Anyone got a line on a good cabin? Tell the realtor not to call or text me though. I'll only be responding via telegram (not THAT Telegram, dummy) delivered by horse and rider.

What a sham market we have.

Potempkin market.

You know what, I amend that. It's a sham world. When are we collectively going to band together and pull back the curtain on The Great and Powerful Oz?

Hopefully soon. Glad to be standing shoulder to shoulder with you all here pushing for that reveal. 👊

eatthecake, they clearly need you on the marketing team, stat.

I don't think it's a good idea to disable them. I don't want to live in an echo chamber or silence critics. Facing criticism will strengthen worthwhile ideas.

And it would rob the actual users of the instance of the ability to downvote content we don't approve of legitimately.

But I do like that you've been making the voting and vote bombing transparent.

Is there a script or another way to make the voting parties visible to all users rather than just the admin? Or make it so a flood coming from external sources would be visible or filtered in some way?

Thanks for helping to keep things up and running here. Happy to see this place grow with users and content.

It's been great so far. I hope it continues to grow so it becomes more than a fallback. I think it already has succeeded in that to some extent, but I'm looking forward to more on boarding and interaction to the point where most feel they can leave reddit in the rearview for good.

Thanks for your contributions.

Absolutely rubbish company that has nearly cornered the market on venues artists and events and made the entire process of engaging with live entertainment worse and worse as time goes on.

The awful practices of Ticketmaster/Livenation are many, including many things others have already listed as well as an increasing phase-out out of cash and other anonymous payment methods throughout the entire process, including at the actual participating venues themselves.

👍 Yep, it's sad. I can protect them along with the help of my family, friends and community. If not, I will admit failure and live with the consequences. But it's up to me to grow up and build skills and learn patience and responsibility, not the job of others.

Parents need to get back to parenting instead of absolving themselves of what they see as a pesky responsibility of raising the children they produce and putting their lives and impressionable minds in the hands of others, then wondering what went wrong 20-some years on and blaming everyone but themselves.

"Only those who do not seek power are qualified to hold it."

• Plato

"In most cases, those who want power probably shouldn't have it, those who enjoy it probably do so for the wrong reasons, and those who want most to hold on to it don't understand that it's only temporary."

• John C. Maxwell,

Decentralize and make it all permissionless. These self-proclaimed authorities and standards organizations are nothing but state-controlled gatekeepers holding the internet back from its true potential.

+1 here, friend. Spread the word.

Thirdcurring

Dear Meta: 🖕

🚀 Well, this should be interesting.

This is a good approach. Monero works as intended and has a strong use case. Use it when and where you can.

functionality > hype

The general population need to stop recognizing the authority and legitimacy these thugs try to claim for themselves.

I hope we the average people can find ways to put aside all of our petty differences to unite under peaceful opposition to the tyrants and security states and practice civil disobedience by opting out of the liberty and dignity depriving practices like these en mass.

🤣

You've generated a pretty decent discussion right here in this thread you started. Stick around. I think it will continue to grow here.

That's fair. It does seem to be part of his ethos and I shouldn't expect a leopard to change its spots. Guess I'm just interested to see more progress.

If it's profitable this quarter, then I'm in favor of the "moving in silence" bit. If it's not profitable I'd prefer more clarity, at least on the plans. If not from him, then from the company or another representative. The crypto/web3 stuff seems to have stalled a bit waiting for more regulatory clarity. But if it's just the calm before the storm of positive moves, then so be it.

It's absolutely crawling with authoritarians.

I don't care to spend much time determining if people are lefties or righties. Or care whatever other label they may use, because you'll quickly find out that whichever affiliation they claim, they want to control what others do in different aspects of their lives and are not in support of individual liberty, self determination or personal responsibility.

Nice. I support any attempt to get the truth out there and educate people with it.

However, I'd be prepared for some strong resistance if you are going against the legacy media narratives and wouldn't hold too much hope, though I do very much respect the effort and thank you for it all the same.

Wikipedia, in my opinion, is a full-blown propaganda tool of the regime(s) and powers that be at this point and I question what I read there today more than I ever have.