Normification is a facet of our undemocratic capitalism. As you see yourself as a consumer of the internet and not a citizen, you mostly assume that a thing being

1. popular
2. monetizable
3. and convenient

is always preferable.

So the internet continues to have a huge potential to host many cool places, but

1. they can’t reach users that might be interested
2. gaining support from small donations is difficult
3. and they can’t integrate a complete set of features, accessibility, design and content moderation.

If you ask an average internet user about these places, it’s a common response to say they’re weird as in not normal. If you dig a bit for what they mean, it’s usually the above. Nobody is there, it can’t make money and it doesn’t have all the things.

We would be better than ever, if not for the normification.

#1 Maduro fan in the US

Remember when you payed for software and then it was yours forever?

I can’t believe they’ll put this on windows 10 pro.

Shareholders want the CEO that gets them more money. If that person doesn’t deliver, they don’t ask why, they ask when. If they don’t like the answer, they get a new CEO. Rinse repeat, here we are.

Except Zuckerberg, of course. He’s just evil.

excuse me wtf

I’ve used linux on the side for years. In my experience, people talking about it usually forget to mention issues that might be fatal flaws for someone. Like audio sources not being saved between reboots or monitor resolution seeming a bit off. You have to go in expecting problems and being comfortable with that. If you’re the kind of person that’s going to blame linux when the first thing goes wrong, it will and you’ll want to go back to windows. And then windows will also have problems but more people will be able to help you.

Edit all your posts leaving your own message explaining why you’re removing your content. There are tools to do that that made the rounds a year ago.

Maybe the EU will eventually extend these rules to the iPad. I’ve already tried installing from the epic website and the process is not that bad.

Only for EU iPhones, right?

Why does google feel like they’re playing squid games inside the company? Just with AI overlords besides the rich psychopaths.

Cat and mouse game, it’s better to DNS block ads.

Not saying it’s the bots… but it’s the bots, isn’t it?

Project 2025 ruined Trump’s ability to say the thing without saying the thing.

It also feels that the money starts pouring in once a content creator taps towards the right. Much like criticism comes knocking if you go left.

That’s literally how the alt right works. Spot the right environment where things can gradually escalate from a comment or a private message.

Haven’t watched it, looks like room-temperature IQ reaction content. Which can be really popular, I guess.

Did you just homer simpsoned a headline? 😅

“btw I’m not a threat to democracy, you’re a threat to democracy”