it sucks that content moderation, the hardest problem where people are furious about lack of transparency, is also a problem space where lack of transparency is almost necessary for effectiveness.

I mean it's possible that revealing how they did it would make it easier to game, unfortunately.

the point of the frog costumes is to deny the fascists their propaganda pictures of brave riot police holding back all black-clad masked hardened protestors! It's not even remotely complicated!

yeah one day someone at Google really ought to document how they accomplished this

YouTube comments are actually some of the best moderation in the world and you never hear about it because it’s so good

Look ma a large number of unsourced assertions with no backing data. Seriously, there's only like three hyperlinks in there to other opinion pieces.

a couple of people have criticized this "but what if you do bad things with all that power" but like. look around you. the right has already grasped the power at hand and is using it. "republicans use the state to advance their goals; democrats unilaterally disarm" is not a sustainable equilibrium!

I don't want to watch every random idea I have for a TV show. I want to watch something good created by professionals and if I do create something I want it to be good and if I had the inclination to prioritize that I would have done it.

Also have a lot less money and time.

It’s incredible that the VT State Senator wrapped up in this hasn’t resigned yet — every major GOP leader in the state has called for his resignation. Fixing democracy requires restoring shame to public life. And accountability. Lots of accountability. vtdigger.org/2025/10/14/v...

Some aren’t going to like this harsh truth, but certain posters on this website have got to learn how to be incredibly, ruthlessly verbally cruel WITHOUT saying anything that’ll get you suspended or banned.

"it is necessary to have a sane conservative party for a democracy to survive" should not be an controversial opinion

People who know the definition of fascism:
“hey, that’s fascist.”

People who do not know the definition of fascism:
“nuh uh, no it isn’t.”

Another issue is an analytical one, where highly veracity-oriented people mistook a subsection of society openly deciding to participate in fascism as the collapse of the idea of consensus reality, a thing that has never existed. So, that’s a different type of problem as well.

This is absolutely correct. I hope.

The thing with AI and the enshittification of the web is that there are still tons of reliable digital information resources out there, it’s indexed, people share it. You don’t have to use chatbots to get info. You don’t have to use short form video to parasocially get your political news, etc.

Controversial take: I don’t think we have or will ever reach a point of having a post-trust/post-truth society. We just have shifting assemblages of which people and types of associations are trustworthy, and networks of inertia that will temporarily confuse people until we help them adjust.

Yeah lol, all the same tropes.

George W Bush and his party were ravenous war criminals and ardent reactionaries. They were not Nazis. *these guys* are Nazis

lead, petroleum, and asbestos are the holy trinity of "genuinely extremely useful and the best at what they do, but will also absolutely fucking kill you" because if you don't know about lead poisoning, climate change, or mesothelioma, there's really nothing that beats 'em.

it’s amazing that it’s 2025 and people are still deluded enough to believe that age verification on the internet actually works

this was apparent to me when *I* was an extremely online child

Yes and flog the fact it comes from Politico, hardly a liberal outlet.

serious question: what's wrong with the erotic part

A base model Nissan Versa is currently the cheapest thing on the market in the US and ... have you sat in a modern Nissan interior lately? :D

It would be nice if your choices weren't "underpowered shitbox" or "overpowered couch on wheels"