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People Are People, or Why I Don't Want to Be a Landlord

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Re: People Are People, or Why I Don't Want to Be a Landlord

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Post by dsr_ »

jp57 wrote: post #6
munchler wrote: post #2

I understand that the author doesn’t want to get caught up in the details of any particular online drama, but without more concrete information (about either Bluesky or their own project), I find this too abstract to be insightful. YMMV, of course.

Agree. I have heard BlueSky described as a kind of self-made ghetto for the most terminally online, left-wing remnants of pre-Elon Twitter. If that's true then it suggests some shape to the distribution of possible dustups, but I spend no time there (or on X, or Mastodon) I don't really know for sure.

That's... not how people familiar with BlueSky would describe it.

I would say it's where the people who realized that Twitter wasn't going to recover fled in search of as similar an experience as possible, and mostly got it, right down to a centralized moderation system that is being co-opted to the operating company's desires.

Re: People Are People, or Why I Don't Want to Be a Landlord

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Post by andrewmcwatters »

> Every relationship that lasts long enough or goes deep enough eventually hits a point where expectations meet reality.

I think about this all the time and it’s nice to see someone explicitly say it.

It is, of course, a part of life, but it is a phenomenon to look out for that governs all pf your most valuable relationships.

Re: People Are People, or Why I Don't Want to Be a Landlord

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Post by AlienRobot »

If I was a landlord, I'd make a list of political terms, and use a simple SQL regex to shadowban all accounts that have any of those terms in their bios. That's probably the only way to fix social media. Sometimes I wish I was a landlord just to try and do this.

Re: People Are People, or Why I Don't Want to Be a Landlord

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Post by PakG1 »

dsr_ wrote: post #11
jp57 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agree. I have heard BlueSky described as a kind of self-made ghetto for the most terminally online, left-wing remnants of pre-Elon Twitter. If that's true then it suggests some shape to the distribution of possible dustups, but I spend no time there (or on X, or Mastodon) I don't really know for sure.

That's... not how people familiar with BlueSky would describe it. I would say it's where the people who realized that Twitter wasn't going to recover fled in search of as similar an experience as possible, and mostly got it, right down to a centralized moderation system that is being co-opted to the operating company's desires.

What you just said is completely compatible with what the parent comment said. I would say you're saying a 95% match to the parent while subtracting only the political undertones.

Re: People Are People, or Why I Don't Want to Be a Landlord

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Post by Tade0 »

AlienRobot wrote: post #14

If I was a landlord, I'd make a list of political terms, and use a simple SQL regex to shadowban all accounts that have any of those terms in their bios. That's probably the only way to fix social media. Sometimes I wish I was a landlord just to try and do this.

+have LLMs argue with the shadowbanned comments lest they catch on.

Re: People Are People, or Why I Don't Want to Be a Landlord

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Post by Cockbrand »

AlienRobot wrote: post #14

If I was a landlord, I'd make a list of political terms, and use a simple SQL regex to shadowban all accounts that have any of those terms in their bios. That's probably the only way to fix social media. Sometimes I wish I was a landlord just to try and do this.

This has been solved a long while ago, for better or for worse.

See e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_whistle_(politics) or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algospeak

Re: People Are People, or Why I Don't Want to Be a Landlord

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Post by jp57 »

dsr_ wrote: post #11
jp57 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agree. I have heard BlueSky described as a kind of self-made ghetto for the most terminally online, left-wing remnants of pre-Elon Twitter. If that's true then it suggests some shape to the distribution of possible dustups, but I spend no time there (or on X, or Mastodon) I don't really know for sure.

That's... not how people familiar with BlueSky would describe it. I would say it's where the people who realized that Twitter wasn't going to recover fled in search of as similar an experience as possible, and mostly got it, right down to a centralized moderation system that is being co-opted to the operating company's desires.

All you've done is take the description I provided and packed all the politics into the word "recover".
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