuse to take a political stands and refuse to ban users who may post or reply with a political comment that is different from their views.
We have never censored anyone from their political view. We are a linux instance and value open and free and value differences.
Your responses have shown me we are doing things right.

LR Users are awesome

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gab seems to have broken replying to remote accounts now

I know it’s something I “shouldn’t” do but I can’t wait to just not show up to work to pay them back for all the arbitrary bullshit I’ve been through. It’s totally fucked up to be treated like you’re dispensable, especially when you reeeaallyyyy aren’t. To be treated like you need the money, so it doesn’t matter how you’re treated. FUUUUUUCK this job.

good night

This is probably preaching to the choir here, but I love mastodon. I've never been more comfortable to just chat with random people since my days on an Ocarina forum in highschool. Its much more friendly than reddit.

Apple Cofounder Steve Wozniak Says Most People Should Get Off Facebook Permanently #libremone #privacy
https://gizmodo.com/apple-cofounder-steve-wozniak-says-most-people-should-g-1836178238