Totally agree with the sentiment. All I’m getting at is that by not feeling compassion for someone so totally corrupted by evil that they are willing to commit what is ultimately one of the most egregious sins we are corrupting ourselves. Light kills darkness... so on and so forth.
And that’s fucked. Still doesn’t make suicide right. Not trying to get preachy, but we can simultaneously agree that they’re fucking wrong AND agree that suicide is a morally reprehensible thing that we shouldn’t praise.
Unpopular opinion incoming... we shouldn’t glorify, support, or cheer mental illness and especially suicide. I don’t care who you are or what you believe, suicide is a pretty horrid thing. I disagree with her politics, but I hope she finds help and doesn’t do something that will devastate everyone around her... come on folks, were not a Chan board.
Only if it’s made a requirement for travel to certain areas like the Yellow Fever vaccine. The whole travel requirement curfuffle is a bit over blown IMO. You’ve needed a yellow fever vaccine (and some others for certain areas) for a long time now and the proof of a vaccine is FAR from an ID card. It’s a crappy sheet of yellow paper that is about the least identifying thing you can carry (passport, cell phone, DL, etc.) The digital ID is not a good idea from both a privacy respective as well as a practicality one. Make it paper (or laminated paper cause those shot cards are as fragile as a liberals psyche) and if some people forge them it’s really no sweat from a public health perspective.
This fucking dude!! He is bat shit insane. I knew some of the people involved in that instance specifically. Fun fact... he was convinced the IRGC was specifically targeting and hunting him. With this dude I think its less of the funny flavor of insane and more of the “please seek professional care” flavor.
You are a hero!!
My understanding of your response is as follows;
- Suing is not a possibility (nor is that what I’m thinking... more putting together a quick but thorough brief of existing evidence to show that Reddit is more acting as a publisher).
- The two “regulatory” bodies that could take any action here are the FFC and FEC. Humble pedes getting any of them to seriously look at something is less than likely.
- Congress could start an investigation. This seems, to me, like the most feasible option.
Therefore, what information, in your opinion, would best lead to an interpretation that Reddit is acting as a publisher? My perception here is that most friendly congressmen (with a few exceptions), don’t fully grasp technology or social media. Therefore, any information sent to provided to them needs to quickly encapsulate both the nature of Reddit, and how they are either interfering or acting as a publisher. To that end, I think that finding a few “smoking gun” posts, comments, acts, etc. may be the best bet. Put together a quick brief referencing and including the aforementioned evidence, and get it over to some of our hero’s on the hill.
So let’s assume a few things. One, we can get said brief (or report, memo, etc. I’m calling it a brief in the business sense not the legal one so that could be the wrong word) to the hands of one or more relevant congressman. And two, a few members of this community are willing to collaborate on the development of said information (again, nothing terribly complicated, but with sufficient information to sway opinion).
If we assume the above as true, what would be the most impactful posts or actions to display to quickly make a defensible argument that Reddit is either a publisher and/or illegally interfering in elections? Can you think of a hypothetical off the top of your head? Something that, if found and properly explained, is more likely than not to lead a friendly congressman to the desired conclusion?
I’m rather serious on this one. I don’t think it would be a very heavy lift to accomplish this. Because it may be relatively easy, I’m less concerned about the risk of it going nowhere. A well crafted letter is a very powerful instrument. I’m wiling to put in the time, and I imagine some members of this community could pull have archives of information that could fit the bill.
As I ask in any conversation about a subject I don’t fully understand, please tell me I’m totally off base! This pede is motivated, but my mama thought me intellectual humility. Again, your a hero! Thank you for your time and effort.
- A mobile app would be awesome. Us busy pedes on the go need an easy way to grab a few liberal tears here and there.
- Hosting... YES. That would be awesome.
- AMA’s... that’s a two way street. Brings more people here and gets some high profile pedes aware that MAGA Shangrila has been discovered deep in the memeMountains.
- Maybe this is already here... but a way to throw in some new features. Take this to 11 by open sourcing some development and let us folks who learned to code take a stab at making some magic.
- Maybe get some sub-communities up and running (a la Discord, but you know.. alive). Two pepes are better than one. Team work makes the dream work. Let’s start collaborating!
All humble ideas and suggestions. I’m in a good mood today and I’m thinking on the bright side!
I just got and immediately went looking for both. Although I did not find infinite scroll... I did find dark mode. Go ahead and click on the gear (settings) button to the right of your user name (in the red box). On the bottom of the page is a drop down list of “color scheme”. Click on dark mode and enjoy! Also, if you roll like I do, also hit that “auto expand embeds”. That way all memes are as large and glorious as the creator intended.
Quick question for the more established members here... is there support for markdown? Sometimes it’s nice to be able to put something in bold (may be answering my own question here).
Additionally, are there any plans for a mobile app OR is there an API that would support the development of one?
Serious question for any based lawyers on here. What is the legal threshold an “interactive computer service” would have to cross to become a “publisher”? Seems to me that the most effective way of making a case here would be to... actually make a case while making a shit load of noise. Get attention, but also put together and corpus of evidence and compelling arguments (based on said evidence) as to WHY and HOW Reddit has crossed that threshold.
Seems to me that the best way of getting any action (however unlikely) is to present something that is basically shovel ready. Give whom ever would investigate or action something like this “every reason to say yes” (such as doing a lot of the leg work for them).
SOOOO... What is the threshold (generally or in this instance specifically)? Some quick research shows the “three prong test”, and that seems intentionally broad. What would be a “smoking gun” that would immediately strip Reddit of Section 230 protections? I have my own thoughts here, but I’m not a lawyer and y’all are a special breed... so anything I think here is likely wrong or at least undeveloped. Maybe I’m ignorant, but I believe there’s gotta be some specificity between the two given the implications.
Based upon the answers to that question, is there any general interest in a little research project? Again... it seems to me that reporting is one thing but reporting with sufficient evidence for a Pede on the DL bureaucrat to do something is next level winning.
Was...?