Ah, you replied while I was reading and writing my edit. It works better as a reply here.

Out of curiosity, I’ve even given you the benefit of a doubt and looked through your reddit link you provided to someone else. Some of the examples provided there I have even heard of like the resulting AARoads wiki and the “definition of recession” controversy, but it does seem overshadowed by a mountain of spurious sources and examples.

I see references to bad moderation, and examples of incidents, some verifiable. This isn’t surprising, nor would I try to dispute it.

I see claims of manipulation of the rules, that there are people who try to goad others into enforcement traps. And while there’s no solid evidence, I don’t doubt that.

What I’m not seeing is any suggestion of a solution. Wikipedia has a slew of rigorous mechanisms to allow for community moderation, resolution/stoppage of edit wars, and well documented escalation paths. It has flaws, and it is a work of volunteers with inherent biases, hence the systems to address them. Instead of curating a list of deficiencies, it may be more effective to start building a list of potential solutions to the deficiencies at hand. If you were to take the existing model of Wikipedia, it’s rules, it’s moderation… What would you change to improve it? And more importantly, how?

Do you have a reliable source or examples for this toxicity, or is not being able to spread misinformation due to the rule of sourcing your claims the toxicity you’re alluding to? No human structure will ever be perfect, but Wikipedia is a whole lot more credible than the organization that’s currently threatening them, and the wackos celebrating it.

Edit: Out of curiosity, I’ve even given you the benefit of a doubt and looked through your reddit link you provided to someone else. Some of the examples provided there I have even heard of like the resulting AARoads wiki and the “definition of recession” controversy, but it does seem overshadowed by a mountain of spurious sources and examples.

I see references to bad moderation, and examples of incidents, some verifiable. This isn’t surprising, nor would I try to dispute it.

I see claims of manipulation of the rules, that there are people who try to goad others into enforcement traps. And while there’s no solid evidence, I don’t doubt that.

What I’m not seeing is any suggestion of a solution. Wikipedia has a slew of rigorous mechanisms to allow for community moderation, resolution/stoppage of edit wars, and well documented escalation paths. It has flaws, and it is a work of volunteers with inherent biases, hence the systems to address them. Instead of curating a list of deficiencies, it may be more effective to start building a list of potential solutions to the deficiencies at hand. If you were to take the existing model of Wikipedia, it’s rules, it’s moderation… What would you change to improve it? And more importantly, how?

I’ve met many truckers, and used to work with a handful. They’re all Trumpers, listening to conservative radio and evangelical radio on repeat. They’re as programmed as can be. My stepdad is one of them, and I had him recently tell me that tariffs were good for truckers.

You’ve got a better chance of your average libertarian waking up and smelling the bullshit than you do your average trucker. They’re going to suffer and blame the left for it, as usual.

Exactly. They are by definition unauthorized government contractors accessing sensitive data. Neither executive order nor the words of dictator Donnie can authorize them.

There are no oversight bodies, and the collection, storage, and use of this data is an infosec disaster that they hope is outshined by the infosec disasters their actions have enabled.

Depends on the timeline, but coincidentally, yes it could have. He’s out there eating festering roadkill and carving the heads off of bloated whales, he realistically probably did have parasites, and ivermectin should be routine for him. Not for COVID, of course.

I hear Mayor McCheese is on his side though, he helped that greasy bastard out of a legal situation.

Unfortunately. Here’s to hoping him and trump go up on one of his rockets so the world can mourn them like we did the submarine idiots.

Be the change you wish to see in the world.

There’s already been a couple attempts on his life, so your theory holds ground.

If the justice system worked the same way for everyone as it did for trump, it would be no different than not existing at all.

I mean, if he somehow championed and ushered in a single payer healthcare system, it might offset the awful shit being done elsewhere. He won’t, but that’s because “MAHA” is doing as much to make America healthy as “MAGA” is doing to make America great.

It looks like as long as the host has a Plex pass, this doesn’t change much. It is a regression of service, which sucks, but there are viable alternatives for those unable or unwilling to pay. And honestly, jellyfin is the clear winner in that case and always has been.

Now, if they start to charge my friends and family for access to my media after I have already paid them for their lifetime subscription, then I’ll grab a pitchfork with the crowd.

Also, why not run both and be ready? The resources required are minimal if you’re running via docker, just some extra RAM and a negligible amount of compute for overhead on library maintenance tasks.

You’re not wrong, but having a specific score of upvoting problematic content feels like a new low.

A social credit score, if you will. Government is gonna love purchasing this on the cheap. Hell, maybe they already have.

I didn’t think you did. I was more continuing the conversation to point out that there is no alternative. Someone else replied to me with a great point about Churchill being in a similar situation as Zelenskyy during WW2.

It’s clear this go around, America is going to join the wrong side of history. That’s not a new thing, but it will be the first world war specifically where we are clearly are on the bad side. Typically America commits it’s atrocities in smaller skirmishes, and by destabilizing and taking advantage less developed nations for profit. That slavery habit does hard.

The world is fucked, and America is deciding whether to go through a civil war, or to let it be a “bloodless revolution” to quote the heritage foundation president. Europe is going to have to figure out how to defend in a post American world at best, or it’s going to have to figure out how to defend against America at worst.

Also, to your edit… Not just the end of Russian sanctions, but the full official cut of military aid to Ukraine. We’re witnessing the beginning of WW3. Hope we both make it through or that tensions die down.

I mean, whats the alternative? Unconditional surrender?

As I see it, here’s the 3 options:

Bend the knee to trump, give up your resources, and keep your country with no security guarantee worth a damn, just to lose your country later. And not just the lack of credible security guarantees, but specifically agreeing to never join the one alliance that would give such a guarantee.

Bend the knee to Putin, and just let Russia annex Ukraine fully, therefore avoiding a war in the unspecified future.

Go at it with or without US support.

If you were the leader of your country, how much of your land and resources would you give away in the pursuit of temporary peace, knowing that it is only temporary?

Exactly. How much of your country and resources will you be willing to give up when Russia and their useful idiot comes knocking? If the answer isn’t everything, you should probably help Ukraine make a stand now before the “peace deal” results in loosened sanctions and before Russia starts to re-arm.

I figured as much, I was just wondering if it made any difference since in general law enforcement tends to worship the military. Don’t get me wrong, you certainly should respect voluntary service, but the way they do it… Ew.

I’m definitely using the term broadly, it doesn’t always mean to sexually assault, basically they’re just being fucked with for simply existing or going to church or school. That being said, I wouldn’t put it past them if given the opportunity, ICE is at least that morally bankrupt.

Sorry to hear that you got fucked with for daring to go near “the white land”, they’re pieces of shit like that.

Gotta ask, it sounds like you are a veteran or family of one. Did they even change their attitude towards you once they knew? Or did they get mad because you ruined their fun?

And recently in some communities, ICE agents are going door to door and molesting people at schools and churches.