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[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Seems like a pretty huge opportunity for Reddit. If the article mentioned it, I missed it.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 4 points 12 hours ago

I got my kids to watch the Goonies and they didn't get into it.

Make a new thing for a new generation of kids to love.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 10 points 15 hours ago
[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 35 points 20 hours ago (11 children)

I'm surprised they aren't talking about subscriber subreddits. With the amount of porn/OnlyFans posts, I would have thought they could position Reddit as a friendly and familiar OF alternative.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I don't think any comments in this thread have referred to Nazis or fascism, other than yours. Nobody here is disagreeing that those things are bad.

I used your comment as an illustration that Lemmy has a tiny Overton window: when anyone comments outside the window, they're smacked down. Instead of asking the original commenter for clarification, your comment suggested they want Nazis on the platform. That was a good illustration of my point.

Your comments in this thread only make sense if you assume the worst about other Lemmites. Please don't do that. If there's ambiguity, there's no need to assume we're douche wagons. Maybe ask for clarification. Make a friendly joke? I dunno.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

So you are saying Lemmy can't compete because we don't have enough Nazis?

I'm saying that comments outside of a very narrow world view on Lemmy are greeted with hostility. Like the comment I'm replying to.

This covers lots of different areas. I get downvotes and snarky comments when I say I like the wrong Lemmy client or browser. When I ask about suggestions for a ttrpg, I get a snarky comment saying I'm asking questions wrong. When the leader of the Canadian Conservative party comes up in conversation, saying he does anything effectively is met with snark and downvotes - not that he's good, but that he's effective at something.

I understand this is a shitty time in US politics. I don't like the outcome either - Trump is gonna make my life worse, and I don't live in the US. But look at your comments on this thread: they're hostile towards people that probably agree with you. This kind of rage makes the platform unwelcoming and shitty.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Don't the metal bits rust? Like the screws or pins that hold them together?

You've blown my mind, btw.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Do you just wear them in? Kinda leave them on all the time, and just let the soap and shampoo do its job?

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

I was expecting Jonah.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've made it clear in my comment that I'm referring to people who voted in the last US election.

The point stands: significant portions of the population aren't on Lemmy. Popular viewpoints aren't represented. Lemmy is poorer for it.

 

This article is deep in "no shit" territory - we've seen lots of chatter about online interference since Trump's first election. The part that's interesting is the call to action

Digital platforms provide unreliable or narrow data on inauthentic behaviour, and they’re not currently required to share any public-interest data with Canadian policy-makers or civil society; combatting online astroturfing will require both increased transparency and platform accountability. Canada should require that these platforms share data with researchers so that the public can understand the prevalence of information threats, and so that policy-makers and civil society can effectively advocate for better digital regulation and platform design.

And the effect of small numbers of users:

We’ve found evidence that very small groups of users are having an outsized impact in online discussions about Canadian elections. In the 2023 Alberta election, just 200 users published 12 per cent of all tweets sent to candidates and political parties. In both the Alberta election and the Toronto mayoral by-election that same year, 50 or fewer users generated over 10 per cent of all abusive content we monitored. These highly active power users (or power abusers) could include high proportions of astroturfers. Regardless of their intentions, granting outsized influence to any very small group of users skews our perceptions of public opinion.

Original: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-is-that-online-outrage-youre-seeing-really-grassroots-or-just/

 

I thought I was being clever, putting the litter box on wheels so I could slide it out from under the stairs, but I have inadvertently created a Mad Max-esque vehicle which my cat uses to roll around the house, dragging himself with his front paws, the entire time shitting.

 

Really interesting op-ed given that Trump was complaining US banks aren't allowed in Canada:

President Donald Trump’s chief economist, Stephen Miran, a Harvard-trained PhD and hedge fund strategist nominated to chair the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, wrote in November “A User’s Guide to Restructuring the Global Trading System.”

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He points to the 2018-19 tariffs the first Trump administration imposed on China (and the Biden administration retained) as proof his theory has merit and that it “should inform analysis of future trade conflicts.” In that case the Chinese currency fell, the U.S. dollar strengthened, and the trade deficit remained. But the important thing is that inflation was manageable, China got the message, and new revenue was raised for the U.S. Treasury, according to Mr. Miran.

