[1/*] Thanks to Twitter's continuing "we really want the future to look just like the past" social conformity changes, I realized something depressing about computing that I had not considered before. I thought I might share it with you so you can be depressed, too.https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1427706890113495046 …
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[12/*] I'm not sure if that makes me more or less depressed. It's a depressing thought, but maybe also one that is slightly motivating: it means we can always make a new - albeit shortly lived - place free from the demands of social conformity.
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[13/*] We just make a new medium for communication, and for a brief time, before it becomes popular, people will be able to be themselves there. The depressing part is, of course, that it will only last for a short while.
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The belief that individuals need a powerful elite to make decisions “for their own good” is a timeless reflection of lacking faith in humanity. It builds until this power is used for unmistakably selfish and unconscionable ends and then a period of enlightenment follows. Briefly.
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I of course agree. Why do we have to be like this?
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There are still some pockets around the current web where the old practices prevail, like forums and IRC. This isn't really a counterpoint, obviously the web on the whole has and will continue to seek the average of its userbase.
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Yes, definitely not a counterpoint, in fact a bolstering point IMO. Things that do not become mainstream can remain free. It is once the majority of humans decide to use something that it becomes repressive.
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