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721.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
YES. You cannot describe the way those children were treated as anything less than torture.
722.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
You're saying it was purely the sexual assault, and nothing to do with becoming a puppet of Putin?
723.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
That quote has absolutely nothing to do with this conversation, and it's being overused to the point of making it meaningless.
724.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain. That's what happened to Assange. WikiLeaks did some good in the past. Then he became a Russian puppet, and tool of the Trump campaign.
725.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
You're handwaving away things again. Other services are not relevant for this. We're not talking about them. If PeerTube gets the reputation for being the place with kiddie porn, no other creators are going to want to go there. &q
726.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Nobody visits "the internet," though. People visit sites and services on the internet. People aren't going to go to PeerTube because it's decentralized. Viewers will go if there's content they want to watch, and cre
727.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Nobody moved to it, cause nobody knew anyone on it.
728.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
I think most of the content creators also want to be paid for creating the content. I've not seen how PeerTube intends to help with that.
729.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
You're not making videos, though. Thus, you don't really can't speak to what content creators want. And just because people complain about YouTube at times doesn't mean they want a decentralized service. And when they co
730.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Handwaving away criticism by saying, "People in the past have been wrong about things before" isn't really addressing anything.
731.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Until someone puts a bunch of kiddie porn up there. If there's not a reasonable way to take it down, that's a huge issue. Then the absence of censorship might lead to it's downfall.
732.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
I'm not sure that it is. And as it is, no one working on these systems seems to be interested in finding a solution.
733.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
But for most decentralized social networks, the selling point, the focus, has been that it's decentralized. Which tends to point to the idea that most people don't care about decentralization.
734.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
And the part I don't buy is that this is the case. I don't buy that Uber can't afford to treat their employees like people, and if they actually can't, then they need to go out of business so companies that can are able
735.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
"Better targeted ads == less money wasted on ads" You're gonna have to expand more on that point. "less money wasted on ads and more money spent on development" There's no guarantee at all that the money not sp
736.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
I don't buy this argument. Of course a company doesn't want to spend money on their employees, and so they will do whatever they can to avoid it. That doesn't mean they should be able to get away with it. This kind of argumen
737.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Yes, the GDPR is an excellent example of there being too little regulation in an area, allowing ad companies to hoover up every bit of personal information without consequence. The GDPR should have been enacted long ago.
738.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
We absolutely should be fighting for more. But we shouldn't be so hardlined on more that we lose what we have.
739.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
No, we're bashing Uber for exploiting that relationship.
740.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Literally nobody is attacking their ability to drive and make money with Uber. If Uber cuts them off out of spite for regulations, that's entirely on Uber, and Uber alone.
741.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
"People choose to work where they work, right?" People who have the ability to choose get to choose where they work. Many people do not have this freedom of choice. Otherwise people wouldn't continue to work for places that s
742.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
"It actually is the same as killing Uber. Paying a guaranteed above-minimum-wage plus benefits would kill Uber's business model and either drive the company out of business or force it to act just like the cab companies. Either wa
743.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
"Your premises are fictional." And yours isn't? Seriously, everything you're complaining about their argument, can be applied double to yours.
744.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
That is entirely false.
745.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Literally nobody is talking about taking away anyone's ability to drive for Uber. If Uber decides to cut them out of spite for regulations, that's entirely on Uber, and no one else.
746.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
No. The people running these companies are adults, who are fully capable of being responsible for their own actions. They know right from wrong. The fault of exploiting workers is 100000% on them, and them alone.
747.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
I don't think you'll find more instances of overburdensome regulation than you'll find of too little regulation.
748.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
I flat out do not buy this argument. Business is always going to complain about any kind of worker's rights, claiming they'll "kill jobs". Given the record low unemployment rate, I do not believe them.
749.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
The concept is cool, but the website needs far, far, far more information. And having the very first thing you see is a giant "SIGN UP" screen is a pretty big turn off.
750.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Then start earlier. I have no sympathy whatsoever for managers that push crunch on their employees. If the date doesn't get met, that's entirely on management.

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