Luigi.exe (Dragonheart System)

RE: @9to5Mac@mastodon.online

Kind of crazy to finally see the #FlatDesign era actually starting to end.

Okay, so, with my decade+ of experience of being on social media, I've noticed a trend within recent years about pretty much all social platforms. I think there's a critical mass of users on a platform where it becomes impossible to properly enforce. Inevitably, there will be a sheer volume of bad actors that no matter what the platform does, cannot stop completely and it becomes public knowledge/source of scrutiny.

There isn't a single large platform I can name that doesn't have the problem of toxic behavior, child abuse/exploitation, NSFW rings, (the kind that aren't tagged/gated properly) etc. Doesn't matter what their moderation policies/enforcement is. It doesn't matter if a platform like #Discord files millions of NCMEC reports or bans millions of accounts a year. There's simply too many malicious users to handle and it's impossible to prevent them from coming back in some form or another or new ones joining the platform.

Sure, if you have say, 10,000 users, that's way easier for a small team of mods to handle, but what about 1 million? 10 million? 100+ million? There's no way a company/organization can afford a team to handle that sheer volume of communication and interaction, and we all know automated systems are deeply flawed and clearly do not stop the problem. Inevitably, a larger and larger number of bad actors slip through the cracks. Those cracks widen as more users join and moderation systems become increasingly strained. Regarding the NCMEC bit, Discord alone files over 500,000 reports, do you seriously think the NCMEC has the resources to look into every report and do something about it? Obviously not. And that's just Discord.

It's a huge reason why punitive actions don't work well, nor things like telling parents to monitor their kids. There's simply too many to keep track of all at once, and it's why I stress the importance of educational methods when it comes to protecting people. Education is a form of preventative measure instead of all the reactive ones we see on these platforms. Teaching a kid why this kind of content is harmful, how to avoid it, what to do if they do come across it, how to not get sucked into it or become a bad actor themself, etc will do way more than just a losing arms race of updating moderation systems and filters. It better addresses the cause rather than just the symptom.

All of this is simply the consequence of mass-centralization and the network effect on steroids. It's easier than ever before to connect with so many people and the possibility for interaction-- good or bad exponentially increases. Until eventually, it becomes unsustainable and causes huge swaths of harm.

#Essay #LongPost #Ramblings #SocialMedia #Commentary #Centralization #Reddit #Tumblr #YouTube #Roblox #Twitter #Facebook #Instagram #TikTok

Gooood morning world and all who inhabit it!

I find it funny how there are 2D artists who try to make their 2D art look 3D and how there are 3D artists who try to make their 3D art look 2D.

#2DArtist #3DArtist #2DArt #3DArt #Ramblings

I need to do an analysis essay on the difference between #Mastodon culture and #Tumblr culture and how it makes transitioning platforms so difficult.

One thing internet activists don't tell you about people hosting their own websites is that that website is still linked to a single point of failure: the person who owns it. For example, I've seen various #YouTube mirror sites just... die without prior notice and vanish without a trace. Like, several of these.

A more recent example seems to be frutigeraeroarchive.org since every device I've tried to connect to it on gives a connection timeout. Oh, there goes a bunch of important history, media, and resources on #FrutigerAero because the single person manning the site just... vanished or forgot/couldn't pay the hosting fee. Fun! Just because a site isn't run by a company doesn't mean its safe or won't vanish without warning.

#Internet #InternetPreservation

For the love of god, stop using Google Search: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/

#AI #FuckAI #GenAI #Google #GoogleAI #GoogleSearch #GenerativeAI #NoAI #LLMs #AgenticAI

Yo, can someone please tell me why my #Tumblr For You page is fucking INUNDATED with goddamn x reader sh!t??? I'm fucking #aroace, I hate this sh!t, why the fuck does it keep recommending me fucking x reader fics no matter how many of these blogs I block??? I tried blocking tags, but they're all from different goddamn fandoms and don't use generic tags, so I'd have to do each goddamn tag like "#garrett graham x reader" or some sh!t. I don't even engage in these shows!

The only thing I can think of is that someone I'm following is really into this sh!t, so Tumblr thinks I'm also really into this sh!t. God, I hate it so much.

RE: @matdevdug@c.im

Oh, this is so going to be used to manipulate and control the narrative, they're not even being subtle about it. Neutrality is dead.

#AI #FuckAI #Google #GenAI #GenerativeAI #NoAI

[Arcanus] I have fronted so infrequently that I must manually catch up on the events that have taken place in the physical world. One relevant example is that our host has abandoned #YouTube, which had contained a music playlist I curated for myself. It now befalls unto me to rebuild my playlist through alternative means, though I find it highly inconvenient.

#Plural #Plurality #Tulpamancy #Tulpa