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>paying taxes to, or simply being a member of the US (or almost any country) is contributing to a platform that is directly responsible for human harm. I agree with that. But I als…

I can't say for sure, since I don't know every site. But I would posit that ethical operation is inversely correlated with user base size.

>And again, you run into the problem where nobody wants their website to work like that. Cancer patients don't want chemo, but it's better than dying, some might say. >Other sites …

> But the problem doesn't go away when you shrink the size of the social media site. The same people will still try to post disturbing content. In fact, you're giving them more pla…

Size is not the determining factor. It's a single factor that highly influences the value in posting damaging content. It's clear from the rise of influencers on YT, IG, Twitter, e…

> What specifically is the reason you consider those particular platforms to be unethical, and what is the solution. These platforms are so large that they require hundreds of thou…

HackerNews is a limited-focus link aggregation and comment platform. It doesn't require the kind of moderation that larger scale, broad-focus social media platforms do. I don't env…

Every time you use Facebook, see an advertisement there, or click it, every time you share content on Facebook and get others to engage with that platform, you are contributing to …

>Though I don't fully understand their ridiculously long trousers. As others have pointed out, they hem them for free. This is a clever bit of optimization for them, for two reason…

India banning TikTok creates a fourth Internet.

Chaos in the sense of instability, of constant change, of randomness. Earlier ecologists like Frederic Clements thought that ecosystems tended towards a stable climax, but this the…

As much as I agree with Lovelock's sentiments about the environment, Gaia is more wishful thinking and certainly doesn't have its foundations in science. That is, the world does no…

It’s important to consider not your specific implementation, but the common implementation that is Android. And that implementation is chock full of spyware/adware/malware. Android…

Were rioters looting private homes? I don't think it makes sense to buy a gun to defend your local Wal*Mart.

Do you have a history of suicidal ideation, either in you or in your family? Consider this when you get a gun. 60% of gun deaths in the US are suicides [0]. [0] https://www.pewrese…

While I agree in principle, I don't think this is manageable given how diverse the content is on the Internet. What sort of thing are you going to sell me when I'm reading a news a…

There's the law, and then there's the law's practical application. These rarely line up, especially for foreigners. Iran isn't really interested in making world news by executing f…

>where being member of Groups A, B, and C means you must hold Ideas X, Y, and Z because those must be the views you hold as a member of those groups. This was never more obvious to…

To the earnest speaker, many abhorrent things are both unorthodox and true. So, I can’t see that as a uncontroversial qualifier itself.

This article seems to praise people for not being "conventional minded," as if being unorthodox in itself is something to be cherished and rewarded. That is too low of a bar to cle…

I know that it would be a bridge too far, but having worked at a business (movie theater) that had prices only ending in 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, or .00, I would love for the whole countr…

If you're a fan of customization, BTT-GoldenChaos [0] has made the Touch Bar indispensable for me; I don't like using a laptop without a Touch Bar because of this app. [0] https://…

That was not my intention. Could you clarify how your statement: > If congress doesn't change something, then that means they have determined no change is necessary. Is not accurat…

It does indicate a consensus is not met, and merely that; the GP claimed the this lack of specific consensus on action is actually a form of broad consensus on inaction, a leap in …

> If congress doesn't change something, then that means they have determined no change is necessary. This not accurate. Congress failing to act due to deadlock does not indicate th…