Bozicus

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I guess so. [/smh]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Spez seems like the kind of person who can’t see other people’s perspectives, and tends to believe that whatever he believes to be true at any given moment is true, even if he believed the opposite ten minutes ago. People like that can be functional members of society only while there’s someone around who will tell the,m “no,” and when you’re the CEO of a large company, it’s easy to ignore criticism. And also, to hire only people who will suck up to you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I read a post by the Beehaw admins a couple weeks ago saying they were talking to the lemmy.world admin about resolving the issues that caused them to defederate, so it’s possible that they were no longer defederated when the post you found was made. My understanding is that automatic updates only happen when users on one instance are subscribed to the community on the other instance, so refederation might not be obvious. I expect they would have cut the cord again over yesterday’s security breach, though.

That’s pure speculation on my part, though, and quite possibly it was some kind of bug. But I am not particularly tech-savvy, so I tend to wonder about non-technical causes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

It is apparently possible to add “threads.net” to a defederation/ban list even though there’s no actual communication yet. It gives peace of mind to people who want to drop the portcullis on all commercial interests. But in practical terms, you’re right, there’s nothing to ban.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Me neither, but I think the point here is that it is better for the fediverse if there’s competition between Meta and Microsoft as well as competition between each of them and the current fediverse.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Wait, what? Target barely even had a Pride campaign this year. They started rolling it out early, then backpedaled so fast and so far that there was basically nothing in June. Certainly nothing that classified as “sexual” to a sane human being. Also, if they’re still claiming there was anything actually trans-body-friendly in children’s sizes, that is pure fiction. As a trans, queer person, I would give Target maybe a C- for LGBTQ+ - friendliness, and that’s giving them the benefit of the doubt. These scumbags are not only morally bankrupt, they’re barking up the wrong tree.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I wasn’t before, but I am now. (This is the first time I have seen it, since I prune my subscriptions like my life depends on it). I suppose it’s inevitable that an online space is going to have assholes, especially once it reaches a certain size, but it’s always disappointing when they show up.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Ugh, that doesn’t sound like a productive conversation for anyone. I’m sorry you had that experience.

To be (un?)fair, there are masculine insecurities that are delusional or unrelated to actual heterosexual relationships, but still difficult to deal with. Like, we might know that women don’t want certain things, but still feel that we ought to be/have those things. A lot of body image issues are irrational on multiple levels, and, in my experience, the irrational ideas are more difficult to deal with than the ones that connect to the real world. Or we might be looking for male partners, who often share and project these irrational expectations. There are queer men who do, in fact, prefer the Thor type to the Loki type. (And, of course, are not women, lol, so that in no way invalidates women’s perspectives, but it contributes to men holding onto that idea).

But saying women’s opinions on male body image problems are somehow incorrect because they don’t reinforce our insecurities, rational or otherwise? No. Just… no. Not when so many guys genuinely do worry about what women want, and welcome feedback from women. I am embarrassed on behalf of the men doing that, and disappointed that it happened.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the heads-up. Apparently my instance (Lemmy.one) hadn’t implemented the feature that introduced the vulnerability, and my profile looks fine, but I am going to be taking extra precautions for a while.

And yeah, I think Reddit has been coasting on a combination of user goodwill and a lack of attention to their privacy policies, and now that they’ve burned all the goodwill and shown a variety of weaknesses… I’m looking forward to seeing the lawsuits roll in over the next few years.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Oof. An apology is nice, but a user-friendly experience would be better. I signed up long ago that I didn’t have to give a driver’s license, but did have to give a checking account, and when I changed my name, they said they would change it on my account if I sent a driver’s license, and I think my legal name change paperwork. Which was doable, but I care more about having some semblance of privacy than I do about having my payment information be accurate. I don’t want anyone to have that much information about me unless I am getting something extremely valuable in exchange. I just think of it as having some random woman paying for my eBay purchases. It’s sort of disturbing to think about how long ago all of that was, lol.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Well, taking the most obviously affected instances down is a good start, anyway.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'd give it at least a day or two to see how things shake out, unless it's really important to you to have that community up all the time.

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