Great read Jim, I got here from your comment on Rudy's post, shared this essay with a son who is trying to rationalize Gaza. The democide link makes me think Gaza might be more normal than the peace we pursue in our daily routines, perhaps that is why a solution seems so distant. Why did you get banned from X?
Thank you for your kind words and for reading my stuff. God bless you. Amen.
There were two complaints about my SpacePrivé News account on Twitter. It was still Twitter at the time.
The first was fairly early this year when I posted the Latin words of St. Benedict called the Vade Retro Satana and then their translation into English. The last words translate as "...drink the poison yourself" which is allegedly a violation of the terms against advocating self harm. There was no opportunity for an appeal. The algorithm demanded the post be removed. So I did remove the allegedly offending part. My account functions were restored. The same words in Latin didn't upset the algorithm.
A few weeks later I saw a thread in which Peter Hotezzzz was insisting that the vaxxajabs were good and everyone should get more of them. I posted a picture meme. It shows an empty quarry with an empty cartoon gallows with an empty noose. Utterly no violence is shown. The caption says "You made us a 'vaccine'. We made you a 'play swing.'"
This image allegedly violated the terms against depiction of violence. There was a place to post an appeal. I wrote that I didn't understand the alleged violation. I still don't.
That meme is now here https://twitter.com/planetaryjim/status/1604355570948984832
Great read Jim, I got here from your comment on Rudy's post, shared this essay with a son who is trying to rationalize Gaza. The democide link makes me think Gaza might be more normal than the peace we pursue in our daily routines, perhaps that is why a solution seems so distant. Why did you get banned from X?
Thank you for your kind words and for reading my stuff. God bless you. Amen.
There were two complaints about my SpacePrivé News account on Twitter. It was still Twitter at the time.
The first was fairly early this year when I posted the Latin words of St. Benedict called the Vade Retro Satana and then their translation into English. The last words translate as "...drink the poison yourself" which is allegedly a violation of the terms against advocating self harm. There was no opportunity for an appeal. The algorithm demanded the post be removed. So I did remove the allegedly offending part. My account functions were restored. The same words in Latin didn't upset the algorithm.
A few weeks later I saw a thread in which Peter Hotezzzz was insisting that the vaxxajabs were good and everyone should get more of them. I posted a picture meme. It shows an empty quarry with an empty cartoon gallows with an empty noose. Utterly no violence is shown. The caption says "You made us a 'vaccine'. We made you a 'play swing.'"
This image allegedly violated the terms against depiction of violence. There was a place to post an appeal. I wrote that I didn't understand the alleged violation. I still don't.
🎶You can't please everyone
So you have to please yourself.
So, that's what they mean by "gallows humor"!
Heeyuk. Yeah it is. Apparently the mElon has algorithms with no sense of humour.
Relevant to this discussion:
https://open.substack.com/pub/derrickbroze/p/remembering-the-purge-of-alternative