Hello world (similar worlds) I am new here and so far i like it. The environment on this forum is refreshing. I can see just by browsing for a few hours that many feel comfortable anonymously venting here, asking for advice, etc.. That is a good sign. With censorship being so rampant these days, the ability to have an open, honest discussion is something very sacred. This forum feels the way forums did before 9-11 (add a few modern voices). I like what i see here and i look forward to calling this page home in the future.
@Gusman Thank you 😎 and yes, the diversity in the place is wonderful. Native american culture teaches the philosophy of the rainbow, that diversity is the key to survival. I believe that to be a proper philosophy and i am glad to see a site embracing it for a change.
Harassment is not a good thing, but this website has the block function to prevent that. If someone doesn't like what another has to say, they can simply block them without silencing them. Thats how all social media should be. Now i don't want to give anyone the impression that noone should be censored.. obviously networks like alquida shouldn't be given a platform since that would become a very extreme danger in real life, but common folks sharing ther opinions and talking about topics of discussion that affect our society.. those conversations should be allowed to occur organically without people getting their pages banned for sharing an unpopular opinion.
What! You like it on here? There must be something wrong with you 😏 Jokes aside, welcome to the mothership, and if you participate, post interesting stuff and reply to posts from others, chances are you will meet some very nice and interesting people! 🌷 <== your personal welcome tulip
@helenS Thank you for the welcome. And yes i can already see that you are correct about that. This platform has already allowed me to come into contact with some genuinely wholesome people. It is quite refreshing.
OK. Welcome. But this 'censorship' thing. Do you have any examples? I mean, REAL censorship per the definition. Not a private company creating their own rules. Which we can do in the United States.
@Ynotisay The epoch times getting their printing press in hong kong burnt to the ground for example.. a man ready to testify against hillary clinton shooting himself in the back of the head twice. Alex jones being deplatformed because of his eccentricity doesn't quite feel as nefarious when you look at true silencing of dissent. I will agree with you there, all i am saying is that these companies... they simply have the wrong philosophy on things. I am about done with other forms of social media myself. The problem is that i want to go on those platforms to talk to people about why they are still there, cant boycot a company if noone knows there is a boycot because they dont use the same social network. Ironically enough, the best way to tell people to boycot facebook is by telling the people that are actually using facebook. And of course facebook is going to silence an opinion like that because it costs them money. If they hadn't decided to ban me for stupid shit, constantly targeting every little misstep i made, i wouldnt want them boycotted though. I wouldnt care. They are killing themselves and that is the beauty of capitalism.. so long as there is competition, we dont have to put up with it, we can go somewhere else. I think that is the main frustration these days. Everyone wants an alternative, but everyone was on facebook.. i mean it was as effective for getting ahold of people as the yellow pages. So far.. none of the rival forums and media sites can even come close to that level of connectivity. What facebook offered the world was unique and they fucking killed it. It could have been so much more beneficial to humanity and they turned it into a cesspool.. that is the real frustration here if i am being honest with myself. I loved the idea of what facebook could have been and i still think we as a species need something to fill that void and until something does.. i will continue being a foul mouthed agent of chaos in their heals.
@TruthGate Ah. Now I get it. [i]If they hadn't decided to ban me for stupid shit[/i]... So this is sort of a personal thing? That became "censorship?" OK. That's your thing.
But yeah. Facebook could have been an extraordinary tool. It still is for some in some ways. But PEOPLE turned it in to what it is. And that includes governments around the world who use it as a political tool. There's nations out there where people get the predominance of their information from Facebook. And that information is strictly controlled. Hell, a lot of people in the U.S. rely on Facebook. The addiction is built in to the model. Do they have a choice? They do. Do they use it? Not really.Truthful information isn't as important to some as a "like." We, as societies, get what we deserve. Can't fight that. Most are apathetic. It is what it is. But if you want the idealized version of Facebook, you probably see how that doesn't take place without guardrails or, as some call it, censorship. Don't give the masses too much credit dude. The masses aren't too sharp.
@Ynotisay well yes.. i agree with everything you have said so far. I do have to say though that in the case of facebook, it isn' t *just* a personal vendetta. I have sincere disdain for their business model, its toxic. Further down that rabbithole however i have to admit, it is only toxic because people are. People.. omfg.. people.. " A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it." - Tommy Lee Jones
@Alyosha Coming from someone who constantly gets banned from other platforms for truly idiotic reasons- (big tech doesn't like my opinions) i can say that this environment is preferable compared to other social media sites. I have only been on this forum for a single day but i can see no reason to complain about it. At least here everyone has the ability to express their opinions without being silenced.
@valobasa4ever yea.. the first profile fascade was always meant to be temporary.. i had to weed out the trolls.. Thats also why my first few posts were so brash.
