mariafarrell1d ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@SteveRudolfi/116279083767770070

If one definition of evil is its wanton destruction of everything that is good and whole in the world, then Google is an active agent of evil.

It is setting out to destroy the world wide web and steal the livelihood of everyone who builds and depends on the web.

I honestly don't know how to mobilise normies to care about and stop this evil. It probably seems too niche and incremental until it's too late.

Oh yeah, and in the UK an ex-Google exec is now running the BBC. . .

Show threadColeen Walter1d ago
@mariafarrell Normie herę. Also not an artist. Calling us normies is cutesy at best, pejorative at worst. Jargon further confuses and alienates people. It's not that people won't care. Hope my picture explains it better than my words.
Show threadEndlessMason23h ago
@coleenwalter @mariafarrell
I don't understand your comic - is the elitist is handing the protester a sign so they can protest against elitism?
Show threadColeen Walter22h ago
@EndlessMason @mariafarrell I’m definitely not an artist lol. I was trying to show how overwhelmed ordinary people feel - so much to care about and try to change. The person on the right is the less burdened (perhaps part of the tech community) handing their torch to us. My stick figure sketch was just how the original post made me feel.
Show threadEndlessMason

@coleenwalter @mariafarrell
I think, for this article and lots of the billionaire/tech media, you're just not in the target audience.

Maybe it's nice to know about this patent for pub trivia or something, but if you don't have a website that your income depends on then even expending the energy to read it then shrug it off is an over commitment.

There might be some "temp embarrassed millionaire" types who don't have a website that they need to rank to make money but still care about this but they're just fantasising.

Mar 24 at 3:01pmWeb
Show threadEndlessMason19h ago

@coleenwalter @mariafarrell
Ah! The sign looks like it's protesting against jargon, that's why I misread it!

I think that's on me though.

Show threadColeen Walter19h ago
@EndlessMason @mariafarrell It’s ok. I’ll never be Banksy. Seriously though, the use of jargon can separate people who could be allies.
Show threadEndlessMason18h ago

@coleenwalter
I mean, you have to write for your audience.

I can't read a paper on genetics, especially if it's not aimed at "some dumbass on the internet" and that's ok actually. I'm sure somebody can do a science communication about it if the paper is really interesting

If I want to be in community with somebody about some computer bullshit I'm happy to get on a soap box and preach / explain / simplify / fable'ise but I don't think putting a restriction on every communication channel is a good decision either

I'm not saying the Bible should be in Latin, but I am saying that it's ok for there to be experts, and its ok for there to be teachers and its ok to ask somebody to explain stuff

Anti-inyellectialism isn't going to help anybody in the long run