skillzdadirecta Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 It's time to regulate these social media companies and hold them to similar standards as broadcast companies. They are directly responsible for the misinformation and radicalization of MILLIONS of people around the world and clearly can't police themselves. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarSolo Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 23 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said: It's time to regulate these social media companies and hold them to similar standards as broadcast companies. They are directly responsible for the misinformation and radicalization of MILLIONS of people around the world and clearly can't police themselves. Not to mention definitely responsible for thousands of Americans getting sick and dying of covid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 18 minutes ago, MarSolo said: Not to mention definitely responsible for thousands of Americans getting sick and dying of covid. And even low level diseases that are largely under control like measles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 39 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said: It's time to regulate these social media companies and hold them to similar standards as broadcast companies. They are directly responsible for the misinformation and radicalization of MILLIONS of people around the world and clearly can't police themselves. Yup. Regulate and break them up, they said they could regulate themselves, the very obviously can't.  Google break up to Search Gmail/Productivity Web Services YouTube/Music Home/Nest Whatever  Facebook break up to Facebook Messenger WhatsApp Instagram Amazon Shopping Shipping Web Services Ring/Alexa Video/Music Streaming I would look at every player, Microsoft, Apple, Oracle too. Enough is enough.    Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 We broke up the phone companies back in the day and they had nowhere NEAR the amount of power and control over people that these fucked up tech bros have now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 I will go a step further then regulation and break-up. Â Complete nationalization followed by the total eradication of their existence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 4 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: I will go a step further then regulation and break-up.  Complete nationalization followed by total eradication. Regulation and break up will make the owners even richer  Nationalization is the only solution Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 I would rather not trust the State with that power either, so nationalization MUST have the end-goal of obliteration  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 I don't know if nationalization is the answer but holding these companies to SOME kind of standard that hits them in the pocket would do the trick QUICKLY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: I would rather not trust the State with that power either, so nationalization MUST have the end-goal of obliteration  The only thing of real value these companies provide is Google search. And their competition is getting better by the day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 1 hour ago, skillzdadirecta said: It's time to regulate these social media companies and hold them to similar standards as broadcast companies. They are directly responsible for the misinformation and radicalization of MILLIONS of people around the world and clearly can't police themselves.  Do you regulate the big boys the same way you do smaller social media sites? Would D1P be held to the same standard as Facebook?  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarSolo Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Login • Instagram WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world. Dammit, am I gonna have to remember how to build websites again in order to share awesome shit like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comet Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, mclumber1 said:  Do you regulate the big boys the same way you do smaller social media sites? Would D1P be held to the same standard as Facebook?  Imagine the resources needed to do that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreePi Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 44 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: I would rather not trust the State with that power either, so nationalization MUST have the end-goal of obliteration   Tech moves too fast. There will be a replacement service is months, likely not even domiciled within the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air_Delivery Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 10 minutes ago, MarSolo said: Login • Instagram WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world. Dammit, am I gonna have to remember how to build websites again in order to share awesome shit like that? Time to brush up on your HTML skillz 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyphoidHater Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 1 hour ago, skillzdadirecta said: We broke up the phone companies back in the day and they had nowhere NEAR the amount of power and control over people that these fucked up tech bros have now. Â And then watched the baby bells start to merge with each other, resulting in little progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMJvDSKDW/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Why doesn’t it auto embed anymore? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 5 minutes ago, Joe said: Why doesn’t it auto embed anymore?  Could he TikTok, I know Twitter will intermittently stop embedding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air_Delivery Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Can we add this to our many emojis please. It seems like we might be using it a lot  3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Air_Delivery said: life comes at you fast lmao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 1 hour ago, silentbob said: Can we add this to our many emojis please. It seems like we might be using it a lot   It's basically invisible on the black theme but it'd look like shit to just put it in a white rectangle. Any ideas? @Nokra? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 4 hours ago, SuperSpreader said: Yup. Regulate and break them up, they said they could regulate themselves, the very obviously can't.  Google break up to Search Gmail/Productivity Web Services YouTube/Music Home/Nest Whatever  Facebook break up to Facebook Messenger WhatsApp Instagram Amazon Shopping Shipping Web Services Ring/Alexa Video/Music Streaming I would look at every player, Microsoft, Apple, Oracle too. Enough is enough.  If you really want to split them up, the real split would be...  Google: Android/Services, AdSense, YouTube/Music Amazon: AWS, Shopping, Shipping, Robotics, Basics Facebook: Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp  That all said, a bunch of these probably don't come out clean for end users. If YouTube and AdSense were separate companies, someone is going to get the bill for the extra layer and that'll likely be creators. Google is a bit odd here because they pretty much funnel everything through AdSense for monetization. Services like Gmail and Search likely won't survive as is without boosted revenue from AdSense being internal. Android could likely survive on its own from its cut a Play Store revenue.  Facebook without Instagram and WhatsApp is still a mess of a company and its ad platform couldn't survive without being an internal resource. What makes Facebook suck is Facebook and being controlled by one humanoid thing. Facebook should never have been allowed to acquire WhatsApp and Instagram.  Amazon's problems are also tricky. That split would likely rise prices on Amazon, but I don't think that's a real bad thing. They're ubiquitous enough that is almost impossible to compete with them. I think I've mentioned it around here before, but the best bet for Amazon is to prohibit then from knocking off their third party sellers. That your can put up a pair of shoes for sale and then have Amazon see how popular they are and provide they're own knockoff version that comes up at the top of the search results is egregious and gross. Also, yes, this is a thing Amazon does ALL THE TIME. Never buy anything Amazon brand.  Allbirds' cofounder just slammed Amazon for selling a lookalike shoe: 'Please steal our approach to sustainability' WWW.BUSINESSINSIDER.COM In an open letter, Allbirds cofounder Joey Zwillinger slammed Amazon for not making shoes with the same sustainability practices as Allbirds.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 14 minutes ago, Jason said:  It's basically invisible on the black theme but it'd look like shit to just put it in a white rectangle. Any ideas? @Nokra?  As so often is the case in life: When you're given a hard problem, sometimes the best thing to do is to stroke it!  1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 You could also just go this route... Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 8 minutes ago, Nokra said: Â As so often is the case in life: When you're given a hard problem, sometimes the best thing to do is to stroke it! Â Â I dig it but now it looks like pixelated shit when I reduce the height to 100 px. Could I bug you to resize it to 100 px height too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Just use the Carl gif 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 The worst part is, in all this mess Trump is upset about 2 things, the PGA and losing his soapbox on Twitter. Not the violent insurrection he caused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 12 hours ago, Jason said: Â Fuck the democrats too. They spent four years hiding arrows in their quiver and not attempting to hold anyone to account. Their hands aren't clean either, the just aren't full of blood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Lol NY to disbar Giuliani on top of impeachment, conviction and further prosecution of Trump would make this so sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 13 hours ago, Uaarkson said: life comes at you fast lmao Not fast enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 On 1/8/2021 at 9:18 PM, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Â Â Â The hell? Civ III was the broken one where elephants could take down tanks. Bad take even if it was made for lulz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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