We will need to come to terms with the fact that the U.S. will assess its relationship with us based on a criteria matrix that includes, as Mr. Miran suggests, if Canada “opens its markets to U.S. firms in the same way America opens its markets to foreign firms operating stateside.”

This has implications for Canadian agricultural supply management, the telecom sector, restrictions on investments, service barriers to online streaming and barriers to digital trade such as the digital service tax.

Original: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-how-are-we-so-befuddled-at-us-tariffs-when-its-all-been-so-obvious/

 

Now that we're talking trade, it works be a good time to address Canada's internal trade barriers:

“Let’s sit down and come up with a list, because everyone wants to protect something – no matter if it’s the dairy cow in Newfoundland, or the wine in B.C., or ourselves – everyone’s guilty,” he added.

Consumers are confronted by these roadblocks every day. A craft brewery in Quebec can’t sell its beer directly to a nearby restaurant in Ottawa. An engineer in New Brunswick has to get licensed in neighbouring Nova Scotia before practising there. A truck driver in British Columbia can only drive certain truck configurations at night but must do so during the day in Alberta – leaving a narrower time frame to make an interprovincial trek.

Taken together, these barriers are constraining Canada’s economic potential. Research shows that tearing them down would give the economy a sizable boost – perhaps enough to offset the hit from steep U.S. tariffs.

Original https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-trump-threats-are-inspiring-canada-to-tackle-trade-war-from-within/

 

I feel like some cancon would have been a better choice for this sentiment.

What is your Canadian choice for this meme?

 

Not directly Canadian news, but given Saturday's events, it's relevant:

Mexico has been preparing possible retaliatory tariffs on imports from the U.S., ranging from 5% to 20%, on pork, cheese, fresh produce, manufactured steel and aluminum, according to sources familiar with the matter. The auto industry would initially be exempt, they said.

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I'm waiting for Trudeau's twice delayed press conference. According to Legault, Canada is putting 25% tariffs on some US imports.

Is that legit? Did Legault just scoop Trudeau? I guess we'll find out soonish.

 

As someone who supports the carbon rebate and thinks it's a good policy, I have to admit that Carney is right. Trudeau screwed up the implementation, and now a policy that gives most Canadians more money than they pay is a third rail.

Replacing the tax with something more acceptable, and equally effective seems like a good way forward.

Original: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-mark-carney-consumer-carbon-tax-liberal-leadership-race/

 

I didn't realize Elon had Canadian grandparents:

Musk’s maternal grandfather, Joshua Haldeman, moved from Canada to South Africa in 1950 because he liked the newly elected apartheid government.

In the 1930s, Haldeman was the Canadian leader of a fringe political movement originating in the US, Technocracy Incorporated, that advocated abolishing democracy in favor of government by elite technicians but which took on overtones of fascism with its uniforms and salutes.

The Canadian government banned Technocracy Incorporated during the second world war as a threat to the country’s security in part for its opposition to fighting Hitler. Haldeman was charged with publishing documents opposing the war and sent to prison for two months.

I don't like associating people with the sins of their ancestors, but Technocracy Incorporated sounds too silly to ignore.

 

I was one of a group of Just Stop Oil activists given the longest-ever UK sentences for peaceful motorway. Six months into my incarceration, this is what I have learned

Not directly related to climate change, but Just Stop Oil has been in the news a lot.

 

Mr. Ford won a majority of the Ontario Legislature’s seats for the second time in June, 2022, just 2½ years ago. The next election date under provincial legislation is currently fixed for June, 2026.

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Ms. Stiles, citing the Premier’s own recent warning that Mr. Trump’s tariffs could cost Ontario half a million jobs, said Mr. Ford was putting party before province.

“He can either be the Premier or run for Premier,” the NDP Leader said in a statement. “He needs to decide what’s more important: his job or 500,000 jobs.”

From: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ontario-voters-to-head-to-the-polls-feb-27-source/

 

Remember when only fifty people suffered from the mystery condition? Shockingly, ignoring it has not made it go away.

She is one of nearly 400 New Brunswick residents who suffer from what the province calls a “neurological syndrome of unknown cause” – a mystery brain disease that seems to mostly affect people living in the Acadian Peninsula and Moncton areas. Her fiancé, Sarah Nesbitt, is also afflicted.

Original: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-nb-mystery-brain-disease-patients-welcome-new-investigation-as-good/

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