Technology

59055 readers

3173 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

Follow the lemmy.world rules.
Only tech related content.
Be excellent to each another!
Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
Politics threads may be removed.
No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

159

How the American war on porn could change the way you use the internet (www.bbc.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

32 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 89 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Morons, all of them. You’re not getting that genie back in the bottle.

I grew up pre-internet and still found plenty of porn, as did the hypocrites making these laws.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Can't wait to start looking for flash drives in roadside hedges 😂

[–] [email protected] 34 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There was some way to either steal a "dirty" magazine, buy one from an older teenager, or check out the one you found at your friend's house that his dad had in a drawer somewhere.

If all else failed, there was always the Sears catalog.

Pitching your desire to block pornography against the collective sex drives of the whole populace is a recipe for you losing and look stupid doing it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I mean there is a difference between the good old magazines and having access to super hardcore stuff for a 9yo... But generally I agree.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Where is the line? I’m not advocating for anarchy and having no lines, I’m just generally curious where people who make distinctions in a gray area draw that line, be it censorship, what kinds of food to eat, social etiquette, etc.

Also, “I don’t know” is perfectly acceptable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I personally think there isn't any exact line. Everyone has to make that decision for themselves. And something which might be alright in one communicy might be unacceptable in another. Like political debate vs casual conversation vs technology discussion.

I tolerate some mild trolling. I hate argumentative people, at least when they're wrong, don't listen but don't stop spewing their nonsense. I don't accept personal attacks and hatred in general. I don't tolerate brigading, mass-downvoting and such things. And I think we already have enough misinformation available. Any lies and factually false things can be deleted IMO unless it contributes something at some level.

I also despise people wasting other people's time. Baiting with controversial topics and then never engaging in the discussion. Asking for advice and then not reading or upvoting any comments. Dumping content and links from other platforms to make Lemmy be "more active" while actually turning it into a dumpster.

I think mods should be fair. I love meaningful discussions. People sharing personal stories. Learning things. Being nice to each other and doing literally anything constructive with our time here.

I tend toward being liberal. So I try to be alright with as much as I can.

I think most people have a working moral compass. Not everyone, but enough people so we don't really need to discuss what's nice and what is unacceptable behaviour.