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Interesting responses! I often see discussions of the Fediverse that talk about software like Mastodon, Pixelfed, etc. It's interesting that that's the least checked item. I think of the fediverse as communities first, people second, protocols and software much less.
@evan I didn't see the poll and thought you just meant in general, which is also true (but mostly because it's the one we are literally in the middle of)
It's interesting that many people here are asking for attribution on screenshots, while others say the value of screenshots is communicating the post without feeding the network it came from. These are not necessarily compatible positions, although perhaps the best strategy is attributing decent accounts / networks and intentionally not linking to malicious accounts / networks.
Interesting results! I find them frustrating. I wouldn't block or filter, but stuff from elsewhere bums me out. I'd like to see our culture here thriving, so bringing in stuff from other networks feels we're not nourishing local content. I understand that sometimes it's notable, and I like getting that news. So, I'm qualified no.
@tshirtman@evan I've found that the pro Russia agitators are some of the least trustworthy in general. Take Jackson Hinkle, who is saying pro-Palestine stuff for now, but has been generally okay with supporting (and denying) ethnic cleansing of Kurds by Assad.
So even when those people are right once, it seems based on "America bad" rather than any supporting anything good. Which means they're often okay with also supporting super lousy stuff.
@nus@evan yeah, i don't know this one in particular, but i've seen people use the palestinian cause to push pro-assad narratives, it's disgusting. I believe it's a strategy of co-opting passions about important subjects and redirect them into their particular politics, rather than being accidentally right about one thing.
@evan Won't participate in that poll, too much trouble to put international law into different perspectives: what about indigenous ppl with completely different culture, who did not participate in creating those "international laws"?
How can they be judged equally when their culture is not even known to "us" who agree to international laws?
And: do we have the right to force other cultures into laws, that were created mostly by a capitalistic western world?
One thing it covered that I found very interesting is that the guest, Professor Aslı Ü. Bâli, pointed out that the current world order optimizes for peace over security.
The UN's structure gives nuclear powers the chance to veto any international process in the security council, rather than having them veto it with bombs on the battlefield.