My best guess (and to be clear, this is a guess): Google decided they could no longer effectively identify and swat away SEO slop, and figured that just massively nerfing brand new domains was their next best option.
this makes a lot of sense if you've tried searching for literally anything nowadays – most of the results are generated AI slop for the specific keywords you've searched for – can only imagine the nightmare if you could do this for a whole domain subtree – such a shame that because of slop actually useful wikis have to suffer – abs atrocious
I mean I think this is a good opportunity to discuss what an alternative to cops hounding them down would be?
and like why would they choose to entertain themselves by putting others in danger? do they feel part of a community by being daring and reckless which they can't get by doing things that contribute positively to society? and if so why is that?
and would adding more cops actually resolve the underlying issue of alienation or would it just embolden them more by creating more exciting situations?
i know this sounds super theorethetical but it's not like we live in an anarchist utopia that doesn't have any cops – Birmingham police force has actually increased by over 25% over the last 10 years – how come these incidents have become more frequent not less if all that was needed was more cops?
no, so many girls do – that's totally valid – but imo it's important to recognise why people focus on the misogyny – Hermione exists in the story to almost exclusively serve the boys (the one time she doesn't ie SPEW she is mocked and ridiculed for it) – and the fact that she's very competent is inspirational in a vaccum – but she still ultimately fits very neatly into her designated caretaker role under patriarchy – which is inherently regressive and misogynistic
so I guess my point is that it's still useful to admire Hermione for what she could represent while moving on from HP to read better written characters – eg Takver from The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin
Hermione was written as a know-it-all goody-two-shoes that while useful to the boys for being smart (and a convenient love interest) was still presented as a silly character that, get this, wanted to end slavery lol – so she had to be taught that actually slaves don't mind being slaves they just don't like having bad slave owners – so she needs to stop being so unreasonably emotional about it and just shut up
you do you - but I wonder what does your friend do with the chicks from fertilised eggs? or do they not have a rooster? and if so where do they get their replacement chickens? and if so what do those breeders do with their male chicks?
and again I'm of the opinion that its better 90% of people go mostly veggie than 10% go fully vegan (from a practical point of view) but I'm also of the opinion that being annoying about veganism isn't like a cardinal sin - people are annoying for much less important things
and yh while I agree that there can be less moral vegans than carnists (eg if you're a vegan exploiting people) - I would still rate most vegans as more moral than most carnists - since in my experience most vegans do it because of empathy not because of brownie points - from the outside it may seem different but you also have to recognise just how carnist society is and how jaded vegans become when they are faced with the same arguments day in and day out - when their cause (that is the single most beneficial thing one can individually do for people, animals and planet) gets dismissed as "uppity" - and it's quite hard to not lose your cool when every time some mentions bacon the first thing that pops into your mind is the hellish sound of pigs screaming as they die an excruciating death for the sole benefit of hedonistic pleasure
I feel you should take more issue with "workmen rip out 'lovely' alley" - as if working class people just up and decided to rip plants out when it was a bureaucrat somewhere signing off on this getting tore down - who is now not even willing to come out and admit sighning it...
would you say the same for ICE? they also recruit from poor migrant communities because they're most desperate and the pay and perks are good - would you say they're justified in joining and terrorising the ones that didn't?
and while I 100% agree that propaganda and the system failing them is the main reason driving that - we don't counter the propaganda by normalising the poor-to-terrorist pipeline as "well the system sucks but you gotta do what you gotta do" - there are red lines and if we could collectively resist them - we starve the system from being able to force people into the meat grinder
Something this article weirdly doesn't touch on is the overtly racist and white supremacist thread running through all of this
The post included pictures of Griner as well as Courtney Williams (Minnesota Lynx), Natasha Cloud (Chicago Sky), Alyssa Thomas (Phoenix Mercury) and Crystal Dangerfield (formerly of the Dallas Wings, she currently plays for a Turkish basketball club).
all of these athletes are people of colour
and I'm sure its a coincidence that the WNBA terf queen is a blue eyed blonde white woman...
look you obviously don't do grassroots political organising if you're asking such silly questions - this whole thread was about you thinking numberless signal accounts aren't useful - and being more worried about your made up spam boogieman - than the actual threat of fascistic state violence
prepaid sims exist, yes briar exists but it's not viable when people need to communicate over whole city distances (eg for spotting), if the cops can connect your burner to your actual ID at an anti-ICE protest - they can very easily raid your house after the fact - and no they don't even need a warrant due to the extraordinarily powers given to "anti-terror" police forces.
please touch grass and stop being an armchair security expert and let the adults think about applied security in the real world
huh? you can't see the difference between a grapheneos burner linked to a gov ID backed phone number and one that isn't?
like what happens when you go to a protest and they pull out a Stingray and get your IMEI+ICCID down that's directly linked to you? you're telling me you don't see any issues with cops/ICE being able to know exactly who goes where?
this has strong "I don't need freedom of speech because I have nothing to say" vibes - it's fine if you don't see the value but I can assure there very much is
tbf as the other commenter pointed out FreeBSD might introduce slop at any point even if they're holding off for now so I wouldn't put my eggs in that basket
also steam definitely uses AI for development (so does Blender as well as KDE stuff like Krita) so you really should be avoiding them anyways
also the OS is still being actively developed by very passionate people that truly care about software so supporting one of the last bastions of hope against clankers just makes you feel giggly and good ^°^
i think their guess is right on the money
this makes a lot of sense if you've tried searching for literally anything nowadays – most of the results are generated AI slop for the specific keywords you've searched for – can only imagine the nightmare if you could do this for a whole domain subtree – such a shame that because of slop actually useful wikis have to suffer – abs atrocious
I mean I think this is a good opportunity to discuss what an alternative to cops hounding them down would be?
