https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumble_Ball?wprov=sfla1

Optimization feels a lot less optimal when it leads to enshittification. I have worked on the tech side of accounting systems in the US for the last 10 years and can say that American companies have largely embraced this category of innovation as well.

I think there are lot more than 7 to 11 umbrellas that look the same out there 🥸

I propose that human greed leads to the corruption of both capitalist and communist systems in actual practice. The difference is that in capitalism, greed is publically encouraged and publically rewarded, while in communism, greed is publically discouraged and privately rewarded. Inequality is present in both practices ostensibly (with few historical exceptions). Whatever economic systems are implemented by humanity, some people are winners and some are losers.

The question of what system is best cannot be settled by only historical anecdotes. Historical record is too biased towards its own context, though we can look at patterns that have emerged through recorded history to try and achieve a more objective understanding; we have to examine a system as it exists right now. We must accept that no system will be exempt from human greed and focus our efforts on policies that fight against it wherever possible. This is not an enlightened centrist position; this is the position of someone who wants to maximize the number of societal winner and minimize the number of losers.

I mostly agree, and that's the main reason why I'm in favor of remaining federated. Beyond that, I think there may even be some benefit to remaining federated even with people that, as you say, "generally want bad things."

For one, in real life, people who generally want good or bad things are exposed to each other in public. That may lead to some confrontation, and that confrontation could be an opportunity for people to stand up for what's important to them. Digitally, pushing "the bad people" out of public view could encourage them to isolate more among the like-minded and radicalize further.

Second, selectively filtering people out of a largely broad community on the basis of a moral judgement about their intentions shouldn't be a decision made lightly. I am not saying that it's never warranted, or that we should try to be open-minded with people who hold horrifying, dehumanizing beliefs. Good/Bad is a label that seems easily applied in some cases (nazis = bad), but it is not always that clear. For that reason, I believe we should be conservative with defederation.

I find myself having conflicting thoughts about defederation in general.

Much of mainstream social media these days leads to isolation of ideologically-opposed communities from one another and pushes together more like-minded communities ("echo chamber"). I think that's a bad thing.

I don't find Hexbear's culture a good fit for me, and though I share many of the same political sentiments, that's why I'm using lemm.ee and not hexbear.

I would not enjoy it if a large group of alt-righters suddenly federated with us and became a very vocal presence, even if a large number of their users were often polite, because I am so strongly opposed to those politics.

How to balance between an "all or none" approach and avoid perpetuating an echo chamber? I'd say continue bolstering controls for individual users to decide and federate widely for now. The more visibility the instances have among each other, the more overall awareness there will be in the user base of which communities are truly bad actors vs. large, vocal, and a little immature.

Lori Denae - 16 monthly listeners. Kinda Wanna is a great song.

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Are you in Switzerland? Another commenter was mentioning a wool shop with no customers that seemed like a front, lol.

woah now, that is definitely NSFW

No, but this looks super cool.

And that's exactly how I've found myself justifying having 3 different pedals that do delay/reverb in some way (I have 7 pedals on my board in total, lol). But I do find trying out new effects or instruments leads me to write something I wouldn't have otherwise written on an acoustic guitar. "More reverb!"

Nice! Hadn't heard that one before but the demos sound great.

But also, hopefully you have some sick new effects on hand. Pick up anything interesting?

My fellow Lemmy-ite, let me introduce you to the concept of corporate collusion:

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/fight-is-control-realpage-antitrust-litigation-2023-01-10/

Here is a recent and ongoing example of how software services can be used (allegedly) by property management companies to avoid competition for the benefit of all (property management companies).

Apparently so. I was quite surprised by that as well. I imagine it's a service or something that large property management companies use, which seems rather intrusive to me. My experience after renting 6 different apartments in the US across 3 different states is that there are too few protections and options for recourse for tenants. I am a good tenant, in my opinion. I pay my rent on time and do not draw any complaints from my neighbors.

I am currently living in an apartment in Indiana, where I was recently without working plumbing for 5 days. As far as I can tell, there is no way for me to recoup related costs or break the release without involving a lawyer. I reported the details to the city health department, which is as close as I can get to getting the incident on the "permanent record" of the property management company.

One time, the apartment complex I was living at said I was violating my lease for keeping a storage container on my balcony. It was a small, zip up greenhouse with plants in it, which they allowed. When I confronted them about it, they admitted that they only observed it from the ground (I was on the 3rd floor) and that it was fine after all. That "violation" still appears on my rental history today, as the next apartment I rented asked me to explain why there was a violation on my file. Fuck this system.

No they are not. Admins can see them, users cannot, therefore they are not public.

I hope years from now you get to look back on these times as the beginning of something great not only for you, but also for the future of social media on the internet. Your dedication to this project has been admirable, and you are absolutely crushing it.