Yeah, that seems like it would have too much perverse incentive for admins to ban users they don’t like, both to remove them and get money for doing so.

Damn, I thought they were going out in a blaze of glory weekendgunnit style on the first glance. Self-immolating a sub instead of just returning to the new status quo is more effective than this blackout will ever be.

Also don’t forget to remove the plastic film(s) they put on the CPU/Cooler and everywhere else!

Only becomes a problem if commenters/posters get out of hand. On a more mild topic like self-hosting it’s probably not a massive issue for the foreseeable future.

I was about to say, it’s the same system Reddit has just about, except instead of a corporation having your data, it’s just some rando with a server.

I haven’t dug into the Lemmy system at all, but would it not be possible for the server owner or other users to run a lemmy version of reveddit? Might not be a system by default, but I’d assume any system with direct access to the data can copy it over to a 3rd party no problem.

That always confused me as a child, since it was super easy to just test it for yourself. Turned out salt tasted salty regardless of where on your tongue it was, the same for the rest of the flavors.

But at the same time, deflating the sales of the product has the risk of prompting the company to not continue with a franchise or employ those developers in the future.

Wireless charging?

AI has the potential to be the most powerful propaganda machine the world has ever known. The ability to seamlessly jump into conversations and actively steer them towards the owner’s target position en masse is terrifying. Add to that the ability for the AI to swarm dissenters with dozens or even hundreds of sock puppet accounts, creating manufactured consensus is undoubtedly already being done by people on a smaller scale, and definitely being tested by state and corporate actors to use for a variety of targets and subjects.