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lol apparently I’ve been suspended from Reddit due to some violation of content policy. However, they haven’t actually told me what content policy that I have violated. How to get unsuspended? Prove that you haven’t violated the content security policy. This is the most asinine thing that I’ve ever seen.
@brasshopper Welcome to the insane world of BS forums and social media garbage that has just stupid rules for no good reason (_because the few spoil it for the many 🤣_) and at the same time those same platforms are just designed to keep you addicted so they can make a pretty penny ($$$) off every piece of content you post (and then get banned for it 🤣)
I honestly can't say I'm surprised to hear this, not because of something you did, just becuase this is all becoming far too common. 😢_
@brasshopper Welcome to the insane world of BS forums and social media garbage that has just stupid rules for no good reason (_because the few spoil it for the many 🤣_) and at the same time those same platforms are just designed to keep you addicted so they can make a pretty penny ($$$) off every piece of content you post (and then get banned for it 🤣)
I honestly can't say I'm surprised to hear this, not because of something you did, just becuase this is all becoming far too common. 😢_
@brasshopper I just love that none of the big platforms ever give you a reason. You don’t matter, they have millions of users anyway. 🤷
@brasshopper I just love that none of the big platforms ever give you a reason. You don’t matter, they have millions of users anyway. 🤷
@brasshopper I just love that none of the big platforms ever give you a reason. You don’t matter, they have millions of users anyway. 🤷
@brasshopper I just love that none of the big platforms ever give you a reason. You don’t matter, they have millions of users anyway. 🤷
@prologic I can’t say that I’m surprised either. I kinda knew in the back of my mind that it was a matter of time. I don’t exactly hold conventional views on things (Minarchist with AnCap tendencies and a borderline Bitcoin maximalist). I just figured that I’d actually know why I was banned 🤣. Perhaps I’ll find another forum-style site to patronize.
@movq they're probably using "AI" to do a bunch of moderating and may not even be able to give a reason other than "the AI said so"
@abucci I suspect this is probably the case.
I honestly really don't get it myself 🤦♂️ It was something of course we _had_ to deal with when building yarnd, but really in the end I borrowed the same principles as [micro.Blog])https://micro.blog) where we _really_ should not care about the content, types of content or other such silly nonsense, rules and stupid moderation policies. Just don't do stupid shit™ is how I like to put it -- or your Pod operator _may_ remove your account (_honestly its never happened to date_)
I honestly really don't get it myself 🤦♂️ It was something of course we _had_ to deal with when building yarnd, but really in the end I borrowed the same principles as [micro.Blog])https://micro.blog) where we _really_ should not care about the content, types of content or other such silly nonsense, rules and stupid moderation policies. Just don't do stupid shit™ is how I like to put it -- or your Pod operator _may_ remove your account (_honestly its never happened to date_)
@abucci Probably … makes me even more sad. 🤣
@abucci Probably … makes me even more sad. 🤣
@abucci Probably … makes me even more sad. 🤣
@abucci Probably … makes me even more sad. 🤣
@abucci looks like it was the “AI said so”. I “got caught in Reddit’s spam filter”. They unbanned me. I get why this happens, but it’s super annoying since my conduct was not even close to bannable. I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. I think I’d prefer to pay a one time fee or a small fee for every post on sites I use a lot rather than them being ad supported and having to put up with overly aggressive spam filters.
@prologic Enough to make garden variety spamming not worth it but not so much that I regular folks can’t afford it. I think a larger one time fee to establish the account (that you don’t get back if you get banned) might be slightly more effective, especially with the current payment rails that exist.
