naught101 @ naught101 @lemmy.world

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I suspect the distributed moderation will help in the long run too.

Most of the core mastodon servers haven't blocked threads..

1. Disruption: Probably ethics? I mean, I know big global businesses barely have any, but they do care about their reputation somewhat. Anyone running a botnet to destroy small/medium fediverse servers would be discovered fairly quickly, I suspect. Nothing is going to stop AI training scraping outside of regulation, I suspect.
2. Ads are enshittification. Federation is defense against it, because it prevents vendor lock-in and allows migration while maintaining your network effect. Threads already tried to join, and nearly nothing of theirs gets through. I'm on a mainstream mastodon service that doesn't block threads, and I've seen a threads post only once or twice. Threads can't display their add on my service, so there's no incentive for them to push content.

There is!

https://itsfoss.com/open-source-library-management-software/

Maybe we should do a bit more of our own manufacturing anyway. Globalised supply chains are a fucking stupid idea, considering climate change.

True! Thanks for the learning opportunity :)

Can you expand? Which metrics would you focus in, and why?

Ah, that explains it, thanks! It's a cool looking script!

Hrm, I guess.. But it's the 23rd most spoken language globally.. Nearly 90 million speakers, and I don't think I've even seen the alphabet until now. I feel like I've seen lots of posts from less populous languages..

How TF is this the first time I've ever seen a Tagalog post on the internet? And also why is there no good translator?

No amount of protectionism will ever dent our dominance of the spider market.

Fair, but the full extent hasn't panned out yet, and might take a little while.

You still haven't clarified what you mean by it..

Another economic depression in the US, on a similar scale to the 1930s, maybe a lot worse. Probably a lot sooner than 10 years.

For a run-down of some of the key reasons, this video is long (40m), but worth a watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqtrNXdlraM

1. Fixed definitions for words do not exist. Language is constantly evolving.
2. The US IS a representative democracy, and whether that's actually functionally providing government by the people doesn't really prevent this use of the term by a vast majority of people, whether you or I agree with it or not.
3. In the context of the question, I think the US seems to fit more into the OP's democracy category. I agree I'm using the term loosely, but does your terminology disagreement actually add anything?

Between what? Democracy and oligarchy? Yeah, I guess. Most of those terms are often used pretty loosely..

Guess it depends on how you define the term. The US certainly fits the minimalist representative definition. I don't think equity is inherently part of the definition.. Obviously I think it should be, but that's more of a value overlaid on the organisational system, I think..

I mean, if you're rich and can leave for somewhere else, that still works for you. Assad being the latest example.

The US is a democracy (for now), and has backed multiple coups in other countries. Nicaragua is probably the classic example, but there are many, many more. See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change

Oh, hah. I double checked the whole post, but forgot to look in the obvious spot 😅