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I think people like this need to be immediately referred to behavior health specialists. They are clearly in need of some serious healing. Regardless of how you feel, you don’t need to be a horrible human AND ruin things for others.

Why can’t they just be horrible humans… quietly?

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No need. It’s already proven. And it’s inhabited are tardigrades!

Proof:

Thanks for the parenthetical. I think all clickbait titles should have such qualifiers. It really helps clarify exactly what the article is about.

I was wondering if this would happen. Now I know. 😒

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I’m not sure your comment accurately or fairly represents things.

Narcissism is genuine psychological disorder. Your comment doesn’t explain how he would be one of “the most narcissistic people.”

However, you genuinely made me curious about how many people have been contributing and by how much, so I looked it up on GitHub as you mentioned. There have been 159 contributors. The second most being 210 commits. Dan is the number one contributor at over 10,000 commits!

I can’t know his motivations, only what he shares publicly. I don’t follow PixelFed development closely. I don’t know why he’s trying to do so much at once. And I honestly thought Sup was short for Whatsup.

What I do know is what it’s like to slave for thousands of hours, writing millions of lines of code, trying to manage multiple projects with numerous hands in it, ridiculous deadlines, and with customers and users quick to criticize without truly understanding everything entailed in such projects.

Perhaps I’m honestly ignorant and he really is someone to loath. So far though, PixelFed has been a gem that connects me with a lot of beauty. I personally know loathsome humans. There’s plenty more in the news daily.

This Forbes article though? It’s doing something really good for the Fediverse. It’s highlighting the need for funding projects like these. And, yeah, it mentions Dan because he’s the one who got these projects of the ground and has done nearly all the bleeding and sweating for it.

I get the concerns and fears, but I’m not sure there is reason think we’re there yet.

I guess I’m just grateful.

Honestly would love cars to just be… cars.

Not smart. No cellular radios sending my info…

A key. Like. A car key.

I remember watching a few of the first episodes with my youngest and was happy to see that he enjoyed the insane wackyness of it all. I’m sure he would have enjoyed watching more of the silliness, but my partner wasn’t going to have it. There’s a lot of battles I have to fight pretty regularly, and this show was just not one of them. But… it was good to see my youngest enjoying an old show that was a part of my life back then.

Have to be honest though, Randy the bully really bothered me then and still bothers me now. Bullies suck, regardless of their form.

The Almighty Creator of all things, capable of doing anything at any time in any way… messed up. He was aghast. Butt stuff?! What was his creation doing?! It literally hadn’t been more than 2 minutes. And so, God checked out long ago.

Now we have climate change. Super hurricanes. Pat Roberton was right. The gays!!!

I mean, we have no choice. These no butt stuff laws are literally holding the fury of nature back and saving lives!

When charges are dropped like this, can someone else take them up and attempt to prosecute him? Sharing information like this is clearly illegal.

wtaf

Many would be curious about the path to emigration you took. Have you shared about this anywhere?

Do you have adult friends, aunt, uncles, grandparents, whatever, that can spent quality time with your children

Yep.

is every adult a potential abuser

Yep.

you watch them all with the same level of scrutiny?

Nope.

Keep in mind that child abuse is most commonly perpetrated by someone the child knows, often a relative or a close family member. Access, proximity, trust, power dynamics, secrecy, and etc all play into it.

I don’t have to be always present when my child is someone, with say, a grandparent. What is important is that communication between myself and my children remains open and that any compromising or inappropriate behavior is revealed when it happens.

Children need to be taught that certain behaviors are never permissible and certain areas of their body are absolutely off limits to anyone save their parents or doctor. Any adult that tells them to keep a secret is doing something that’s absolutely not okay. I could elaborate more and give more details, but I’m hoping you get the premise. And yes, there’s always exceptions to things.

Parents should keep an eye on people who interact with their children. Children should be prepared to know what is okay and what is not okay. Anything that falls outside those bounds should be reported to a parent. Perhaps it was nothing. Perhaps it was the start of something absolutely inappropriate. You don’t know unless you communicate.

What happened to the kids in this article never should have been permitted to happen. And yet as the environment was created for abuse, it seems no one stepped in or did anything.

