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#FediBlock snarfed.org and brid.gy for bridging fediverse folks to Bluesky against their will (and in likely contravention of GDPR in the EU) with typical Silicon Valley techbro sense of entitlement:
“[O]pt in results in far fewer users, and users are critical for a bridge to be useful.”¹
Relevant GitHub issue: https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/835
¹ https://snarfed.org/2023-11-27_re-introducing-bridgy-fed
HT @homegrown
#bridgy #snarfed #fediverse #mastodon #bluesky #bridging #optOut #optIn #consent #gdpr #eu #SiliconValley #techbros
Opt-out is a terrible default and should be reconsidered · Issue #835 · snarfed/bridgy-fed
It should be pretty obvious that a decentralized network that many use specifically to not be connected to centralized networks houses mostly people who do not wish to have their posts bridged to B...GitHub
Afterlives of the Californian Ideology| Afterlives of the Californian Ideology: Tech Movements, Pioneer Communities, and Imaginaries of Digital Futures—Introduction
The Californian Ideology has been a buzzword for criticizing the tech industry in Silicon Valley for almost 30 years.t.co
#OpenWeb
#Privacy
#Encryption
https://www.skabash.com/why-tech-bro-rules-the-world/
This is it, I’ve found the worst article on the Internet. I’m not even sure a shower is going to help. I might be permanently damaged. Read at your own risk. Oh gawd…
#techBros #SiliconValley #douchebagWorship
Why tech bro rules the world: How to become one of them
A young man meets with a young lady he likes for the first time, and while exchanging pleasantries and knowing themselves, the lady asks: "Are you a tech bro?Gabriel Ntoka (Skabash!)
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/12/twitter-rival-mastodon-rejects-funding-to-preserve-nonprofit-status/
Twitter rival Mastodon rejects funding to preserve nonprofit status
Open-source microblogging site has seen surge of interest since Musk took over Twitter.Ars Technica
https://www.bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/surveillance-capitalism-has-led-us-into-a-dystopia/p06p0tdy
(Where we differ with Shoshana, who coined the former term, is that she sees it as a corruption of capitalism, whereas I see it as the natural evolution of capitalism in the digital network age.)
#surveillanceCapitalism #peopleFarming #BigTech #VentureCapital #SiliconValley #surveillance #capitalism #corporatocracy
'Surveillance capitalism has led us into a dystopia' - BBC Ideas
Watch the "'Surveillance capitalism has led us into a dystopia'" video at BBC Ideas. Explore other related content via our curated "Artificial intelligence: What kind of world do we want?" playlist.www.bbc.co.uk