They're necessary, but any power will always bring a chance that someone will abuse it. So I usually prefer moderators with a lighter touch, that talk to their users before taking more controversial actions.

I miss Tumblr. Yes, Tumblr still exists, but the Tumblr I miss does not. This stuff makes me wonder if we'll see an ActivityPub Tumblr-clone at some point, like Lemmy/Kbin to Reddit, Mastodon to Twitter and PeerTube to YouTube.

Begun, the git clone wars have.

Hm, but it sounds to me like this will be a problem for Reddit's plans regardless of AI.

If people start churning out upvote-worthy AI-generated content and posting it on Reddit, then Reddit will be happy with all the extra views coming from Google. They won't mind.

So, every year on my birthday, I could go here and pretend I'm still 20. Yay.

It's technically not gerrymandering, but the electoral college is a very similar issue.

So basically: only do this if you enjoy sucking dick? Noted.

But it's a rock with purpose. You know where it's supposed to go. Its fate is now in your hands.

The second person here would be the user. Each user would have to write their own app. That sounds like a recipe for-... fun. Lots of fun.

And sometimes, justice requires breaking the law. Remember that the Holocaust was legal and Stonewall was not.

My last two phones both got slow as their batteries got bad, and were basically like new after replacing them. My current phone doesn't allow swapping the batteries.

For someone thrifty, being able to replace the battery can extend a phone's life 2x or more. Even if you don't want to keep using it, you could still resell it or give it to someone who doesn't need the newest phones. Non-swappable batteries are a form of planned obsolescence, in addition to just being more compact and probably a little cheaper.