Reddit's CEO keeps making inapt, inept, and ignorant analogies to describe its users -- especially the moderators, volunteers who have spent countless hours making the site's communities so valuable.
Here's an accurate analogy: Reddit regards these people as replaceable cogs in a machine owned and absolutely controlled by the company.
I won't use Reddit again unless the top management, and its attitudes, are replaced -- with a genuine community focus.
Meanwhile, I'm finding alternatives.
I think the SDF Public Access Unix System is starting up a Lemmy instance.
(1/n)
I had not heard of this site and could not find a reference to #Lemmy, however, if true, this #German branch sounds excellent:
Due to the use of #Palantir against #journalists in some countries, carefully selecting the server's location is more important every day. (#TheFreedomOfThePressIndex)
From my perspective, in the West, the #US (1), the #UK (2), #France and #Denmark (3), #Poland, #Hungary, and potentially #Italy...
(2/n)
...(#neofascist #PM) are off limits from my point of view...
Also, #DataProtectionLaws are essential to be considered. Generally speaking, the #EU' #GDPDR gives #EU citizens an extra layer of security.
Alas, several countries are not abiding already.
This said, a
#Scandinavian country looks best on this count, however #Norway not...
#lemmy #german #palantir #journalists #thefreedomofthepressindex #us #uk #france #denmark #poland #hungary #italy
(3/3)
...
being an #EU member and #Finland about to have a right-wing government, #Sweden seems the most secure.
/END
Further Sources
(1)
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110560082825355701
(2)
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110004494238876998
(3)
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110560044282418778
#dataprotectionlaws #eu #gdpdr #scandinavian #norway #lemmy #german #palantir #journalists #thefreedomofthepressindex #us #uk #france #denmark #poland #hungary #italy
Dan Gillmor
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