// , “It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. The monkey wears an expression of seriousness... but the monkey is serious because he itches."(No/No)
// , This may just be my limited knowledge of networking, but perhaps you could start whitelisting technologies based on their source, rather than making a blacklist of art your set considers problematic, offensive, corruptive, et cetera. Some religions and media groups, in the past, have taken this approach. "Nihil obstat" or ESRB, anyone?
Social media amplifies the ability for powerful people to cause harm, and without consequences the populous has no recourse.
I take the pragmatic approach. For me, the consequence happens to be: Don't use Twitter.
I'm currently thinking pretty hard about my usage of any platform in which "Look who just called who a ____, screenshots attached!" or whatever is worthy of that platform's equivalent of a front page. I just do not have much Schadenfreude or righteous outrage left.
But the question has answers on what the artists can do. Not all the possible answers are on the side of the consumers.
Maybe the artists in question will take the Satoshi Nakamoto approach to software development. Will the artists begin separating themselves from their art? That's an option they have.
As Ben said, "things get unnecessarily dramatic", sometimes in cases where it's warranted (arguably in the subject of this post) but also in cases where it's not warranted: github.com/antirez/redis/issues/3185
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// , This may just be my limited knowledge of networking, but perhaps you could start whitelisting technologies based on their source, rather than making a blacklist of art your set considers problematic, offensive, corruptive, et cetera. Some religions and media groups, in the past, have taken this approach. "Nihil obstat" or ESRB, anyone?
I take the pragmatic approach. For me, the consequence happens to be: Don't use Twitter.
I'm currently thinking pretty hard about my usage of any platform in which "Look who just called who a ____, screenshots attached!" or whatever is worthy of that platform's equivalent of a front page. I just do not have much Schadenfreude or righteous outrage left.
But the question has answers on what the artists can do. Not all the possible answers are on the side of the consumers.
Maybe the artists in question will take the Satoshi Nakamoto approach to software development. Will the artists begin separating themselves from their art? That's an option they have.
As Ben said, "things get unnecessarily dramatic", sometimes in cases where it's warranted (arguably in the subject of this post) but also in cases where it's not warranted: github.com/antirez/redis/issues/3185