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Tell me you don't understand computers without telling me you don't understand computers.

calderarrow 5y ago
Senators too! We must end finstas! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGt1Ukg7q4Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGt1Ukg7q4Y
- mediumdeviation 5y ago
  So that quote is actually taken out of context. The Senator knows that finstas are, and is using it to drive a different argument - that Instagram is incentivized to help teenagers bypass parental control https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/1/22704308/finsta-instagram-facebook-privacy-kids-safety-richard-blumenthal-blackburn https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/1/22704308/finsta-instagram... > “Finstas are fake Instagram accounts. Finstas are kids’ secret second accounts. Finstas often are intended to avoid parents’ oversight. Basically, Facebook depends on teens for growth,” Blumenthal said. “Facebook also knows that nearly every teen in the United States has an Instagram account; it can only add more users as fast as there are new 13-year-olds.”
  - rory 5y ago
    Even with the added context, it's pretty clear he has a very limited grasp on how finstas work. It's reasonable to be concerned about that when he is demanding they be banned.
psychometry 5y ago
Tell me you're the Republican governor of a deep red regressive shithole state without telling me you're the Republican governor of a deep red regressive shithole state.
- throwaway0a5e 5y ago
  Authoritarian blue states do this crap too. This has nothing to do with the set of policy positions on your party's official platform and everything to do with being a totalitarian jerk, a characteristic that abounds among politicians and high level government officials in general across many parties and nations.
  - TimTheTinker 5y ago
    Well done. Authoritarianism is alive and well across the political spectrum.
  - atkailash 5y ago
    It’s a consequence of having people 80 years old who can barely write an email and still use Internet Explorer on AOL run things. Party is irrelevant in this case for sure
  - aynyc 5y ago
    Examples?
    - NovemberWhiskey 5y ago
      Cuomo.
      - psychometry 5y ago
        That's a person not an example.
        NovemberWhiskey 5y ago
        It's both! But e.g. https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/3/11/22326532/tough-guy-cuomos-hard-reign-over-mta-shaken-by-growing-scandals https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/3/11/22326532/tough-guy-cuomos-...
        axx0 5y ago
        New York...
vkou 5y ago
He understands computers, but it's easier for him to blame the press for his government's failings. His base laps this sort of thing up.

Senators too! We must end finstas! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGt1Ukg7q4Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGt1Ukg7q4Y

mediumdeviation 5y ago
So that quote is actually taken out of context. The Senator knows that finstas are, and is using it to drive a different argument - that Instagram is incentivized to help teenagers bypass parental control https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/1/22704308/finsta-instagram-facebook-privacy-kids-safety-richard-blumenthal-blackburn https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/1/22704308/finsta-instagram... > “Finstas are fake Instagram accounts. Finstas are kids’ secret second accounts. Finstas often are intended to avoid parents’ oversight. Basically, Facebook depends on teens for growth,” Blumenthal said. “Facebook also knows that nearly every teen in the United States has an Instagram account; it can only add more users as fast as there are new 13-year-olds.”
- rory 5y ago
  Even with the added context, it's pretty clear he has a very limited grasp on how finstas work. It's reasonable to be concerned about that when he is demanding they be banned.

psychometry 5y ago

Tell me you're the Republican governor of a deep red regressive shithole state without telling me you're the Republican governor of a deep red regressive shithole state.

throwaway0a5e 5y ago
Authoritarian blue states do this crap too. This has nothing to do with the set of policy positions on your party's official platform and everything to do with being a totalitarian jerk, a characteristic that abounds among politicians and high level government officials in general across many parties and nations.
- TimTheTinker 5y ago
  Well done. Authoritarianism is alive and well across the political spectrum.
- atkailash 5y ago
  It’s a consequence of having people 80 years old who can barely write an email and still use Internet Explorer on AOL run things. Party is irrelevant in this case for sure
- aynyc 5y ago
  Examples?
  - NovemberWhiskey 5y ago
    Cuomo.
    - psychometry 5y ago
      That's a person not an example.
      - NovemberWhiskey 5y ago
        It's both! But e.g. https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/3/11/22326532/tough-guy-cuomos-hard-reign-over-mta-shaken-by-growing-scandals https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/3/11/22326532/tough-guy-cuomos-...
      - axx0 5y ago
        New York...

vkou 5y ago

He understands computers, but it's easier for him to blame the press for his government's failings. His base laps this sort of thing up.