I still don’t understand what it means. I use it for the most ribworthy posts but i think it was supposed to be used as a neutral reaction (fake/forced Nana laughter) and doesn’t actually increase your reaction score. Not that I really care.
I thought it was for the most ribworthy; I use it for the stuff that genuinely makes me laugh out loud.
t's not (just) about pushing kiwifarms and other message boards (that have alternating viewpoints to the mainstream) offline. You can say about Ponald Flump what you want, but he forced the DS's hand and they're trying to cram their agenda through at an accelerated speed, almost all at once.
The Don wanted to remove Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which would mean Facebook, Reddit, here etc. could be sued for defamatory user posts. Right now, they're considered a "carrier", and not responsible for offensive speech - although they still like to ban shit they don't like. All the privilege, none of the responsibility. The only way ending Section 230 will allow such companies to continue operating is if Reddit etc. have your Government name and details, so they can push any damages for libel on to you.
Fat Pat also wants an end to section 230; although he is stupid, and forgets this would mean that when he calls someone a "Nazi atalker" online he could be sued, as he's insulting a real person. If he does that to a German for example (and he has in the past) then that's a no-shit crime. The US has a rule where they won't extradite someone for speech protected by the 1st Amendment, but he'll need to be real fucking careful about leaving the US and setting foot in a country with an extradition agreement.
the cold war will move to the internet and it will be compartmentalized.
Already happened. When the West started kicking up a fuss about Huawei running their 5g networks, the Chinese just reconsidered what a "communication network" is, and pivoted to culture, and started buying control of sites. The largest shareholder in Reddit is "Tencent", which is China's Facebook. They are fully on board with the CCP's agenda, and as such China's happy to ban Facebook from the whole country and stick with Tencent. That's why they were so active in banning pro-Trump content on Reddit in the last election - Trump hated China, and was a bad pick for president from their perspective.
You might also know Tencent as the owners of Epic Games. Have you seen all those Epic Games giveaways? That's Tencent buying market share. They want that, because if they're big enough they'll get to dictate what stories games can tell. They've already banned pro-Taiwanese games from their shop; and the idea is if they can get to (say) a third of Steam's size, they'll be able to ban games with anti-China sentiments - after all, why make a game with the odd anti-Chinese joke in it if it'll be banned from their store and cost you 30% of your sales? I'm assuming they'll ban anti-Chinese sentiment in chat, too.
Tencent's also a film maker; you're going to see their imprint on a lot more films (they did "The Meg" recently, for example) and they'll make sure not to invest in anything critical of China or the CCP.
All those cheap, subsidised Chinese phones, tablets, routers, heaters, kettles, heaters, vacuum cleaners, anything with "TUYA" in the name, etc. will come into play, too. If it all kicks off, expect those things to start DDOSing military targets using your internet connection with a quickness.