Meta have already tried, and in an almost unanimous move, users of the fediverse decided to defederate from them to not give them the opportunity to.

Of course they’ll keep trying, but the whole point of decentralisation is that if or when that happens, those who don’t want anything to do with it, just move on to a virtual space away from the corporation.

Sure, it sucks to always be “on the run”, but at least here we can be, vs on a centralised network, where the corporations control 100% of it and we as users have no viable alternative.

To solve the core problem, FOR THE EU, THR ORGANISATION we have to curb the immense grip Big Tech has on our institutions and invest in independent digital alternatives.

They are categorically not interested in solving the core problem of society, and why and how we got to this point in the first place, but simply to maintain the status quo where they are the ones in control (which, while better than active fascism, has and always will be a placeholder for it, as long as they refuse to abolish capitalism).

Don’t be fooled.

pEOpLe rEFuSINg To bE aROunD NAzIs aRe the ONeS whO crEAte ThE reAL hOSTILitY 🙄

None of those ever existed to protect you.

Yeah, same, it wasn’t a noticeable issue before, but suddenly I was getting loads of issues. Since I recently moved instances I thought it might be related, but clearly it’s on their end and fedi-wide, and you’re right, it is a shame not only because so many people use it, but so many people use it because it’s a great alternative to the corporate options we generally have now (imgur and such).

I guess as with most things off the main stream, we just have to be a little more patient.

Might be why they haven’t done it in a while.

That, or the numbers are simply growing faster than the creator can keep up, which is just as depressing…

Keep in mind that that is out of date, bezos is now worth $60b more at $239.4b, with musk topping him at $433.9b. The 400 richest Americans now hold $5.4 trillion (vs 3.2 in the pixel scroller).

Exactly

…and boiling them to death with their combined body heat.

I’m just going to leave this here

Profits by the Billion, A report on war prosperity

Just image hosting, not cat specific lol

catbox.moe (though currently not loading)

This belongs on !bestoflemmy@lemmy.world lmfao, it’s a perfect summary 😂

Blaschko’s lines

Good to know thanks, and also that sucks lol but I’m glad they’re able to generally sort things out reasonably quickly.

I’ll just have to be patient.

Ah, thanks. I guess it’s definitely an issue with their server then, rather than anything on my side. Shame.

Huh, well at least it’s not just me, or the instance I’m on, I guess. Gotta assume it’s an issue on catbox’s end then, which is a shame, because I can’t really do much about that, and do like it, I just wish it worked consistently…

Why would you want to befriend her again?

Whoop whoop, subscribed.

Also, on a personal note, having a bit more insight in to what was going on behind the scenes, I just wanted to thank you for the extra moderating you were doing over on 196, which their mod team has been open about undoing. Definitely feel safer in your hands than I do in theirs (though really hope for your sake you won’t have to step in as much anymore).

I think the most depressing thing about this is that it will actually come as a surprise to some, who will be feeling let down by their pet “good billionaire”.

I hope if nothing else this serves as a wake up call to them to the true and inevitable nature of billionaires, but I won’t hold my breath…

E: smfh, just seen that a mod of this very community (and every other community on beehaw it seems lol) is one of those people, and I was wrong, they don’t even feel let down, they just flat out refuse to acknowledge. What a joke.

I mean, seriously what in the living fuck.

That’s just the tip of the iceberg

https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/billionaires-emit-more-carbon-pollution-90-minutes-average-person-does-lifetime