This bill creates a task force “The purpose of the task force shall be to detect, disrupt, and dismantle illicit marketplaces.”

Rick Moranis, I’m speaking directly to you because I know in my heart you are using Lemmy.

hi it’s me rick thank you for continuing to believe in me it’s children like you that keep the christmas magic alive

Not gonna jump on a Kickstarter but I like the idea behind this. Does anyone have experience with these automatic brake lights? They don’t seem like the best idea to me but I’m open to being convinced.

great vid!

Exactly, otherwise it’s just, well, scrolling.

Right exactly. A “community” like /r/conservative can’t really exist on the Fediverse in the same way because it’s current function depends on outsiders to engage with.

I started off strongly disagreeing but you make a good point. I think I would honestly be “happy” to see something like /r/conservative move to a decentralized platform (though that might be a bad example because it’s purpose is more of a propoganda-spreader than a true “community”).

I agree, like I said I fully own that I was being pedantic over definitions.

Yeah absolutely, and woo pedantry that’s on me for oversimplifying. I do recall reading (I can’t find it right now) an essay where he said that “enshittification” as he describes it can happen in any situation where an entity has trapped both consumers and businesses but that it’s more common with tech companies because they move faster than regulations do.

things simply getting worse doesn’t fit my understanding,

fwiw I totally agree but if I may play an uno-reverse-pedantry card on you, Cory has said he doesn’t care if someone uses the word to simply mean “gets shitty”.

As long as we agree that the term “enshittification” describes a failure of capitalism (and not it’s “MO”).

I know Cory Doctorow (who coined the term) has said that he doesn’t mind if people use the term “enshittification” to simply mean “product gets worse”, but the definition he gave it specifically refers to anti-capitalistic practices (what he calls “technofeudalism”).

“Enshittificiation” as described by Doctorow hurts businesses too. “Capitalism” definitionally implies the presence of a competitive market. “Enshittification” (like you said nothing new) describes what happens when a market is no longer competitive because it controlled by a single entity (monopoly). “Enshittification” happens when the government stops enforcing laws that protect free markets and allow capitalism to break down.

Sorry for being a pedant but I see those words gets thrown around a lot in ways that IMO can muddle the meaning.

It got cloudy

Not liking someone is not a good reason to root against decentralized platforms, IMO. The entire point of decentralization is that nobody gets to control the experience and who is/isn’t allowed to participate.

Unless he joins fedia.io you don’t really get a say in what he does… kind of the entire point behind decentralization…

It’s also an avenue for attacks.

The growth of the network*

There are many platforms in the Fediverse. The fact that the network can survive the collapse of one platform is a strength of decentralization. The Lemmy/mbin/piefed universe can only ever be exactly as big as we, the users, want it to be.

Ah yes, famous coward Harvey Milk /s

Greetings fellow /u/kirk, nice bike!

Um are you aware what community this is

You are correct and I don’t mean to shame but it has been their goal for 7 years now since the redesign in 2018.