Subj : BBS Population
To   : Ogg
From : Arelor
Date : Tue Oct 11 2022 17:33:35

  Re: BBS Population
  By: Ogg to boraxman on Sat Oct 08 2022 07:24 pm

 > Hello boraxman!
 > 
 > ** On Sunday 09.10.22 - 02:07, boraxman wrote to Ogg:
 > 
 >  b> There is a danger that were given back privacy, but still
 >  b> lose autonomy. We still can be cut off from others
 >  b> arbitrarily, or because we don't align with some foreign
 >  b> companies values.  I'm in Australia, and for me to be
 >  b> booted off Social Media, cutting me from communication with
 >  b> people who I went to school with here, because that company
 >  b> thought something I posted didn't match their foreign,
 >  b> values, kind of doesn't sit well with me.
 > 
 > In that case, the only alternative you might have is to use a
 > paid system. A service that collects a fee for comms wouldn't
 > boot off its users.
 > 
 > A couple of free social media types could still work: Briar,
 > and Session.  Both have private channels, as well as groups and
 > forums.
 > 
 > 
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Even paid customers are likely to be booted off in the current climate. I have seen
RPG publishers outright declare that they don't want a specific profile of person
playing their games and even offered them refunds (ie. "If you voted for Jack, I don't
want you to play Horses and Halters, and I'd rather refund your copy of Horses and
Halters than see you playing games published by my house").

It is so crazy.

Then there are games that glorify killing a specific profile of person (ie. official
adventures make it clear that killing Jack's supporters is acceptable in-game) so you
can bet they are booting off their customer base any real Jack supporter.

Don't get me started in payment processors who kick people out for political reasons
despite the fact they were making money out of them. You may think that your 50k
USD/month revenue is impressive, but it is nothing for the paypals of this world.


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