It's been 1 week since I found out about Lemmy, liking it quite a bit.
I wonder, is there an area on this social media that are extremist pro free speech?
Such as, okay you're being a total shithead, I still won't ban you.
I'm just curious if spaces such as that even exist, and if they do, what they lead to.
Le chat mistral told me differently. I'll have to talk openly about politics with a Chinese citizen before I change my mind.
It's not fucking normal that a country with such an economy doesn't have people on the global scene.
You have us, Europeans, you Americans, Aussies, Japanese, Indonesians (VPN), Singaporeans, ... All here talking to eachother.
Chinese? Nope. Great firewall of china. I couldn't even speak to my wife when she was in Shanghai unless it was on WeChat. Her emails were blocked. WhatsApp was blocked. The other phone she tried to use VPN on became completely useless.
China controls their population. Until enough Chinese citizens are able to tell me otherwise.
Brilliant economy, brilliant growth, but god damn, allow them to come out of their hole.
Met my wife on a little internet forum called 9chat. Right before it disappeared.
These little spaces on the internet were quite nice to be. Always seeing the same people. It has a different feeling.
Decentralising social media will have its positives. When one tries to control public opinion, people can flee to another one for example.
Can the Chinese even discuss politics like we do here? Haven't seen anything on rednote beside "political studies" and some Marx praises.
Must admit it's a bit more difficult with all of it being in mandarin, but god damn, are they under surveillance.
Wanpies is a way to say one piece, the anime. Made this name years ago and re-used it here.
It's been almost a year since I've caught up with the manga tho
If empathy is free, then why don't I have any 🦍
If the major stakeholder and CEO is actively being an unelected politician addressing policy changes onto the public, then repercussions need to happen.
It would not be wise to show people that they can achieve plutocracy. Plutocrats only lose their power by losing their wealth, so if that's what has to happen, then that is the plan.
Took 2,7 seconds on le chat
I'll be getting 20 days time off and on top of that I can choose between 4 months of time off if I so wish.
Other options are 1 day off for 20 months or half a day off for 40 months.
The thing I'm truly desiring from this is that the flemish government is protecting me from being fired the moment I request this extra parental leave.
If they cannot prove that they fire me for good reasons, then they'll have to pay me 6 months wage on top of the rest.
So if they are going to downsize, or whatever, they'll be less prone to pick me.
I'll take either the 20 or 40 months on this one.
My wife doesn't have a choice, she's 7 weeks pregnant now. Taking off work until 1 June. Then maternity leave starting 1 august (is what her HR said, even though internet says 6 weeks instead of 12, but perhaps it's cuz it's a physical job) until 15 weeks after the birth.
Personally I will do anything I can to make sure we have a long term source of income.
Keeping a good relationship with the place that pays me my wage will be beneficial.
I'll take a bulk of 1 or 2 weeks of paternal leave when the baby is born. Take one day off afterwards for 2 years.
I can imagine that spamming/constant harassment/advertising/etc can ruin a space. Especially when it can be automated.
Perhaps it would be better with temp bans and that moderation is automated in order to prevent bias.