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That’s not poison. Thats helping them profile you. 🤔

Lots of great software ideas out there. It’s always the execution, availability of resources, and the reality of capitalism getting in the way.

How many of these have moderation issues? Like, unwanted content uploads and stuff. How many expose you to accidentally hosting illicit content?

Platforms should beheld partially responsible. They enable creators like this through algorithms.

I don’t disagree. We need better tools for this.

The problem is making sure these tools are not used as tools of the state for tracking.

I think it has become increasingly clear that letting platforms off the hook has been really bad for society across the world across many dimensions. We need something in the middle of zero responsibility and full responsibility.

Parents, right? That’s always the solution to platforms.

Edit: all the ironic upvotes. I was being sarcastic. Parents won’t keep their predator sons and daughters off Roblox.

I’m not putting it aside to dismiss the idea that it’s bad. I was doing so just for the sake of conversation. You’re really overreacting to conversation.

This age verification stuff is an invasion of privacy, and we should have a better answer to the claims that it is the only way to put in protection on the platform side. “Parents” is not the answer to the platform’s responsibility here as a facilitator who profits from facilitating.

Age verification systems are invasive and harm privacy AND it’s weird that we think platforms should be all ages with no serious/effective barriers. It’s weird that we just act like there is no solution, and bemoan parents.

I was quite clear about switching the topic focus.

Ok, let’s say it is. They just want to invade our privacy. Now set that aside.

On a separate topic: What’s an alternative solution for the “there’s porn on the playground” problem that discord has? They are participants in it, they are facilitators. They shouldn’t be immune. Giving platforms a pass on things like this is pernicious. Giving platforms a pass is why Elon Musk thinks he can get away with CSAM generators.

Right, it’s weird that parents let kids play on platforms that have porn on them. Something needs to be done, maybe we should go after the parents instead.

Or is the answer just saying parents should do something and then do nothing? We need a clever solution that does not involve sharing proof of identity… any ideas? Banning adult content completely would work too.

Because Elon Musk loves mixing kids and porn.

Edit: it’s so fucking stupid and contradictory that this comment has upvotes and my other comments in this thread don’t.

They all say the same thing. Mixing kids and porn is weird. Discord mixes kids and porn too. Elon just enjoys it.

People love sharing porn in discord tho. That’s why this is happening.

I noticed a little over a decade ago that there was an uptick in discourse over conspiracy theories and a muddying of the waters around them. And it became clear to me that there was an upside for those participating in secret dealings to foment more and more conspiracy talk etc. The more noise, the better.

I feel like the Epstein files release confirms the vibe I got. The right really does want everyone stupid and confused. 4chan, Reddit, and later Joe Rogan and X are all tools in this effort.

Tech companies shouldn’t have these sorts of algorithmic profiles of people. It’s manipulation.

Indoctrination.