@brasshopper Interesting... 🤔 I _wonder_ how many other folks out there that share your thinking here...? 🤔 Would it ba viable? 🤔
@brasshopper Interesting... 🤔 I _wonder_ how many other folks out there that share your thinking here...? 🤔 Would it ba viable? 🤔
@prologic for my pod and all the pods to come i evasion some kind of membership feed of maybe 1eur på month or 5eur pr year a d then we will provide all the service you would need to selfhost. Similar to pikapod and sandstorm but way easier to use to the average person
@prologic for my pod and all the pods to come i envision some kind of membership feed of maybe 1eur på month or 5eur pr year and then we will provide all the service you would need to selfhost you digital life. Similar to pikapod and sandstorm but way easier to use for the average person
This was Intereating to see on the road today 😆 
@prologic I have some ethical issues with it, personally. I understand the need to monetize to cover hosting and maintenance costs, etc. But, a social network is only valuable because of the people on it--Facebook with no users would forever be Facebook with no users. So, you're in effect asking people to pay for access to their friends, which is wrong in the same way all rent-seeking capitalism is wrong. I *think* I'd feel better about a donations model, or a patreon-style model, where it's fully understood that the people are helping support you in your work to keep the network running. A user-owned co-opt would be a better model, I think. A one-time charge that you sacrifice if you get banned is right out in my view--too much room for abuse of that and risk of leaving a bad taste in user's mouths, not to mention that it is effectively unenforceable at scale.
@prologic There are some folks in podcasting trying to figure it out. People can send podcasters money for every minute of their watch time. It’s voluntary in this context, but I could see this being adapted to a “pay to post” context. These micro transactions probably wouldn’t be feasible with current payment rails. They’re using the lightning network which is a layer 2 protocol on top of bitcoin. Transaction fees can be as low as one ten thousandth of a penny (USD). That makes it feasible to send ridiculously small amounts back and forth between two parties.
@prologic @abucci in this case who's going to subsidize the costs while the income goes over the expenses?
In FB it depends on VC capital, expecting to suddenly have a monopoly. In Hobbyst projects we run with our pockets and those donations could never come.
@prologic @abucci we understand the capitalist issues (aiming for the maximum profit, owning the production means and making the investors happy)
Sadly, removing the money interest doesn't remove the money supplies need to run the operations.
I think co-ops are a good middle, where the users or the workers are at the same time micro-investors, so the have the bones in it, instead of being an external capitalist investor (only bringing money)
@prologic @abucci that said, the model of Reddit, as a modern forum with karma and basically every topic or subreddir available is appealing, and has the main network effect.
I've looking for some other alternatives, HckrNews, lobsters, and some decentralized ones. What do you use for your Hobbyst interests?
I ll be interested too, I mostly use hacker news and lobsters.
Do you really find useful things on Reddit ? I only see there memes and catch time things but nothing really interesting. Or maybe I don’t know how to use Reddit.
I ll be interested too, I mostly use hacker news and lobsters.
Do you really find useful things on Reddit ? I only see there memes and catch time things but nothing really interesting.
@tkanos Of all the subs I subscribed to, r/ProgrammingLanguages and r/SelfHosted we’re probably my most frequented. I found that the more niche subreddits tended to have higher quality discussion.
@tkanos How do you like lobsters? I’ve heard about it a few times but never actually checked it out.
@brasshopper maybe I have not found those niches. For lobster it’s oki but hacker news is better.
@tkanos Yeah, I've scrolled the front page of lobste.rs a few times. I always left with the impression that it's basically HackerNews but with fewer comments and everyone basically agrees on most things. That's not inherently a bad thing, but I find the sheer volume of perspectives on HackerNews more enjoyable. I feel like I learn about so many interesting extra things from the comments.
So I _think_ the most interesting part of this Yarn is the concept of a "cp-opt" and the fact that several of you in this thread are _somewhat_ willing to help the project out in some form of "donations".
Should we talk about what that co-op should look like? How it should be run? Is this something we want to do?
So I _think_ the most interesting part of this Yarn is the concept of a "cp-opt" and the fact that several of you in this thread are _somewhat_ willing to help the project out in some form of "donations".
Should we talk about what that co-op should look like? How it should be run? Is this something we want to do?