violent is the new harmful

i wonder how long it will take for rest of the users to get fed up with that shit they keep shoving down their throats

but how to get people to understand that it even is a problem? So many seem to be content to constantly go against even their own interests. Its like most have been brainwashed so they attack you if you dare even suggest there is something wrong with all this. Or if they dont they will just be apathetic and throw canned “it is what it is” at you.

its sickening how they pretend to care about animals and nature by being vegan yet its just egotripping and blatant animal abuse. If they actually care about animals they should be the first ones denouncing vegan cat food.

at least here its more easy to just let them stew with eachother or for more sensible part of that community to just break off. in reddit its the site owner who ultimately decided how the site goes, here its the community itself. Though if majority of some community decides to just stick with some awful group, its quite bad for the minority that doesnt like the awfullness. But at least that is problem of our own making instead of what something some rich asshole decided and thus we can solve it ourselves too if we really want to. There is no way to unshittify reddit ever.

you were right, a bit austere but essentially the same

yes, that is the core of the problem. But its also too abstract to target at the moment. Those who understand dont need pointing out that it needs to go and those who dont might be able to at least see the “boils” if they cant see the disease.

tech is not the problem, corporations are.

at least its more equal than having people “volunteer” for service, even if the rich can still avoid it but its not like laws hold meaning to them anyway.

i dread to think about the amount of double speak this would cause to get around the ai so you can say what you want

I have been thinking about this too. I cant say i know much but what keeps coming to my head about this is you need to have at least one friend/acquittance who thinks the same way and willing to start that group with you. If there are 2 of you its already a group and its much easier to do things and think about what to do next.

Protests should be considered mostly as a way of finding likeminded people instead of thinking they might change something. They might, but probably not. Still its worth it do them even if they dont seem to affect much. They show others there are people who care too.

To make such group mean something you really need to think what you ultimately want to achieve and how you should do it. Just demonstrating to other people that there are those willing to take action should do something. Just be smart about what you do and consider how your actions might affect the response so you are always prepared for consequences which will inevitably come if you manage to do do anything meaningful. So have a plan on how to stay safe and hidden and what to do if that fails so your group cant be easily crushed. Nowdays staying hidden is in another world compared to the historic movements, with how surveillance has advanced. So definitely try to get people aboard who know a lot about computers if you can.

Though there is always the route of trying to do stuff that doesnt cause hostile reaction from the authorities. Less danger but that is also playing by their rules and will have less impact unless you know what you are doing. Though no matter what approach one chooses, i think thinking outside the box is the key about finding what to do that works.

At least this is what comes to my mind about this, I cant say I have any experience about it though. Hopefully someone else knows better. I have been thinking about this too occasionally.

“and we never will”

this should imply something that cant be changed. Such empty words should no longer be even considered no matter who says them, unless its paired with enforceable punishment for breaking the word

also those who dont want to install that spyware shit on their phones. Even if you dont care about the data collection it still consumes battery faster as more and more data is being transferred

if you plan to whistleblow something, always plan it thoroughly so you cant be silenced by being murdered.

what if instead of coming up with new standards to the pile you combine existing ones, based on what works and is reasonable to do?