and like why would they choose to entertain themselves by putting others in danger? do they feel part of a community by being daring and reckless which they can't get by doing things that contribute positively to society? and if so why is that?
and would adding more cops actually resolve the underlying issue of alienation or would it just embolden them more by creating more exciting situations?
i know this sounds super theorethetical but it's not like we live in an anarchist utopia that doesn't have any cops – Birmingham police force has actually increased by over 25% over the last 10 years – how come these incidents have become more frequent not less if all that was needed was more cops?
no, so many girls do – that's totally valid – but imo it's important to recognise why people focus on the misogyny – Hermione exists in the story to almost exclusively serve the boys (the one time she doesn't ie SPEW she is mocked and ridiculed for it) – and the fact that she's very competent is inspirational in a vaccum – but she still ultimately fits very neatly into her designated caretaker role under patriarchy – which is inherently regressive and misogynistic
so I guess my point is that it's still useful to admire Hermione for what she could represent while moving on from HP to read better written characters – eg Takver from The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin
Hermione was written as a know-it-all goody-two-shoes that while useful to the boys for being smart (and a convenient love interest) was still presented as a silly character that, get this, wanted to end slavery lol – so she had to be taught that actually slaves don't mind being slaves they just don't like having bad slave owners – so she needs to stop being so unreasonably emotional about it and just shut up
you do you - but I wonder what does your friend do with the chicks from fertilised eggs? or do they not have a rooster? and if so where do they get their replacement chickens? and if so what do those breeders do with their male chicks?
and again I'm of the opinion that its better 90% of people go mostly veggie than 10% go fully vegan (from a practical point of view) but I'm also of the opinion that being annoying about veganism isn't like a cardinal sin - people are annoying for much less important things
and yh while I agree that there can be less moral vegans than carnists (eg if you're a vegan exploiting people) - I would still rate most vegans as more moral than most carnists - since in my experience most vegans do it because of empathy not because of brownie points - from the outside it may seem different but you also have to recognise just how carnist society is and how jaded vegans become when they are faced with the same arguments day in and day out - when their cause (that is the single most beneficial thing one can individually do for people, animals and planet) gets dismissed as "uppity" - and it's quite hard to not lose your cool when every time some mentions bacon the first thing that pops into your mind is the hellish sound of pigs screaming as they die an excruciating death for the sole benefit of hedonistic pleasure
I feel you should take more issue with "workmen rip out 'lovely' alley" - as if working class people just up and decided to rip plants out when it was a bureaucrat somewhere signing off on this getting tore down - who is now not even willing to come out and admit sighning it...
wait are you a vegan trying to tell other vegans how to do better messaging or a carnist?
would you say the same for ICE? they also recruit from poor migrant communities because they're most desperate and the pay and perks are good - would you say they're justified in joining and terrorising the ones that didn't?
and while I 100% agree that propaganda and the system failing them is the main reason driving that - we don't counter the propaganda by normalising the poor-to-terrorist pipeline as "well the system sucks but you gotta do what you gotta do" - there are red lines and if we could collectively resist them - we starve the system from being able to force people into the meat grinder
Just to point out – Mark Ruffalo is being smeared for being anti-zionist but he's not Jewish
this mans warcrimes have no end
Something this article weirdly doesn't touch on is the overtly racist and white supremacist thread running through all of this
all of these athletes are people of colour
and I'm sure its a coincidence that the WNBA terf queen is a blue eyed blonde white woman...
well, even the brownshirts didn't survive
https://twitter.now/
vibe coded slop asking for $20 bucks to sign up.. i think I'm okay
OP learns about consent..
look you obviously don't do grassroots political organising if you're asking such silly questions - this whole thread was about you thinking numberless signal accounts aren't useful - and being more worried about your made up spam boogieman - than the actual threat of fascistic state violence
prepaid sims exist, yes briar exists but it's not viable when people need to communicate over whole city distances (eg for spotting), if the cops can connect your burner to your actual ID at an anti-ICE protest - they can very easily raid your house after the fact - and no they don't even need a warrant due to the extraordinarily powers given to "anti-terror" police forces.
please touch grass and stop being an armchair security expert and let the adults think about applied security in the real world
ah yes the paranoia of documented evidence...
i wish I could live in your fantasy land where fascists weren't in power and being an antifascist wasn't a terrorism offence
huh? you can't see the difference between a grapheneos burner linked to a gov ID backed phone number and one that isn't?
like what happens when you go to a protest and they pull out a Stingray and get your IMEI+ICCID down that's directly linked to you? you're telling me you don't see any issues with cops/ICE being able to know exactly who goes where?
this has strong "I don't need freedom of speech because I have nothing to say" vibes - it's fine if you don't see the value but I can assure there very much is
tbf as the other commenter pointed out FreeBSD might introduce slop at any point even if they're holding off for now so I wouldn't put my eggs in that basket
also steam definitely uses AI for development (so does Blender as well as KDE stuff like Krita) so you really should be avoiding them anyways
fortunately we're blessed to exist at the same time as 9front that's actually taken a stance on being free of slop <3
for art things paint(1) is an amazing drawing tool and if you're into gaming there's timeless classics like pokemon, doom and wipeout
also the OS is still being actively developed by very passionate people that truly care about software so supporting one of the last bastions of hope against clankers just makes you feel giggly and good ^°^
not that its surprising as most people are but just fyi P&P creators are lowkey transphobic ;(