I was under the impression that Privacy Badger wasn’t considered useful any more . . . ? They should’ve just recommended using Firefox instead, yes?...
Commercial attracts commercial and noncommercial attracts noncommercial. Fedizens trying to figure out how they can attract their favorite influencers to the Fediverse, or otherwise interact with them from the Fediverse, are really missing the point. Those who monetize their web presence will only be active on systems in which monetization is a built-in feature. TikTok is probably the most explicitly built-for-monetization platform at this time. YouTube and Twitch also seem in that camp. Threads, from what I've heard, is basically Instagram, which is also very influencer-dominated. This is no accident. The so-called pivot to video made the discourse about vloggers instead of bloggers, and video is an inherently much more expensive means of communication than writing, and so there is more need to direct traffic to Patreon, Ko-Fi, etc. to keep the lights on. Those places where the money changes hands (or paid ads get run) are of course places of proprietary technology and DRM. The Fediverse (and open source stuff in general) couldn't be a more effective influencer repellent if it tried. I for one see this as a feature. So what if there could be more people here (or reachable from here)? At this point we seem to have enough critical mass to be interesting. It's enough people for me. And there's still plenty of opportunity for gradual organic growth in our user base.
I've noticed that just as the most aggressive ad blocker blockers are news media websites, the most aggressive tor-exit-node blockers are retail sites such as lowes.com. My working hypothesis is that they view anonymous transactions (or perhaps even anonymous window shopping) as stealing. When it comes to actionable data for market research, data about actual finalized transactions where actual money changed hands is the holy grail. It's the data that has skin in the game. As for window shopping online, you know the drill, you do that, you hear about it on Fecebook. Until recently I searched retail sites with the site: filter of a search engine (the one that works on Tor, of course), but until recently, most site searches were even more enshittified than most of the two search engines. Now search engines are out and Tor is out. Perhaps offline shopping is in. BTW, just for shits and giggles, try carrying a clipboard next time you visit a brick and mortar retail establishment and see what happens, or better yet, whip out your cell phone and start photographing not merchandise but shelf tags. Information is power, my friends.
Why is this episode of NOVA about data privacy recommending Privacy Badger? (www.pbs.org)
I was under the impression that Privacy Badger wasn’t considered useful any more . . . ? They should’ve just recommended using Firefox instead, yes?...
What existing platforms do you wish were federated?
Bring Karma back from reddit (if you want, no hard feelings pls), but without toxicity (maybe)! (addons.mozilla.org)
cross-posted from: lemme.discus.sh/post/851...
Untangling Threads | Erin Kissane (erinkissane.com)
This is by far the most comprehensive analysis of the Threads situation that I have seen. I recommend giving it a read.
Tor’s shadowy reputation will only end if we all use it | Engadget (www.engadget.com)
The Danish added barcodes to the sides of their ships
Now when they dock, they can Scandinavian.