wjmaggos

wjmaggos, 4 days ago to random

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wjmaggos, 5 days ago to random

There's a good kind of politics that should be called civics. The bad part of politics is just manipulating people in order to amass power (vs corporate PR to make money etc). They want to control us and here they are very concerned that this has now become much harder to do. I don't want Trump elected again and I hate that people will always sometimes vote based on bad information but I can't stand these people treating us like children. #uspol
https://pca.st/episode/45c8a4b5-3a0e-4e07-a1c3-0ac79b08c4f6

Gargron, 5 days ago to animals

How is he a real cat?

#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

wjmaggos, 5 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to random

Better ideas don't just win. People desperately hold on even when their own reasoning can't justify it. Look at religion. Look at corporate social media. But eventually, facts and better understandings become undeniable. Once grasped, they cannot be unthought. The "click" is never undone. But the waiting. You want to shake people. That sucks. #LiberalValues

wjmaggos, 5 days ago to ArtificialIntelligence

#Algorithms are a ponzi scheme. They steal attention from the least popular (people you actually chose to follow) to direct you to the already popular (cause the data tells them everybody similar to you likes this more). Everything cools come from word of mouth, not mainstream corporations. They just suck the life out of it. It's why early Twitter was the best of social media. Definitely the most intellectually stimulating. #SocialWeb

wjmaggos, 5 days ago (edited 3 days ago) to random

Just exactly what needs to be said about our #economics and #uspol today. #Immigration is great in lots of ways but that we can't honestly talk about how it hurts wages is probably the best example of what's wrong with #Democrats today. But seriously, they touch on all the key points imo.
https://pca.st/episode/a4efa254-4acb-44c1-8924-592d328db8fc

wjmaggos, 6 days ago (edited 3 days ago) to random

Algos don't help anybody. They just steal attention from some people you follow, to show you more from other people you follow. Or people you don't follow at all. Cause they claim to know better than you, what you want to see. Or say that so they can instead show you other stuff they want you to see. If you think you need them, just follow more people instead. If you're seeing junk without them, follow less people. It's not hard and it preserves our power over the corporate overlords. #SocialWeb

wjmaggos, 6 days ago to ai

The opposite of the #AttentionDemocracy of the fedi is "their algorithm". Somebody else deciding what you see. That's what the #AI will always be too. "Their agent" who for now seems to work for you, but we all know the inevitable path of #enshittification. #SocialWeb

wjmaggos, 6 days ago (edited 4 days ago) to random

What most sucks about hating #Trump (for great reasons) is that lots of his supporters are working class and disrespected by the elites, so mocking him can feel like punching down. And then saying they shouldn't support him comes off as telling them they're stupid. It's a no-win situation for leftists who put economics first, and most want to improve the situation of these same people, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity or sexual orientation. #uspol

liroyleshed, 11 months ago to random

Mastodon feels like the most independent social network so far.