Ah shit sorry OP you might have received my package, I specifically ordered titties

Could be? Soon? People they’re already doing it! Do people really not think so?

I am zero surprised about this, and honestly expected it earlier. Sentiment analysis is incredibly simple. They get to claim “Oh we don’t read your messages, they’re private” but, AI isn’t reading your messages, no one reads them, but it does summarize into a nice, easy to search set of tags so they can easily hand up what you’re talking about to anyone who asks.

The I learned the hard way years ago that that the one thing the company doesn’t want is a loud employee. It doesn’t matter what the issue is, who it’s about, if I can get the company in trouble or put some in an awkward position they don’t want you.

That’s why HR is such a dangerous place to go, they’re not looking out for you, they’re looking out for the company. By going to HR at all. You just prove that you are someone who can and will speak out, which is bad for the company. Whether that’s complaining about a co-worker or something the company is doing, it doesn’t matter, it shades you in a negative light because you are willing to speak out

Summarizing:

• it will now be impossible to unblur graphic imagery or adjust the content filter settings for your account until age verification is complete
• Age-restricted channels and servers will be inaccessible
• DMs from unknown users will be rerouted to a separate inbox
• No speaking on server stages

Which, all sounds fine. However, who defines all of these things? Who defines graphic imagery? Is it straight up porn? Is it a meme that has a naughty word in it? Is it anime? We have no idea.

Also as a server owner (who has moved everyone to Matrix now), I pretty much had to set my private server to age restricted, otherwise the server gets penalized if one of my users uploads something that is “graphic imagery” which again, is defined by them. The only safe way previously ways to say “Hey, you should be over 18 to join this” and then I’m not liable. I worry about a lot of servers taking the easy way and saying the same.

Neither do I, but from other platforms it’s only a matter of time until you’re prompted for it. You join a server where someone has posted something NSFW before, or the server admin “to be safe” set it to adults only, or they just clamp down on the definition of adults only. At some point I fully expect it’ll force me to.

Best I’ve done is try to minimize the hassle by hosting myself, and giving a how-to guide. My group is small, I’ve been sitting down individually with them showing them how to migrate

Revolt (now Stoat) is an option, personally I don’t like it because there is no federation and it’s text-only.

I’m using Matrix, with Element, which does have encrypted voice chat if you set it up. I want federation because I don’t want my users to be locked into only my server. However, the bar for entry is higher.

If we don’t warn them about it they’ll obviously be unhappy they should knowww!

(In reality they get confused, they leave, and then they keep using the corpo controlled version)

Please remember as people are looking for places to go to be kind. The reason Linux took so long to “take off” is because us linux folks (myself included) were proud of the high bar to entry. Encourage people to be curious, help them learn the ropes, don’t bog them down with technical details or the battles that have been taking place on X technology over Y technology. Offer an open easy place for them to come talk.

Once they get the foot in the door for a few months we can show them how awesome Linux is!

They’ve been spamming this a few times now, fully respect your decision, but I know I commented on this exact post about 2 weeks ago the same as everyone else here, just FYI if you didn’t know they’ve been repeating it. (Maybe it was an alt acct, not sure, but I know I said the same thing before)

I was a hardcore Thomas the tank engine nerd.

And Theodore Tugboat.

They have proven over and over that consumer brands aren’t anything to them. They constantly chase flashy buzzwords and quarterly earnings over improving and fixing their longstanding issues

Look out! Your computer is SPYING on you! Did you know your computer has ALL of your PRIVATE photos, documents, and personal information on it!

All it would take would be someone to have physical access to it and the encryption keys and they would have access to all of it!

Crazy to me there’s no railing there. Here someone would have taken legal action by now against the city for that

Meanwhile clamping down on usage and pricing. Seems they’re speed running enshittification.

The fact that it’s only swarming, all agile workers know that swarming means for a week or two. This is just to shut people up

Apparently a 1% of uptick in Linux users got their attention

Literally who is their target market at this point.

Is it left leaning liberals who want an ev? Because musk ruined that

Is it right wing truck drivers? Because they made so much oil propaganda that they think an ev will only make it 4 miles before needing a charge and that only pussies drive them.

Is it the average consumer? Because there are many other better evs on the market now.