Instagram reels and youtube shorts is structured in the same way (from what I can see superficially), though I dont use anything but Lemmy/YouTube. Though the common complaint I hear is that the algorithm is significantly worse on alternatives.

Not sure how this meaningfully changes anything other than forcing people to use another app that also violates their privacy.

I mostly feel for the two developers who have the task of building a social media network for a wage that couldn't buy you one developer. They're overloaded with issues and project goals. You cannot go 10 minutes on the 'fediverse' without hearing how the developers are awful tankies while then demanding them to add features. Must be exhausting.

I agree its an important feature, I want the internet to have privacy in mind. But its really easy to overlook how much work they put in only to be met with such hostility. Everyone talks about 'but let's just fork it, that's the beauty of open source' when I guarantee you will not find devs with the same dedication or passion.

Hope that people can agree that wanting this feature is A-OK but that the people working on this project are just overworked people who deserve a bit more respect.

where can I buy your crystal ball

Because during Vietnam people got the news from the media. The middleman is cut, we know immediately if this is just talk or real action.

Trump is worse but you're just proving that 'The Democrats are blackmailing us. It's like if you don't vote for Biden, Trump will come.' from the article.

Typically people list reasons why I should vote for X candidate and not why Y candidate is bad.

The US has vetoed both ceasefires. They still haven't blocked aid in the form of munitions to Israel. They haven't stopped the Rafah offensive. They pulled funding from UNRWA to shield Israel from the ICJ ruling. I am completely unsure how Trump could be worse on the matter of this genocide. Biden has done everything possible wrong in this situation. That is why I will be abstaining from voting.

You should, their killing of innocents was a huge kickstart for the latest offensive on Palestine...

The kickstart for this entire catastrophe did NOT start on October 7th. You have no idea what you are talking about and are just both sidesing a genocide. The United States Institute of Peace, an official federal institute, reported in 2009:

The charter itself contains statements that reflect a lack of hostility toward Jews on the basis of religion—for example, as article 31 states, “Under Islam, the followers of the three [monotheistic] religions: Islam, Christianity, and Judaism may coexist peacefully and safely.” Whether or not one accepts the statement as true, it is incompatible with claims of a religious obligation to kill Jews.

Hamas has, in practice, moved well beyond its charter. Indeed, Hamas has been carefully and consciously adjusting its political program for years and has sent repeated signals that it may be ready to begin a process of coexisting with Israel.

Not only do they not have outspoken cries for genocide, they are not in a position of power to commit a genocide. The UN's own criteria:

Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about it's physical destruction in whole or in part.

It took less than 3 days to quell the attack on their soil. Whereas in Gaza, the bombing campaigns have levelled 50% of all residential infrastructure as of a week ago. The prime minister has forcibly displaced millions and is now signaling that the IDF will be moving in. Settlement developers have been signaled they will be given land. Not only that, they have killed over 1% of the population in the bombing campaign alone. On top of that, 4 of 5 of all of food insecure are currently in Gaza. This will kill tens if not hundreds of thousands. Instead of listening to the ICJ's ruling that provisional measures NEED to be taken, which is a binding order, they have ignored the international courts and the globe has defunded UNRWA.

The only active genocide occurring is being carried out by the Israeli government. But PLEASE both sides this genocide. For you it is CRUCIAL that you stand up for Israeli interests, for some reason.

I don't give a shit about Hamas politics, I care about the 30000 killed. I care that people redirect every conversation about saving Palestinians to "but do you condemn Hamas", which you are doing right now.

Ask yourself. who in their right mind would NOT be on the other side of the spectrum of a genocide?

Seems like 70 years is a long time to keep a group of people under a crushing grip of apartheid. Perhaps Palestinians watching their family members bulldozed, tortured, bombed, strapped to tanks would evoke something in people?

Also are you seriously talking about the AI infant propaganda that the White House had to walk back on after no evidence was presented? Why not play devils advocate for the people that have now lost over 11K children?

Are you suggesting Palestinians are trying to eradicate all Jews when they are undergoing an actual genocide from Israel?

It's almost like both the Warsaw and Gaza uprisings were a reaction to occupation and murder.

Liberals in America are just right wing anti-communists, they're not leftists at all.

This is factually true

If you're going to play devil's advocate at least know the facts. There WERE Jewish militant groups that resisted the Nazis. The oppressed are justified to fight back.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Ghetto_Uprising

Unfortunately, this is the title the official editorial board chose. To be abundantly clear, a cease fire is the only moral position.

I wanted to open people's eyes to the fact that 'factual' and 'audited' papers often peddle misinformation.