Yea man, car bad, bike good. I get it. It's a no brainer for a thousand reasons. My comment tone was off, for sure.
Yeah, sorry for that sounding anti bike, I had just cracked into an afterwork drink and was a bit jolly.(The lycra comment was unnecessary blanket statement based on the locals in my experience)
I would be 100% cycler if I lived in a place of fully supplied infrastructure. So your point on safety being a barrier is true. I grew up on BMX and MTX in the desert so while bikes have been a major part of my upbringing I never really had to contend with roads.
Generally I just feel we all lose. Bikers don't feel safe and car drivers have an extra obstacle.
The real truth is I don't know why I ended up in this thread. I haven't got any stakes and just got lost.
But you guys keep doin the work, carcentric infrastructure is really annoying.
Is there a place that belongs to drivers who realize all this, yet still get pissed off at bikes, but like, indirectly because their also angry that there isn't infrastructure in place that gets bikes the fuck out of my way?
I respect the grind, y'all, but you're right, I'm absolutely not gonna get in your stupid shoes and lycra just to experience the "pain" myself. I know it's dumb, but the "shared" roads piss me off too. I'll vote on somethin if you show me where.
Yeah, that was my reply to the mods. I had only mentioned an outside entity, no different than the countless twitter, linkedin, gmedd, and drsgme.org posts or comments that encourage outside conversation of GME. The rules 'as stated' only apply to other subreddits.
Will post an update when I get a response
Thing is, I didn't break the rule. it explicitly states other subs. Lemmy is not Reddit, there is no brigading or mention of another subreddit in my comment.
Would there be a difference between my comment, and perhaps, a comment about a Twitter thread or hashtag? hmm...
Censorship in an image
Banned me for speaking about 'Other Subs' even though Lemmy isn't even part of Reddit! XD
Looks like I'm here for a while! Better get myself comfy!
We've got to keep these conversations in as many places as possible. I'm a bit contrarian to the thought that moving GME chat to new spaces is a bad thing or "fracturing"
These are topics that need to be in as many places as possible! Those in power LOVE the fact that we all gather in one dark corner.
We need those fuckers running around like the little Dutch Boy trying to shut down convos in more places than they can manage.
Thanks for the instance! If you know of any other instances or communities relating to DRS or GME, large or small, please share.
Maybe even index all known communities in the sticky and we can really find each other.
I came to Lemmy originally for
GMECanada
which I found on r/gmejungle
Absolutely, if there is any sort of centralisation in any way, it can be corrupted. Corporations will always chase the money or avoid funding being pulled. We have seen time and time again the price can always be met. Someone is always willing to bend against the greater good.
The only way forward is decentralised. Full, non-negotiable ownership of our assets, our communication, and our rights.
And of course, our GME shares :)
A look at the degradation of major social media platforms Post-Sneeze
So, today Reddit API changes are officially implemented and 3rd party is dead.
Coincidentally, Twitter has implemented a read limit on non verified accounts.
And remember all through 2022 any article written about META was about how much money they spent and failed building a venture into Web3?
Ever since the takeover of the bird by Elon, the hair on the back of my neck rose up. I was taken back to the days of the old DD that spoke of total social media shutdown before MOASS. Back then, anytime Reddit servers burped you could rush to Gagnam Style on YouTube and see fresh comments screaming moass. Later WuTang C.R.E.A.M.
Point is, a picture was painted of immediate, total blackout. This isn't the case. Same with the process of MOASS altogether. It's slow. It's been happening, in fact, per continuous DD, we are in it right now. The argument can be made that it was begun as far back as 2020 with our favourite Not-A-Cat.
After Elon bought the bird, the walls between us all began to rise. Previously organic spread and engagement was penned into tiny echo chambers. And his continued promotion of DOGE, seems now like little more than a "Point and laugh at the clown" charade. What better way to discredit Web3 and drill the seed of "Fake silly money" than by having the worlds richest man touting the world's OG meme coin.
At the same time, META was being absolutely thrashed publicly over its venture into Web3 and the metaverse. And throughout 2022 the META ticker saw insane sell/short pressure to add impact to narrative. Now, I'm NO advocate for Meta and Zucc, but they are a massively influential platform with the potential to "Normalize" metaverses and NFTs and onboard millions of people globally. I believe this was a massive threat to those short GME and a way to tack on GameStops own venture into the NFT marketplace and have it dismissed by association.
Before the end of 2022 the rhetoric around NFT, and Crypto was now fully within the public sphere. And only fearful, or mocking mentions remained. CoughFTX
The only thing left was to stop the lightning rod of self and community education around the movements of TradFi institutions. Too many people were watching and learning and reporting. Social media has allowed us to communicate ideas and information, and for that information to spread rapidly. It gets broken down to understandable and transferrable slices even for the most lay minded of us.
There is no bone in my body that could believe that nearly all the biggest social platforms to ever exist would downturn so sharply, all within 18 months of each other, and all post sneeze.
They all shared a common thread: The masses were learning about Web3 and the ability to own your own digital identity, assets, and money. We were learning that we didn't need the middleman.
As soon as the Web3 hate wave simmered and the chatter waned a bit, BlackRock and Fidelity start fresh BTC ETFs and begin to buy up large amounts.
And here we are. At the precipice of it all. On a federated Chat board. Still buying. Still DRSing.
Can't Stop. Won't Stop.
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It's when you look at the business model of these companies that the point really sticks.
Users>Engagement>advertisement
Harvest data>Algo crunch>more engagment>More advertisement
They don't just want more engagment, they NEED engagement. It's their entire operation. These companies have spent BILLIONS developing and studying every possible way to keep you engaged. They need more users, spending more time, providing more data points, for deeper engagement, for more advertising.
Advertisers are the client, YOU are the product. They NEED product.
So why such insane moves to ACTIVELY drive product away? It's inherently opposite of their core models.
Now they seem to want less reach, they want a smaller pool, and tighter narrative moderation.
I believe for Reddit in particular, the moderators were the true targets. They will be replaced with new people willing to steer content their way. And if they lose users, there's that much less moderation that needs to be done.
In a cost>risk>reward equation, what can possibly be considered the lesser risk against losing a substantial crop of users?
I'm using Jerboa, no real access to desktop at the moment.
This test post worked. A longer post, multiple paragraph, would not post over multiple attempts.
I also seem unable to delete this test post. Will make an attempt on desktop when I have an opportunity. It may be a simple malfunction of the app.
Ryan Cohen - RC Ventures Buys 443k more shares - GameStop SEC filing Form 4
This news jumped the stock over 5% in premarket and puts us right back to where we were before the AH earnings dip.
Can't stop. Won't Stop.
Hello from the UK
Found you all in the jungle. Hope we can get this place to grow in numbers and activity!