n2burns

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[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 31 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Where do you move over to when the whole road is full?

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca -2 points 1 week ago

The comment I responded to brought up the First Amendment, so I think it's relevant to correct them.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm not defending corporate censorship, I'm just saying it's not a First Amendment violation.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

Same in Canada.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

As someone who uses YouTube Premium, this title piqued my interest. While lifetime would be nice, I figured it would be at least 1-2 years, which could make this phone pretty good value for me. At 3 months, I agree, I'm not sure if it's even work activating.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 49 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I think you're on to something.

I also think there's a difference in where the network effect kicks in for different types of social media. IMHO, Lemmy has just enough activity to not feel empty, and even then I wish there was more comments to interact with and more niche communities. With Pixelfed, I feel like as long as there's enough interesting posts it makes sense for people to visit regularly.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

That's why I refuse to play with people who are bad sports (bad losers/winners). I understand people who don't enjoy competition, but that doesn't sound like your story. I enjoy healthy competition, but that person sounds like someone who just enjoys winning, and that's just toxic.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

As much as I'd like to be able to swap batteries, that's irrelevant to this issue. Even when the battery is replaced the issue persists because it's a software issue.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

TBH, that sounds even worse, and I am saying this as a fan of big government.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I assumed we were talking about US

Well, the article's about Greenland, but I guess Ameri-centrism is par for the course.

I’m pretty sure Canada has it’s own systemic problems.

Sure, but I don't think our donation rules are big systematic problems. Our rules don't allow donations from foreign sources or companies, and include pretty reasonable limits for individuals (plus 75% of political donations are refunded next tax year). We have definitely had donation scandals, but they've almost exclusively been because people are breaking the rules.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

A non-serious campaign could use those funds to enrich themselves/others even with approved activities. They could pay for staff, buy signs, etc. and all those people & businesses would make money doing legitimate work for a campaign whose only purpose was to employ those people/businesses.

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