To be honest this is something what I’d expect to hear from survivor who hasn’t processed their trauma. I’m not trying to tell you you’re wrong to be vigilant, but to me this reads like a subconscious cry for help. I might be totally wrong, in which case I’m sorry.

I’d like to think you mean well by your comment, so no need to be sorry.

I absolutely hope that a victim of such abuse would be vigilant. Unfortunately, that might come out pretty distorted if they haven’t processed things. For those who have suffered and got the help they needed, I would hope that they remain vigilant. And for those who’ve never been a victim, I would hope they also be vigilant.

There’s a reason a lot of countries have mandatory reporting laws. There’s a reason a lot of organizations have youth protection training now. There’s also a reason numerous organizations have been sued to oblivion for allowing child abuse to persist and for not properly addressing it when it happens.

Take some time to look up child abuse statistics, the perpetrators, how it was allowed to happen, and etc. I think you might be surprised by how common it is and how some simple steps can very seriously mitigate it.

Vigilance means remaining watchful and being intentional, not paranoid.

It’s a figure of speech. I simply mean being vigilant with interaction between my children and others (adults in particular). To not do so, wouldn’t be good parenting IMO.

They are part of organizations and institutions that have troubled histories with child abuse. One of my children just spent the weekend on a trip with such an organization. They have strict policies ensuring youth are never alone with adults. One-on-one communication is forbidden. All adults participating are required to take youth protection training and look out for specific signs. If an adult needs to say something to a youth, then it’s done publicly. If it’s digital, then I as their parent am always included in the conversation. Etc etc.

Child abuse is widespread, not uncommon, and care must be taken seriously.

If you and everyone you know has been free of abuse, then I’m so so very glad for you and them. However, for millions and millions, that hasn’t been the case. It’s all too common and very hidden.

Being vigilant with child protection is not something I will be apologetic for.

And this is why I’ve raised my children to never to unconditionally trust people in a position of power, including even family. We had “the talk” early, made it abundantly clear what kind of behavior from an adult is never okay, watch interactions they have with people like a hawk, and check-in enough to know they are safe.

We don’t have to live life afraid, but we mustn’t ignore that predators can be anywhere and look like anyone.

I feel so terrible for this child and his siblings. The problems in their lives didn’t begin with this rapist.

Life shouldn’t have to be this way. 😭

The Onion singularity is happening in my lifetime!

M’kay, Mr. Pope. Nothing ironic or hypocritical about this statement at all…

Admittedly, there is so much about this that I don’t understand. I most definitely don’t think that the solution is using billionaire owned data harvesters. I haven’t used social media like this for over a decade because it’s clear how we and our information is used and abused.

At the same time, I’m unfortunately all too acquainted with authoritarian states. For people to hand over their data to such a state–intentionally–is just mind boggling to me.

So, yes, you’re right. I’m misunderstanding a lot. I am not able to wrap my head around how the content of TikTok and/or other billionaire owned media platforms are worth everything that one has to give up to use them. I actively avoided such companies and, as such, the allure of the content doesn’t draw me in. Sure, there are things that I miss, but I don’t see the exchange as worth it.

Perhaps for some, the move to RedNote is a protest against the arbitrary banning of a single app among a sea of so many others doing the same thing. Perhaps it’s meant to expose the intent of the US and Western governments knowing they will inevitably fold (as the US currently seems to be doing), then the ends will just restore things to the way things were before… which is still terrible. Perhaps it’s just addicts chasing their next fix. I’m sure there’s lots of reasons driving it. From the outside though, it all seems crazed.

There is so very much about all of this that I will never understand. Well, I suppose I do understand enough about human nature to get it. It simply disturbs me. And all the while, the billionaire corps are going to do everything in their power to acquire and use people’s data for their own gain. Governments will leverage it with ill intent. And people will willingly let them.

Oh you haven’t heard? The president of the United States is the “Leader Of The Free World.” And Canada will be getting the added boon of joining their Union as the 51st state. He’s making everything great again, whether people or nations realize they need it or not.

He’s fixing TikTok. Fixing Ukraine. Yadda yadda.