I hadn’t thought about it that way, thanks for sharing that perspective. I agree, but isn’t that what NPR was supposed to be? Or am I confusing it with PBS?

Wow this is a great article, thanks for sharing. This quote in particular has a lot to unpack:

We are not chasing platform traffic, we’re not chasing social video views, we’re not doing sponsored content to make our business go like everyone else is forced to do. If you want to go play in those games, you have no choice but to do sponsor integrations. That’s just how those businesses work. We won’t do it, we sell our ethics policy.

The Verge’s decision to raise a paywall comes at a moment when many news media companies are grappling with the dilemma of an emerging gulf between the information ecosystems of free and paid news. As more media companies lean into subscriptions to drive revenue, the reach and impact of their news stories is often limited, or targeted more toward an affluent, educated audience willing to pay for news.>

That must be really challenging if you run an ethical journalism organization. Gone are the days of paying for newspapers, people now expect it for free, and that’s not sustainable for a regular business. So it creates a moral dilemma for ethical journalists, who naturally want to continue to reach a large audience and worry about alienating people who can’t afford subscriptions.

The free news sites don’t have that same quandary. They make money by selling your data, so they remain free. Since it’s what the people want, they don’t think about the fact that this is achieved by unethical means. These people are already predisposed to be less educated due to income levels alone, meaning they’re less likely to perform the critical thinking necessary to realize that journalism - ethics = fake news. Talk about a vicious cycle.

I know I’m not saying anything that people who’ve been paying attention the past 8 years don’t already know, but when you really think about all the implications it’s kind of astounding. >

Thanks, I appreciate the commiserating, it does make me feel a little better.

I agree with you and I don’t put anything that I would consider questionable online, at least not these days. I’m just having a hard time figuring out what adjustments to make in addition to worrying about personal things I’ve already shared, like my gender and race. You know what I mean? I’m a married woman, and I have info in various places about our family planning choices, to give an example. That’s really starting to worry me, but how can I even begin to delete my data? It’s everywhere. Every doctor has their own patient portal, I have multiple email accounts, and I don’t even want to think about the dumb shit I might have posted when YouTube comment sections were new.

It’s all really overwhelming.

That I do know. I’m not worried about emails, or really anything specific. My online activity is pretty tame, but that’s within the context of a country with a functioning democracy that treats women like free humans. Not a surveillance state that plans to criminalize reproductive healthcare and turn women into sex slaves. I guess the problem I’m having is I don’t know how much I need to change my online habits because I have no idea how bad things are going to get.

That’s definitely something I worry about, especially after the recent reddit clusterfuck.

Question for more tech savvy people: should I be worried about wiping old data, and if so for which apps? Just messaging apps, or also email and social media? Or can I just use the encrypted apps moving forward?

I see, that makes more sense. Thanks for the explanation!

I assumed so, since this meme format usually is.

I’m out of the loop, can someone explain the joke?

If an incoming fascist government were promising retribution for their political opponents, and if there were threats, however fringe, of public executions, I would also pardon my child. I’m honestly surprised more high profile people aren’t leaving the country. Though I guess that would be a bad move on multiple levels. What did that one article say? Don’t bend the knee until there’s a memo saying you have to?

Ted Cruz, lol.

I’m all for it but the problem is that working class people are too busy working. Maybe they can set up a PAC that gives scholarships to would-be politicians so they can challenge these douchebags and still pay their bills.

… considers? Just do it. Jesus.

I agree, but how?

Dear God, they used a punch card like it was just another day on the job? I hope they didn’t make the “prisoners” do it. I don’t know why this is so chilling but something about having to count yourself like an object makes me feel sick.

I know I’m way over simplifying but starvation was one of many cruelties inflicted on victims during the holocaust. I don’t understand why Nazis would want to count people they intended to murder, but I think it’s important to try to understand as much as we can so we don’t let it happen again. Which is why I asked.

I’m honestly not sure I want the majority of reddit users coming to lemmy. Especially as a woman. There’s just so much more nastiness on reddit. I get that sometimes the content on Lemmy slows down or gets stale, but that seems like a reasonable price to pay to avoid people with chronic interpersonal problems and no healthy emotional outlet. I think every exchange I’ve had on Lemmy has at least been respectful and I can’t recall ever feeling that way on reddit.

It reflects his miserable persona.

Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but why would they even need a machine to count the prisoners? If they didn’t feed their victims and were planning to murder them anyways I’m having trouble understanding why they wouldn’t be okay with just a loose head count. Was it really just for counting?

I hope I’m not coming across as insensitive, I’ve just never heard about this and it sounds so ominous.