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No it doesn't help with anything. Now Youtube is free to remove whatever content it deems unfit for its platform of course. I was curious about what bump stocks

by camus2 9y ago

No it doesn't help with anything. Now Youtube is free to remove whatever content it deems unfit for its platform of course. I was curious about what bump stocks were so I looked a few of these videos for education purposes, some were actually interesting. The next few years, specifically the next general elections/presidential elections in US will be very interesting from a web stand point. I'm ready to witness Facebook,Twitter and Youtube being extremely heavy handed when it comes to removing content that doesn't fit their political agenda, whatever it is. Some will cry "censorship", but we are in that situation specifically because users let these monopolies grow so big there is no competition whatsoever. The web was meant to be decentralized, and it still is, it requires effort, it requires people going back to sharing links on their websites instead of eyeing for SEO, using RSS to aggregate news instead of relying on Facebook or Google,Email protocols, XMPP,P2P ... there are solutions, simple ones. Google,Facebook and co are not mandatory when it comes to the dissemination of information, we just rely on them...

KGIII 9y ago
I make it a point to rely on those services as little as possible, while maintaining some level of control. I do use Google, including their email, but keep a local storage copy. I don't have any social media accounts, by normal definitions of social media. I try to rely on more open options, except where the value is such that I'll concede. As for the political aspect, it's reaching the point where these monolithic entities are exerting power. I recently had the occasion to watch regular network news and the difference in tone, when compared to online news sources, is palpable. What this will result in, I am not sure. I do think it marks a shift in culture and that our last election is just a signifier of the coming change. I try to be charitable, so I will point out that it's not often we get to witness so much social change effected in just a single lifetime. Usually, abrupt changes are accompanied with violence, coups, and upheaval. We shall see...
numismatex 9y ago
They'll be filled in with torrents, and books ala the 1980s and 1990s HPACV (hacking, phreaking, anarchy, cracking, and virii) scene for sure, not to mention Physibles models in other places as well. And likely decentralized services that are based on cryptotokens will be harder to regulate.

by camus2 9y ago

KGIII 9y ago

I make it a point to rely on those services as little as possible, while maintaining some level of control. I do use Google, including their email, but keep a local storage copy. I don't have any social media accounts, by normal definitions of social media. I try to rely on more open options, except where the value is such that I'll concede. As for the political aspect, it's reaching the point where these monolithic entities are exerting power. I recently had the occasion to watch regular network news and the difference in tone, when compared to online news sources, is palpable. What this will result in, I am not sure. I do think it marks a shift in culture and that our last election is just a signifier of the coming change. I try to be charitable, so I will point out that it's not often we get to witness so much social change effected in just a single lifetime. Usually, abrupt changes are accompanied with violence, coups, and upheaval. We shall see...

numismatex 9y ago

They'll be filled in with torrents, and books ala the 1980s and 1990s HPACV (hacking, phreaking, anarchy, cracking, and virii) scene for sure, not to mention Physibles models in other places as well. And likely decentralized services that are based on cryptotokens will be harder to regulate.