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Cake day: January 10th, 2021

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    • signal to noise ratio

    It feels a bit like how Reddit was prior to the digg exodus when overnight pun & lyric threads, ascii art and terminally shit one word responses appeared.

    There is the awareness to the benefit of building slowly will bring, rather than having a an uncontrolled mass exodus, that risks little to no integration to the current curated culture.

    • Transparency

    You can see who the mods are and a mod log and currently, people are giving time to grow the communities rather than welding power.

    • Quality content

    It’s not the same stories getting posted by karma farmers or by bots. It’s more curated.

    • Interactions

    They’re more conversational than adversarial





  • And if you paid any attention to those reports, you would know that the vast majority are where those people have been critical of the UK or other govts actions, especially surrounding Palestine and none have gone further with the exception of Asa Winstanley. The only reason the police have visited those people is because zionist like complaining about nothing until they get their own way.

    The one that the commentor here was responding to was a clear case of inciting violence. The same with people like the constantly crashing out Graham Lineham, who was arrested by police because he was inciting violence against a protected class.

    So while the UK govt is infringing on peoples free speech, its not the ones who are getting all the publicity. Theyre just a bunch of whining fuckwits who want to be able to threaten people without consequence.

    Please do try to keep abreast of the situation rather than stomping in with big boots and looking like a fucking idiot.





  • The UK is imprisoning thousands for their tweets.

    What an absolute loads of bollocks.

    There has recently been 1 woman jailed for her tweets where she admitted to inciting violence, not because of free speech issues.

    These libertarian wankers love citing that sole case (and make out that it’s “thousands, I tell ya!”) but will overlook that several Just Stop Oil protesters were jailed for 4 years just for holding a zoom call and anti-genocide protesters are being arrested and charged with terrorism offences just for writing on a bit of cardboard.









  • This is typical of Starmer: an empty vacuous authoritarian solution to an already solved problem.

    It will do nothing to stop undocumented workers from being exploited by unscrupulous employers who will still pay them a pittance in cash but will add to the already massive surveillance state, and with the inevitable mission creep, it will end up being required for innocuous day to day tasks such as getting prescriptions, seeing medical services, possible even things such as purchasing travel or alcohol.

    Then you can imagine what happens if someone ID is deactivated, accidentally or on purpose.

    With future govts, what if one of them wants to prosecute it’s political opponents?

    It’s just the most stupid idea from a guy that is a completely lame duck prime minister



  • don’t handle well The pedal assist on the lime bikes in London are notorious for kicking in at inappropriate times and causing riders to lose control.

    Doctors in A&E use the term ‘Lime bike leg’ for the crush injuries they see because the bikes weigh nearly 30kg and are akin to motorbike crash injuries.

    This is compounded by the level of riding and handling skills of those who use those bikes being almost non-existent. My own experience of those riders is that they never shoulder check before moving into a space, just a cursory glance to the floor next to them. They frequently dump them in places where they block pavements and make accessibility for those needing it most, a lot harder.