> The public have been sold a lie. Just like the “Patriot Act” was just to keep everybody free and protect people from terrorists.
The public have largely been sold nothing and are completely, blissfully, ignorant of this legislation. The legislation is being pushed through by politicians who have been sold two lies:
1. The legislation, and
2. the idea that the public care.
1. Why the obsession with 'move' instead of 'use'? Since when did people become forced to use only one website or one platform or one product?
2. Why the constant arguments over the pros and cons of federation? The ends users stance: 'Who cares!' All the want is a platform that works for them and gives them the content they seek, and doesn't break every 5 minutes. They care little for the technical merits.
3. Federation sounds great, but ultimately the majority of users, if say a migration from Twitter was to occur, will likely flock to one instance, and that's likely to be mastodon.social as it's the most obvious and prominent instance shown to new users. So uhh, then who cares about federation?
A technical solution looking for a problem ... and it may have found a problem - which is kind of refreshing.
> They want to charge for what they believe the data is worth.
Counter argument: it’s not their data to charge for. And if they want to claim it is their data then they should be held accountable for the content therein.
I’m not saying they shouldn’t recoup costs for access to said data. You do after all pay taxes and get access to local libraries and archives. But they shouldn’t be extorting third-party developers.
They built a platform so that we could create communities and manage them how we want to.
We posted information. We created content. We exchanged ideas, had discussions, and we all helped each other.
I’m fine with them recouping their costs. I’m fine with them even making a bit off of it. However,
> I'll cut to the chase: 50 million requests costs $12,000, a figure far more than I ever could have imagined.
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> For reference, I pay Imgur (a site similar to Reddit in user base and media) $166 for the same 50 million API calls.
My understanding is that Christian is grandfathered into an older plan on Imgur. Having said that, the Mega plan is $10,000 per month for 150,000,000 requests. If we use this pricing, 50,000,000 api calls is $3,333.34 (vs Reddit’s $12,000)
While correct capitalisation, generally. For this instance, all words should be capitalised. (I look forward to the debate on this.)
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Try:
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> Huffman has calculated that, in the event of a disaster, he would seek out some form of community: “Being around other people is a good thing. I also have this somewhat egotistical view that I’m a pretty good leader. I will probably be in charge, or at least not a slave, when push comes to shove.”
The public have largely been sold nothing and are completely, blissfully, ignorant of this legislation. The legislation is being pushed through by politicians who have been sold two lies:
1. The legislation, and 2. the idea that the public care.