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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluesky made more money selling T-shirts mocking Mark Zuckerberg in one day than it has in two years of selling custom domains⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s all well and good, but the problem remains: Namely, the fact that Meta earns far more every day than all companies worldwide earn from the sale of T-shirts put together - much,much more. And Meta pretty much doesn’t even sell anything (Oculus, c’mon). They mainly just sell massive reach for advertisements and PR (influencing opinions). In addition they sell, the personal data of users to make it work devilishly acuarate. As long as the vast majority don’t care how this business model works and what power the centralization of attention means for their reality, nothing will change, I’m afraid.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DNA testing firm 23andMe files for bankruptcy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, just terrible management. You could have just made good money, but no, there has to be more. So excessive greed at any price - now it’s just bankruptcy. But I’m sure that won’t bother the senior management: they’ve already put their millions in a safe place and will simply move on. The next company that needs their outstanding business management is bound to come along…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So jussi⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, yes, the good old HAns RIegel BOnns.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Fediverse Isn’t the Future. It’s the Present We’ve Been Denied.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Because the advertising business is highly centralized. Getting sponsorships is not as easy as you think.

  An example: YouTube pays content producers per click, so to speak, a ridiculously small amount, but in total, with billions of clicks, a crazy amount. The money to finance this comes largely from advertising revenue (also Google’s main business model). They are the Gatekeepers so to speak.

  But the content producers can’t live off this because Google keeps most of it for itself. They do give people the opportunity to find sponsors themselves tho - and that’s how people actually make the most money. But you have to find them for yourself or through intermediaries (that’s an industry in itself). This is only realistic if you have sufficient reach (subscribers in the example). And that, in turn, is only possible if you have already invested hundreds of hours in the production of content (you can’t make a living if you don’t get paid for that).

  So I think it would be best if the platforms themselves were powerful enough in terms of reach to be able to negotiate well with advertisers. But not as powerful as Google, for example, who can afford to pay content producers a pittance because - unlike small platforms - they are not dependent on them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Fediverse Isn’t the Future. It’s the Present We’ve Been Denied.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think we should be realistic. Content costs money because it requires a lot of effort. It’s naïve to think that content would just be created because people feel like posting something. If the Fediverse is to compete with companies like meta, this is only possible if there are opportunities for content creators to earn money. That should be self-evident, but it obviously isn’t here.

  I’m not saying it’s necessary, but it is if the Fediverse is to have mainstream appeal.

  Simply because the absolute majority of people are out and about where everyone is. And that’s where the content ist. And that’s the point: if you want good content, it costs money. It’s not just corporations that make a living from it.

  What I want to say is this: The Fediverse could provide fairer conditions for the people who produce content. That makes sense and is necessary because the Internet lives from that.

  I just don’t understand why people here don’t want to realize that work has to be paid for. That’s really strange.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Victory after all⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks again, I’ll give it a try.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Victory after all⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Indeed, thy can live in peace as the beast was slain by the mighty gaze of a hero.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Victory after all⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you. It may be a small victory, but an important one.

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sooo, where did the blatant Nazism suddenly come from?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think, at least for those in their ranks who are not (yet) convinced Nazis anyway, it’s a similar principle to the mafia: the newly recruited opportunists have to publicly spout Nazi slogans to prove themselves - just as a soldier in the Cosa Nostral has to have committed a serious crime, many particularly serious ones, if he ever want to become a “capo”.

  Like other criminal organizations, MAGA tries to protect itself from potential informants, I think. If you only recruit people who are unscrupulous enough to openly admit to this Nazi bullshit, there’s less chance of someone having a conscience and making all their shady dealings public.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple to use Chinese giant Alibaba’s AI in iPhones⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  True that. It’s the lesser evil. That would probably even be the case if it wasn’t just a deal for the Chinese market.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the capital of France?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not in the robro revolution tho

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨oahsa rocks guys⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Didn’t even have to check the link to know what it was. Classics.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump cosplaying⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Back in 2017, I didn’t understand how an extremely wealthy heir to a billion-dollar fortune (and regardless of all his business failures) could present himself as the candidate of the little people. Today, after Trump was president and - of course - only made policy changes for the rich, I understand it even less. What is this photo-op all about? Are there seriously still people who don’t understand that Trump has never represented the middle class - or even the working class? You can’t be serious, dear US citizens.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I know. I did not downvote and I really don’t get why people feel the need to. Your comment is completely accurate - it makes no sense to impute any intentions to these people in disguise. My only point was that the people in the photo should not appear like that for the election in any case.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Be that as it may, people wearing masks or costumes have no place in a polling station.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Never forget.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wut?