Knowledge gating was the reason the internet was great to begin with, only more educated people knew or cared about it, and the quality of discussion was better

it’s not taboo, it wasn’t in the 90s, it’s algorithms and terms of service dictating cultural norms

lol this is literally a repost of the ycombinator question from earlier today

Lol

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Mastodon is for mentally ill people :/ bsky ftw

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When will this happen?

so… women?

surveillance fetish going strong

okay nerd

Common Saudi Arabia W

Don’t know shit about international but electronic frontiers australia is the australian one https://www.efa.org.au

Different presenters can have different positions on issues no?

No shit?

chronological forums are still the best form of online community :/

Lol I’m very aware

No fair enough it just rubs me the wrong way haha

My tenets are:

1. no one will post on lemmy.world without getting prior approval from me
2. At a minimum every second comment should end in some sort of praise of me
3. No posting on Thursdays
4. You accidentally posted something I didn’t like? Tough shit your wife and family are now hostage

I know I just find it to be such a manufactured corporate tagline that exists to be used in this way and it rubs me the wrong way