I'm turning 41, but I don't feel like celebrating
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Re: I'm turning 41, but I don't feel like celebrating
#2Common misunderstandings are that there was no control over the internet and that anonymity was for protecting freedom of expression of the individuals.
The difference is that what once was covert in the West is now out in the open. Anonymity enabled the troll culture, famously exploited by any and all bad faith actors in their favor. Control in terms of surveillance on metadata level is just a manner of having enough endpoints at your disposal for a nation state actor.
It was a nice illusion and the wake up is kind of harsh.
Re: I'm turning 41, but I don't feel like celebrating
#3This is Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram. And he’s totally correct. The Internet was much better before the 2000s and the social media era. And when the people who remember it aren’t around, those remaining won’t have any idea that they’re missing something.
He’s also totally correct in calling out the obvious lunge towards authoritarianism from European democracies - this must be stopped immediately:
> Once-free countries are introducing dystopian measures such as digital IDs (UK), online age checks (Australia), and mass scanning of private messages (EU).
> Germany is persecuting anyone who dares to criticize officials on the Internet. The UK is imprisoning thousands for their tweets. France is criminally investigating tech leaders who defend freedom and privacy.
Re: I'm turning 41, but I don't feel like celebrating
#4Common misunderstandings are that there was no control over the internet and that anonymity was for protecting freedom of expression of the individuals. The difference is that what once was covert in the West is now out in the open. Anonymity enabled the troll culture, famously exploited by any and all bad faith actors in their favor. Control in terms of surveillance on metadata level is just a manner of having enoug…
> Anonymity enabled the troll culture
Anonymity enabled honesty and free expression. FTFY.
Re: I'm turning 41, but I don't feel like celebrating
#5This is Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram. And he’s totally correct. The Internet was much better before the 2000s and the social media era. And when the people who remember it aren’t around, those remaining won’t have any idea that they’re missing something. He’s also totally correct in calling out the obvious lunge towards authoritarianism from European democracies - this must be stopped immediately: > Once-free…
We're also running out of people who know and care that you used to be able to buy straight from a publisher, own, play offline with privacy, and resell games on an open platform without Steam as a DRM/rent-seeking middleman.
Re: I'm turning 41, but I don't feel like celebrating
#6This is Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram. And he’s totally correct. The Internet was much better before the 2000s and the social media era. And when the people who remember it aren’t around, those remaining won’t have any idea that they’re missing something. He’s also totally correct in calling out the obvious lunge towards authoritarianism from European democracies - this must be stopped immediately: > Once-free…
We're also running out of people who know and care that you used to be able to buy straight from a publisher, own, play offline with privacy, and resell games on an open platform without Steam as a DRM/rent-seeking middleman.
Point 'em to Gog and itch.io if you get a chance
Re: I'm turning 41, but I don't feel like celebrating
#7Common misunderstandings are that there was no control over the internet and that anonymity was for protecting freedom of expression of the individuals. The difference is that what once was covert in the West is now out in the open. Anonymity enabled the troll culture, famously exploited by any and all bad faith actors in their favor. Control in terms of surveillance on metadata level is just a manner of having enoug…
> Anonymity enabled the troll culture
You will be blown away by stuff people post at eachother on facebook, the site where you use your real name
Re: I'm turning 41, but I don't feel like celebrating
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#9Common misunderstandings are that there was no control over the internet and that anonymity was for protecting freedom of expression of the individuals. The difference is that what once was covert in the West is now out in the open. Anonymity enabled the troll culture, famously exploited by any and all bad faith actors in their favor. Control in terms of surveillance on metadata level is just a manner of having enoug…
> Anonymity enabled the troll culture Anonymity enabled honesty and free expression. FTFY.
That is indeed the paradox. What sometimes made true community possible, sometimes made exploitation easier. The line between the two is thin, and we’ve all seen both sides of it.
Re: I'm turning 41, but I don't feel like celebrating
#10Reaching the end of the same decade, and sadly share the same opinion, worse seeing the population of my country voting for what we got away from 1974 and what my parents generation had to endure.