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Hmmmm...
1. Pillowfort has now entered the fray on free speech (and not in a good way. Apparently they are banning content that they've determined to be inappropriate or pornographic in character...(I seriously hope it's not just a bunch of people without their shirts on. I just looked at site called Deviant Art with all sorts of warnings, that had been banned on Tumblr, and all I saw were a bunch of similar sized and colored people without their shirts on, male and female. It was quite lovely and humane. And I thought...okay the people who think this is pornographic, probably should stay away from French beaches (unless they've changed a great deal from when I frequented them in the 1980s), and never see the musical Hair. Nudity is NOT pornography. Nudity used to titillate or objectify the human body in a way that is degrading is pornography - see Playboy, Playgirl, and Penthouse magazines. It's not that hard to figure out the difference.)
The battle is currently over NSFW or what some identify as "pornography". This is a old old old battle that predates the internet by about 70 or more years.
On Tumblr -- it is owned by Verizon, apparently, and Oath, which has a similar decree to LJ and AOL, which is why I left both. What is that? Oh. "We own your content and can do whatever we bloody well please with it, including censor, remove, repost, publish, market, reproduce, etc...unless you pay us not to." Well, forget that. I'm moving to DW. Bye now.
They are both upfront about it now. LJ's agreement pretty much stated that -- and I couldn't access my journal, post in it, or change it without agreeing to the agreement. I could however delete. Which I promptly did. Tumblr at least told me upfront.
Why did people move to Tumblr over DW to start -- well not being savvy in US and Global copyright laws they didn't move for the same reasons I did. They moved because LJ went on a tear about NSFW art a while back, and it was easier to post art work from phones etc to Tumblr than to DW or LJ. DW by the way is insanely difficult to post images to -- it is not an art, photo or image friendly site. Tumblr on the other hand is. I'm more interested in writing than posting pictures, so DW worked for me. But if I'd been the opposite? I'd have gone to Tumblr.
2. Forget Tumblr, it's all Steve Jobs fault -- hee hee.
Eh no. There were other people working on the technology at the same time as Jobs, he just got there first. I've family members who are software engineers and know quite a few, if Jobs didn't create the Iphone, someone else would have eventually. Also people were already moving in the direction of apps long before the smartphone took off. Facebook popped up before smartphones.
And, I remember Voy, Bronze Beta, chat rooms, and LJ fights over free speech and content. There were wars about that long before apps. Also they had walled content and moderators removing content long before the arrival of the smart phone.
Do I like smartphones? No. I preferred it when they didn't exist. But alas, they do. I resisted as long as I could get away with it -- but eventually I hit a wall and realized, okay, you have to have one because this is how EVERYONE else is doing business and operating today. Tough boogies.
When did I figure it out?
( my love/hate relationship with the frigging cell phone )
3. I'm wondering if they teach history in public schools any longer.
Coworker: I'm thinking Obama should run again.
Me: he can't run again.
Coworker: Why not?
Me: Because they can only serve two terms.
Coworker: I did not know that.
ME: Did you skip the US Constitution in school somehow?
Coworker: So when did this happen?
Me: With Franklyn D. Roosevelt who ran and won four terms..
Coworker: Who is this guy and how many terms?
Me: You don't know who Roosevelt is?
Coworker: No. And you're telling me that he served four terms?
Me: Well he died during the fourth term in office, then they passed an amendment to the Constitution to make sure it didn't happen again. Did you skip history in school?
Co-worker: Next time I'm going to lie...and pretend I know.
Other Co-worker: She's just schooling you.
Me: You need to read a few books on WWII.
On the plus side, he's a whiz at math and taught music. I'm beginning to wonder about our education system -- do they not teach history in public schools any longer? I can understand not knowing who Ruthered B. Hayes is...but really?
1. Pillowfort has now entered the fray on free speech (and not in a good way. Apparently they are banning content that they've determined to be inappropriate or pornographic in character...(I seriously hope it's not just a bunch of people without their shirts on. I just looked at site called Deviant Art with all sorts of warnings, that had been banned on Tumblr, and all I saw were a bunch of similar sized and colored people without their shirts on, male and female. It was quite lovely and humane. And I thought...okay the people who think this is pornographic, probably should stay away from French beaches (unless they've changed a great deal from when I frequented them in the 1980s), and never see the musical Hair. Nudity is NOT pornography. Nudity used to titillate or objectify the human body in a way that is degrading is pornography - see Playboy, Playgirl, and Penthouse magazines. It's not that hard to figure out the difference.)
The battle is currently over NSFW or what some identify as "pornography". This is a old old old battle that predates the internet by about 70 or more years.
On Tumblr -- it is owned by Verizon, apparently, and Oath, which has a similar decree to LJ and AOL, which is why I left both. What is that? Oh. "We own your content and can do whatever we bloody well please with it, including censor, remove, repost, publish, market, reproduce, etc...unless you pay us not to." Well, forget that. I'm moving to DW. Bye now.
They are both upfront about it now. LJ's agreement pretty much stated that -- and I couldn't access my journal, post in it, or change it without agreeing to the agreement. I could however delete. Which I promptly did. Tumblr at least told me upfront.
Why did people move to Tumblr over DW to start -- well not being savvy in US and Global copyright laws they didn't move for the same reasons I did. They moved because LJ went on a tear about NSFW art a while back, and it was easier to post art work from phones etc to Tumblr than to DW or LJ. DW by the way is insanely difficult to post images to -- it is not an art, photo or image friendly site. Tumblr on the other hand is. I'm more interested in writing than posting pictures, so DW worked for me. But if I'd been the opposite? I'd have gone to Tumblr.
2. Forget Tumblr, it's all Steve Jobs fault -- hee hee.
Eh no. There were other people working on the technology at the same time as Jobs, he just got there first. I've family members who are software engineers and know quite a few, if Jobs didn't create the Iphone, someone else would have eventually. Also people were already moving in the direction of apps long before the smartphone took off. Facebook popped up before smartphones.
And, I remember Voy, Bronze Beta, chat rooms, and LJ fights over free speech and content. There were wars about that long before apps. Also they had walled content and moderators removing content long before the arrival of the smart phone.
Do I like smartphones? No. I preferred it when they didn't exist. But alas, they do. I resisted as long as I could get away with it -- but eventually I hit a wall and realized, okay, you have to have one because this is how EVERYONE else is doing business and operating today. Tough boogies.
When did I figure it out?
( my love/hate relationship with the frigging cell phone )
3. I'm wondering if they teach history in public schools any longer.
Coworker: I'm thinking Obama should run again.
Me: he can't run again.
Coworker: Why not?
Me: Because they can only serve two terms.
Coworker: I did not know that.
ME: Did you skip the US Constitution in school somehow?
Coworker: So when did this happen?
Me: With Franklyn D. Roosevelt who ran and won four terms..
Coworker: Who is this guy and how many terms?
Me: You don't know who Roosevelt is?
Coworker: No. And you're telling me that he served four terms?
Me: Well he died during the fourth term in office, then they passed an amendment to the Constitution to make sure it didn't happen again. Did you skip history in school?
Co-worker: Next time I'm going to lie...and pretend I know.
Other Co-worker: She's just schooling you.
Me: You need to read a few books on WWII.
On the plus side, he's a whiz at math and taught music. I'm beginning to wonder about our education system -- do they not teach history in public schools any longer? I can understand not knowing who Ruthered B. Hayes is...but really?