Yeah

I’m using the web interface through VPN usually. Not optimal for offline use ofc

Currently using siyuan. Just wish you could use the app with a self hosted instance.

I agree some questions feel forced, even rhetorical. I have a hard time believing it’s AI. I think it’s either a bunch of alt accounts from one guy who needs help winning arguments or a bunch of people roaming around in very weird social circles.

But yeah, there’s days Lemmy feels like a breath fresh air, and then it feels like someone is playing shenanigans in multiple communities for a few hours.

That’s an extremely specific scenario and I would bet money on it not happening quite as you describe.

What if people become more AI literate and generally understand it’s uses and misuses better? What if the dating and social connection landscape changes and some other platform makes things way easier or changes the way we connect? What if people become so lonely they revert back to prostitution?

There’s a million more scenarios and no one really knows what the future looks like, so I think it’s very likely that your scenario does not come true at all.

Very interesting.

Tying this to the minimum wage has some unique consequences and I can see why you chose that.

I have to point out though that in your wording, disseminating information while you are working will be very hard. For example, going to conferences might get you convicted (working under a contract from a company and then disseminating information in that conference) and I imagine there’s quite a few other things that could also fall under this, though I see you already did some very exact limits.

I feel like these lines could be drawn a bitore elegant but it’s not like I’m a politician who has great understanding of laws and language in order to draft something like this.

Propaganda?

I see the following issue:

What is an ad? Is it an ad spot in the middle of a TV show? A big billboard? A banner on a website? Someone talking about a brand? Just writing or saying a brand name? Subtle algorithmic nudging?

You gotta put a line in the sand, and depending on where you put it, it’ll be harder to influence anyone or harder to address brands or products. There’s always a trade off.

And then additionally we gotta address any behavioural adaptions of big companies. Imagine if companies started striking illegal deals with social media companies for favourable algorithms? How do you control that? And on the other hand, imagine you were talking about a product and suddenly people accuse you of illegal advertising? How do you make sure people don’t skirt the line and also no one is wrongly convicted?

I’m not saying this is a dumb idea, I actually agree cracking down on forceful or manipulative advertising is an interesting idea, I just think that these broad stroke ideas an insane amount of continuous planning, validation and readdressing.