Chernobyl melted down in spring of '86, setting off radiation alarms as far as New York.
Yeah, while my politics are typically fairly in line with the average Reddit user, I have little tolerance for bandwagoning or purposely misconstruing the opposition, so I always tried to emphasize that "while I totally agree with X, we shouldn't pretend that there's some huge outcry for Y or that Z is actually illegal anywhere in the US." Usually didn't matter, and I got banned anyway.
But I guess when your identity is super wrapped up in being online and a mod, you need to feel like you got a win against the evils of the world.
If the only people with access to it don't even know who I am, it's pretty inconsequential, especially since I'm often not doing things online or with a phone or computer. Everything isn't being recorded.
Kind of providing insight as to why most people don't have any privacy concerns. I doubt most people consider that or think they're so easily swayed. Heck, most people are practically apolitical.
I get it. But I am experiencing absolutely zero drawbacks to any privacy concerns, so any potential sacrifice is almost completely unnecessary. I'll support some similar things because I consider them good causes, but I have no problem being an open book. To bring everything back full circle, I assume most of the population feels similarly, and that explains why most people don't care (which was what I was originally replying to).
I mostly enjoyed the new take on a forum concept because the way it organized replies on new topics and because of the massive community. Videos, pics, and memes were okay, but it's the community comments that I mostly found valuable.
True, in that it's a balance of risk versus reward. But there's a middle ground between putting your SSN on a billboard and faking your death to go off the grid and burn off your fingerprints. I'm willing to bet 99.9% of people aren't worried about it because they'll never have to be.
Yeah, but that's my point. How is that gonna negatively effect me in any way?
I think most people realize they're too boring for anyone with access to individual info to care who they are. Do you really care to know what porn I look at or what I'm buying online at 3am on a week night?
"This!" - 1.4k votes
[Exact same comment being parroted, but with a much more extreme fervor about killing people who disagree] - 600 votes
"Wait. That's not even what the article says. We shouldn't be jumping to conclusions." - "You have been permanently banned from large subreddit."
That's an interesting POV I hadn't really considered before. I'll probably go to Reddit when I need some kind of niche info on something, but stick to Lemmy for just discussion and general time killing, which was my main use for Reddit anyway.
"But if I lose my fragile grip on this iota of power, I'll have nothing, and I'll BE nothing. I can't start over again from nothing!"
True. But there are tons of sycophant netizens who crave that tiny amount of power over their niche communities so that they can control at least something in their lives.
You have been banned from [random large subreddit] for pointing out something that threatens the hivemind POV.
Honestly, that was my biggest problem with the community. Granted, that's great when someone is being a genuine asshole, but over the last decade or so, it has become a little ridiculous.