I remember the olden days before social media, when most Internet communities were built around message boards.
Both lightly-moderated and heavily-moderated communities were fun for different reasons, but what I discovered over time was that if moderation falls below a certain point, the result is always pedophiles and Nazis.
As I predicted, #Twitter is basically a few pedophiles short of being the next 4chan.
It's #WorldBookDay in the UK! Obviously focused more on reading books, but here's a graphic on what you're picking up if you sniff them 📚https://www.compoundchem.com/2014/06/01/newoldbooksmell/
@saddestrobots "I think our big Jam Piñata isn't strawberry flavoured after all"
@mattround "I make special rocks do very small, very fast dances by electrocuting them carefully"
@Wildheart_Baby give unto Caesar all that is caesium. and a big cup of water to wash it down with.
Blockchain was an interesting niche tech that was not good for anything practical but was hyped to the rafters by grifters and failed spectacularly.
Generative AI is the new interesting niche tech that's not good for anything practical but is being hyped to the rafters by grifters and will fail spectacularly.
When ordinary people just assume anyone in tech is full of shit, this is why.
Rediscovered Terry Pratchett stories to be published
#GNUTerryPratchett #GoodNews #news #books #bookstodon
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/27/rediscovered-terry-pratchett-stories-to-be-published
@mattround *steals barricade for firewood*
@mattround wait, you guys have potatoes?
Both versions of my @jimllpaintit 10th anniversary picture (Father Jack and the original Regan) are available on my print site http://happytoast.co.uk now and also on http://redbubble.com/people/happytoast for t-shirts
Steve:
frequent overthinker, compulsive fixer, digester-then-explainer, "why?" question relishing father, minor-irritant partner, excessive disassembler, original-form hacker, high-efficiency googler, borderline-competent car-fixer, expert-level car-breaker, faster-by-qwerty communicator, indiscriminate photo-taker, Leatherman owner.