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The social media company, which no longer has a communications team, did not respond to WIRED’s request for comment. Elon Musk has set the platform’s press contact email to automatically respond to queries with a poop emoji.
For me that's 2000s era internet forums, run by weirdos on the internet for the community and for their own vain desires, instead of giant conglomerated social media companies run purely for the...
For me that's 2000s era internet forums, run by weirdos on the internet for the community and for their own vain desires, instead of giant conglomerated social media companies run purely for the soulless drive for profit.
The forum admins weren't always good at running their forums, and most of the time were downright bizarre in their actions, but it was a human bizarre, not a bizarre that is the outcome of algorithms and scaling up communities for profitability.
When I think of old internet I'm generally thinking of a time when it was not easy to publish and divulge information without payment and/or technical expertise.
When I think of old internet I'm generally thinking of a time when it was not easy to publish and divulge information without payment and/or technical expertise.
Regulators are using an AI system to scan websites and messaging apps to find pornography. Creators face fines and potential prison sentences.
Pornography isn’t illegal in Germany, but in recent years the nation’s media authorities have been taking action against pornography that is not protected by age verification technologies, which require people to prove they are over 18 before they can see any adult photos or videos. Officials have ordered Twitter to block accounts and tried to impose a block on one of the world’s biggest porn websites for the entire German population.
Side note about Elon Musk being a child:
Wow. I thought that was a joke.
...Jesus wept.
Every time I hear a story like this I miss the old internet more.
Define "old internet".
For me that's 2000s era internet forums, run by weirdos on the internet for the community and for their own vain desires, instead of giant conglomerated social media companies run purely for the soulless drive for profit.
The forum admins weren't always good at running their forums, and most of the time were downright bizarre in their actions, but it was a human bizarre, not a bizarre that is the outcome of algorithms and scaling up communities for profitability.
When I think of old internet I'm generally thinking of a time when it was not easy to publish and divulge information without payment and/or technical expertise.