sne Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 (edited) Edit: On a separate note Tesla are recalling 363.000 self driving cars due to risk of crashing. Edited February 16, 2023 by sne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted February 18, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted February 18, 2023 (edited) On 16/02/2023 at 07:41, sne said: On a separate note Tesla are recalling 363.000 self driving cars due to risk of crashing. That's a pretty misleading quote. It isn't a recall it's a software update. Also "risk of crashing" is being used very broadly. The Federal agency that handles road safety has found some instances when, in full driverless mode, the car can't distinguish certain turn lanes from regular lanes. Tesla drivers are told to always have their hands on the wheel and pay attention, by Tesla! The driverless software is still in Beta and anyone that drives on it while taking forty winks or reading a book is an idiot. (Although I quite often see people driving regular cars reading books ) I know it's de rigueur to hate on Tesla on these boards and Musk has been a complete c**k for the last 6 months but I still think we should stick to some sort of reality when slagging them off! Edited February 18, 2023 by TheAuthority 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted February 18, 2023 Administrator Share Posted February 18, 2023 9 hours ago, TheAuthority said: I know it's de rigueur to hate on Tesla on these boards and Musk has been a complete c**k for the last 6 months but I still think we should stick to some sort of reality when slagging them off! It's off topic in this thread, but as much as people dislike Musk, I haven't seen the "hate" for Tesla. All, stop talking about Tesla in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Meta to follow Twitters lead and introduce a verified blue tick, for $11.99 per month on Facebook and Instagram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 7 hours ago, Genie said: Meta to follow Twitters lead and introduce a verified blue tick, for $11.99 per month on Facebook and Instagram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 2 hours ago, sne said: The thing is, Musk bought Twitter for well over the odds and now he’s trying to mould it into something resembling a profitable business to protect his investment. Facebook made Zuckerberg a billionaire, it owes him nothing. Why doesn’t he introduce this verified status thing for free? Or at least much less that $120 a year? It looks a bit greedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 41 minutes ago, Genie said: Facebook made Zuckerberg a billionaire, it owes him nothing. Why doesn’t he introduce this verified status thing for free? Because Facebook has a similar problem to Twitter but to a much lesser extent. They need to find a long term steady revenue model, ad revenue is volatile and many younger people don't use Facebook or aren't interested in it. Plus it could just be another way to make easy money. It doesn't cost them anything to hand out blue ticks, so if they can get revenue from it why not? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 As someone who has never used Twitter or Facebook, I can't understand why disconsolate Twitter users don't move over to Facebook, where they are much more open to censorship, according to their Wiki entry? 70% of American adults are on Facebook, versus only 17% on Twitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 I remember the good old days when it was drummed into people that published internet content was permanent, and it was a good idea to use pseudonyms and embrace the anonymity of the internet. Now some people will be sending their passports to Facebook to verify themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted February 20, 2023 Moderator Share Posted February 20, 2023 10 minutes ago, MakemineVanilla said: As someone who has never used Twitter or Facebook, I can't understand why disconsolate Twitter users don't move over to Facebook, where they are much more open to censorship, according to their Wiki entry? 70% of American adults are on Facebook, versus only 17% on Twitter. They aren't remotely similar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 2 hours ago, bickster said: They aren't remotely similar So what about Reddit and Discord? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted February 20, 2023 Moderator Share Posted February 20, 2023 1 minute ago, MakemineVanilla said: So what about Reddit and Discord? Reddit, is like a huge Villa Talk. It is essentially a massive forum with subreddits for any subject you care to think of, be as bizarre as you want, it'll exist. Each forum is moderated by usually the creator of the sub and a handpicked team, each sub has it's own rules. It's anarchic and much better IMO that any of the other social media Discord, don't quote me as I never use it, is more like Messenger / Whatsapp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted February 20, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted February 20, 2023 12 minutes ago, bickster said: It's anarchic and much better IMO that any of the other social media And there it is - the truth - you've been cheating on us 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 22 minutes ago, bickster said: Reddit, is like a huge Villa Talk. It is essentially a massive forum with subreddits for any subject you care to think of, be as bizarre as you want, it'll exist. Each forum is moderated by usually the creator of the sub and a handpicked team, each sub has it's own rules. It's anarchic and much better IMO that any of the other social media Discord, don't quote me as I never use it, is more like Messenger / Whatsapp Just as a matter of interest, is the Twitter format copyrighted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted February 20, 2023 Author Share Posted February 20, 2023 5 minutes ago, MakemineVanilla said: Just as a matter of interest, is the Twitter format copyrighted? No, it just dominates that specific niche because of network effects, first mover advantage, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 51 minutes ago, bickster said: Reddit, is like a huge Villa Talk. It is essentially a massive forum with subreddits for any subject you care to think of, be as bizarre as you want, it'll exist. Each forum is moderated by usually the creator of the sub and a handpicked team, each sub has it's own rules. It's anarchic and much better IMO that any of the other social media Discord, don't quote me as I never use it, is more like Messenger / Whatsapp Some wonderful Liz Truss porn on Reddit too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, bickster said: Each forum is moderated by usually the creator of the sub and a handpicked team, each sub has it's own rules. It's anarchic and much better IMO that any of the other social media There's a lot of problems with this model though. Some of these big subs hand pick the same team as everyone else, some of them moderate dozens of the biggest subs, and hold their grudges and misuse their power across the whole site, and while in theory you can fork off and create alternative subs, once one has gained the critical mass and becomes the defacto sub for that content, it's very hard to compete. What it's essentially ended up with on the big subs is the same unaccountable, all-powerful mods, but instead of paid employees of the big tech companies, it's some power-hungry volunteers. Any big sub falls into this trap eventually, and the defaults are absolute cesspits run by karma farmers and megalomaniacs. Plenty of good content and good communities, it's just hidden well far away from the front page Edited February 20, 2023 by Davkaus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted February 20, 2023 Moderator Share Posted February 20, 2023 23 minutes ago, Davkaus said: the same unaccountable, all-powerful mods, but instead of paid employees of the big tech companies, it's some power-hungry volunteers. You say that like it’s a bad thing 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted February 20, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted February 20, 2023 (edited) 32 minutes ago, Davkaus said: some of them moderate dozens of the biggest subs, and hold their grudges and misuse their power across the whole site, and while in theory you can fork off and create alternative subs, once one has gained the critical mass and becomes the defacto sub for that content, it's very hard to compete. What it's essentially ended up with on the big subs is the same unaccountable, all-powerful mods, but instead of paid employees of the big tech companies, it's some power-hungry volunteers. Wow - bit harsh on the VT mods Has @limpid seen this? Edited February 20, 2023 by TheAuthority Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted February 20, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted February 20, 2023 2 hours ago, bickster said: Discord I find it to be a reincarnation of IRC but with emoticons and voice/video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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