mhoyeFeb 27
I'm glad we're looking at ethical alternatives to imperialist tech generally but my position remains that the ethical alternative to large-language-model SAAS is "don't."
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"But people want this" - Just one hundred accounts are responsible for the great majority of the conspiracy theories being peddled in Canadian social media. Do "people really want this", or do a handful of really loud assholes with a handful of system-privileged amplifiers want everyone to want this?

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/25/news/conspiracy-content-report-canada

One hundred accounts are behind the majority of conspiracy theory content in Canada

Researchers analyzed more than 14 million social media posts from accounts in Canada and found that 87 per cent of conspiratorial claims come from influencers, with just 100 users responsible for nearly 70 per cent of online conspiracy claims. Users on Elon Musk’s X were the biggest culprits.

Canada's National Observer
Show threadmhoyeFeb 27
An externality is just a subsidy that's been extracted from people who weren't given a choice in the matter.
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@mhoye I like this. Putting it right next to "Profits are just unpaid wages."
Feb 27 at 8:34pmWeb