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Re: Sci-Hub Twitter account suspended

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Post by markus_zhang »

fortuna86 wrote: post #73
machinehermiter wrote: post #20

As someone who hasn't used social media in 5+ years, what do these social networks need to do to make you quit using them? There has to be some threshold but I just don't understand how this threshold hasn't been crossed for more people. I don't want to see Twitter legislated or controlled. The counter balance and equilibrium should be doing crazy things causes a massive loss of users so crazy things do not happen. T…

Twitter really isn't a social network. If you follow industry professionals and academics, it's a feed of interesting and important news tied to your direct interests.

Maybe instead use some maillist instead of Twitter for important information? Not sure how expensive a server could be.

Re: Sci-Hub Twitter account suspended

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Post by cannabis_sam »

mjburgess wrote: post #75
fortuna86 wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Twitter really isn't a social network. If you follow industry professionals and academics, it's a feed of interesting and important news tied to your direct interests.

Alas, this reads like a drug dealer distinguishing crack from cocaine.

I would hope anyone distributing any of the related substances DO distinguish between “crack” and “cocaine”..

Re: Sci-Hub Twitter account suspended

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Post by prepend »

fortuna86 wrote: post #73
machinehermiter wrote: post #20

As someone who hasn't used social media in 5+ years, what do these social networks need to do to make you quit using them? There has to be some threshold but I just don't understand how this threshold hasn't been crossed for more people. I don't want to see Twitter legislated or controlled. The counter balance and equilibrium should be doing crazy things causes a massive loss of users so crazy things do not happen. T…

Twitter really isn't a social network. If you follow industry professionals and academics, it's a feed of interesting and important news tied to your direct interests.

Except for the ones who are banned for violating the “Twitter Rules.”

So it’s good if you like a feed of things tied to your direct interests, that Twitter allows.

I’m interested in Sci-Hub. I don’t want to use Twitter for part of my interested and the ??? for other things.

Re: Sci-Hub Twitter account suspended

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Post by londons_explore »

xvilka wrote: post #68
betwixthewires wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, that's not necessarily true for current existing documents that are already available. I believe they're pinned on IPFS nodes, and so are available through IPFS. So if you did clone their front end and index you should be able to continue operating the system, at least with current availability. What would be nice would be a distributed table that functions as an index specifically for these documents, that way…

Unless company behind IPFS bans it. They are a US company after all.

The fact IPFS effectively allows anyone to 'ban' a content hash makes it effectively useless.

Re: Sci-Hub Twitter account suspended

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Post by scdp »

mjburgess wrote: post #75
fortuna86 wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Twitter really isn't a social network. If you follow industry professionals and academics, it's a feed of interesting and important news tied to your direct interests.

Alas, this reads like a drug dealer distinguishing crack from cocaine.

Let me guess, you dislike twitter because of the hyperbole and lack of nuance ... which you just used

Re: Sci-Hub Twitter account suspended

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Post by kortilla »

PragmaticPulp wrote: post #47
belval wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Other humans acknowledging your existence and even agreeing with your various opinions is a very very euphoric experience, it is true of any social media. Suddenly you have hundreds or even thousands of people that "get" you, that understand how great and clever you are. This is the drug that people can't quit. People won't quit because they'd be unable to tell people that they've quit. Another take could be that we…

> Other humans acknowledging your existence and even agreeing with your various opinions is a very very euphoric experience, it is true of any social media. Suddenly you have hundreds or even thousands of people that "get" you, that understand how great and clever you are. This is the drug that people can't quit. It’s always funny to see people discussing “social media” as some insidious drug that other people use to…

It’s not the same. I don’t have an option of who to build my echo chamber with.

On Twitter and Facebook you get to remove anyone that challenges your thought process. That’s what makes it so dangerous and euphoric. Everyone you see is clapping for your stupid ideas and people just live in different realities now because of it.

On HN we all get the same front page, same comments, etc. You might not like what gets the upvotes, but at least you saw it.

You’re right this is social media, but it’s not the cancerous “choose your reality” style that people usually are talking about when they decry “social media”.

Re: Sci-Hub Twitter account suspended

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Post by [deleted] »

machinehermiter wrote: post #20

As someone who hasn't used social media in 5+ years, what do these social networks need to do to make you quit using them? There has to be some threshold but I just don't understand how this threshold hasn't been crossed for more people. I don't want to see Twitter legislated or controlled. The counter balance and equilibrium should be doing crazy things causes a massive loss of users so crazy things do not happen. T…

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Re: Sci-Hub Twitter account suspended

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Post by mmaunder »

machinehermiter wrote: post #20

As someone who hasn't used social media in 5+ years, what do these social networks need to do to make you quit using them? There has to be some threshold but I just don't understand how this threshold hasn't been crossed for more people. I don't want to see Twitter legislated or controlled. The counter balance and equilibrium should be doing crazy things causes a massive loss of users so crazy things do not happen. T…

I have been off Facebook for years. I was forced to rejoin because our head of marketing departed and I had to take over our company page. OH MY F*** GOD. I could not believe the mess of user engagement triggers and dark patterns that confronted me. (I'm an ops guy, a dev and a successful entrepreneur, currently a high growth CEO) I was literally nauseated. I've actually postponed the job just to avoid the damn thing.

As someone who left for a long time and looked at it with a fresh set of non-desensitized eyes, I can tell you with absolute certainty that FB is bad for your mental health.

I think the trouble with social is that it's really hard to tell people what they don't want to hear. Anyone who lived through the 80s knows how pissed a smoker would get when you'd tell them they're killing themselves. You felt like an asshole. Same with Facebook, Insta, Twitter, etc. Tell someone who's into it (most of us) they're self harming, and it doesn't exactly improve your relationship with them.

But I think the ship has sailed. These are companies making north of 100 Billion per year (in FB's case) with massive lobbying cannons, who are now entrenched and ingrained in our culture and day to day life. It may sound overly dramatic, but I think the truth is that, this sucks for the species boys and girls.

[Sorry, had to add the boys and girls. Little Starship Troopers hat tip]

Re: Sci-Hub Twitter account suspended

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Post by dredmorbius »

aminozuur wrote: post #2

Why?

This morning, Sci-Hub founder Alexandra Elbakyan informed us that Twitter has suspended the site’s official account, which had over 185k followers and operated without notable issues for nine years. Elbakyan believes that it may be directly related to the legal action in India....

The reason for the suspension is related to Twitter’s “counterfeit policy.” The social media platform doesn’t list any concrete takedown requests but simply mentions the policy violation and the fact that its decision can’t be appealed.

“Your account has been permanently suspended due to a violation of Twitter policies, in particular the Counterfeiting Policy. This decision is not subject to appeal,” Twitter writes, translated from Russian.

(January 8, 2021)

https://torrentfreak.com/sci-hub-founder-criticises-sudden-t...

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