Posts by masyukun@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #220443 by masyukun@mastodon.social
2018-09-26T19:26:49Z
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@fribbledom I agree in practice, although here we are getting into the philosophy of what a social network *should be*. Shouldn't social networks strictly facilitate and reflect real-life social networks and all that that entails? The moment we start nudging people toward being their best selves -- away from tribalism, embrace other cultures -- we are making and enforcing value judgments on a natural system that evolved over millions of years. And if not, who does the deciding and enforcing?
(DIR) Post #AR0P9rgRt6saPEb49g by masyukun@mastodon.social
2022-12-26T17:29:12Z
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@trom Seems to be arguing against any exchange-based system, but what's an alternative? "Trade" isn't a dirty word.
(DIR) Post #AR1F3vfLMfHudSZRke by masyukun@mastodon.social
2022-12-27T03:12:43Z
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@trom Since it costs money to run a server, a "share" of that would also mean money, yes? Otherwise, 1 person pays the cost for everyone else to "share free."
(DIR) Post #AR2SGxW1IAkChNiGTA by masyukun@mastodon.social
2022-12-27T17:15:18Z
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@trom That sounds like parasitism, which has a negative connotation in English, but not in nature.I *do* contribute to Wikipedia, podcasts and artists I love on Patreon, and my Mastodon server because while the system can handle a degree of parasitism, if everyone paid nothing then the things in the commons that we love would shrivel and die.
(DIR) Post #AZUZvjxOfa9LHfkaFE by masyukun@mastodon.social
2023-09-04T06:23:28Z
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Not usually a magazine person, but I love flipping through "Popular home's ideas galore : how to build, buy, modernize and decorate" by United States Gypsum Co https://archive.org/details/popularhomesidea00unit/page/n41/mode/2up?view=theater Thanks to #columbiauniversitylibraries on @internetarchive