I have been aware of the Advocates for Self Government since about 1995. It is, generally speaking, a good outfit. They did a great deal of work to promote David Nolan's version of the two-dimensional political space mapping (economic freedom versus personal freedom) around that time. Good to see you are publishing essays there.
One of the sites that doesn't use algorithms but simply shows you the posts from people you follow is Pickax.com on which I am "planetaryjim" if you want to follow me there. It has a sort of MySpace feel, including Jeff Dornik in the role of Tom from Myspace as you start your account following his account. I think Jeff's team has made a mistake using Stripe for merchant card services, with all the same objections I have always had to Stripe terms of service. As well, they only allow "verified" accounts to be paid content providers, and I don't agree with the identity state thing, at all. But it is a sort of proof of concept in that such a platform exists which doesn't de-boost content but simply shows you the posts from the accounts you follow. Maybe worth a look.
The people who have money and power have always wanted to control the lives of other people. Or, as Frank Herbert wrote, it is not only that power corrupts, but also that it is magnetic to the corruptible. The people who write algorithms also seem to want power, and get hired by people who pay them to manipulate these things. I think there is even some evidence that the people who write the algos are creating more algorithm ghettos than they are paid to create. Worse yet, they destroy beautiful things, like The Scroll, the loss of which still inspires sadness for me. -sigh-
I would have loved to have brought it back, but there's no way I can put that much work into something when I have to wonder if it will cease to function week to week. I spent months fighting to fix it, and I simply can't justify that. I will check out pickax soon! Thanks!! :)
Oh, I know. I enjoyed it very much, and it was a fine thing. And, no, I don’t think you have any obligation or were in the least mistaken in your understanding about what was done and how to respond. Very much on your side completely. It is, however, also clear to me that the miserable people in the tech team chose to wreck it because we dared to talk about how miserable they are as people and how little they bother to do their actual jobs. And, of course, they wrecked it because they could, which speaks to the miserable nature of their way of being. I am disappoint.
I spend a little time on Pickax about every day because Duke of Good (DoG) moved there. And his memes be spicy
I, too, have been aware of The Advocates from their inception. I purchased many audio tapes of their speaking events, etc. I seem to have been remiss in not keeping up with them, because I did not know you wrote for them until today! So, they are now officially now back on my radar.
And thanks to Jim @l5news for the reference to Pickax…a new one for me as well!
Someone told me the other day my sites were blocked, you just never know if on the physical level if your thoughts and ideas are reaching others.
As humanity is one in essence there is another way... we wordlessly communicate and that cannot be censored, which is where love and truth lie.
The more silly the inner gets the more silly the outer gets. We have a huge split of humanity, one group whose religion is govt( the unconscious state) and they feed their minds on its media spread fear, slopaganda and misinformation = the regressive group.
But on a positive note No soul( part of the one soul) will be lost.
I had this exact conversation on substack with the infamous scary poppins who actually argued that government preventing people from seeing something isn’t censorship.
Scary Poppins:
… Two such examples that don’t limit speech: labeling false posts, or introducing friction so they can’t be shared as widely. No one is entitled to a megaphone.….
Me:
I agree. A law limiting the new york times to 100 daily copies that must be sold from a news stand at the top of Mount Rainier wouldn’t be censorship it would merely be introducing friction so the paper can’t be shared as widely.
I have been aware of the Advocates for Self Government since about 1995. It is, generally speaking, a good outfit. They did a great deal of work to promote David Nolan's version of the two-dimensional political space mapping (economic freedom versus personal freedom) around that time. Good to see you are publishing essays there.
One of the sites that doesn't use algorithms but simply shows you the posts from people you follow is Pickax.com on which I am "planetaryjim" if you want to follow me there. It has a sort of MySpace feel, including Jeff Dornik in the role of Tom from Myspace as you start your account following his account. I think Jeff's team has made a mistake using Stripe for merchant card services, with all the same objections I have always had to Stripe terms of service. As well, they only allow "verified" accounts to be paid content providers, and I don't agree with the identity state thing, at all. But it is a sort of proof of concept in that such a platform exists which doesn't de-boost content but simply shows you the posts from the accounts you follow. Maybe worth a look.
The people who have money and power have always wanted to control the lives of other people. Or, as Frank Herbert wrote, it is not only that power corrupts, but also that it is magnetic to the corruptible. The people who write algorithms also seem to want power, and get hired by people who pay them to manipulate these things. I think there is even some evidence that the people who write the algos are creating more algorithm ghettos than they are paid to create. Worse yet, they destroy beautiful things, like The Scroll, the loss of which still inspires sadness for me. -sigh-
I would have loved to have brought it back, but there's no way I can put that much work into something when I have to wonder if it will cease to function week to week. I spent months fighting to fix it, and I simply can't justify that. I will check out pickax soon! Thanks!! :)
Oh, I know. I enjoyed it very much, and it was a fine thing. And, no, I don’t think you have any obligation or were in the least mistaken in your understanding about what was done and how to respond. Very much on your side completely. It is, however, also clear to me that the miserable people in the tech team chose to wreck it because we dared to talk about how miserable they are as people and how little they bother to do their actual jobs. And, of course, they wrecked it because they could, which speaks to the miserable nature of their way of being. I am disappoint.
I spend a little time on Pickax about every day because Duke of Good (DoG) moved there. And his memes be spicy
I was also there because of DoG’s wonderful memework, at least until I found out what a heavy hand AI has on that platform. None for me, thanks!
Demi, I’m just learning that The Scroll is no longer a thing. For real? I’m so bummed 🫤
There was nothing else I could do. Fighting to keep it going did nothing. I’m sorry. 😢🙏🏻💜
Oh that’s a bummer Demi. I’m so sorry.
It’s ok. Better this way than continuing to sink time into trying to fix something that was always going to remain broken.
Dear Demi,
Yes!! The Scroll was one of my faves as well. 🥲
I, too, have been aware of The Advocates from their inception. I purchased many audio tapes of their speaking events, etc. I seem to have been remiss in not keeping up with them, because I did not know you wrote for them until today! So, they are now officially now back on my radar.
And thanks to Jim @l5news for the reference to Pickax…a new one for me as well!
Cheers! 🥰
My wife, who checks these things, warned me that Pickax leans heavily on AI. Just saying..
The WWW ai Platform.
Someone told me the other day my sites were blocked, you just never know if on the physical level if your thoughts and ideas are reaching others.
As humanity is one in essence there is another way... we wordlessly communicate and that cannot be censored, which is where love and truth lie.
The more silly the inner gets the more silly the outer gets. We have a huge split of humanity, one group whose religion is govt( the unconscious state) and they feed their minds on its media spread fear, slopaganda and misinformation = the regressive group.
But on a positive note No soul( part of the one soul) will be lost.
Peace and Love
Hmmm, this might be why certain poets can get 1000s of subs in a short amount of time while poetry like mine gets limited visibility? Idk maybe?
Wonderful work as usual. You need to check out @Adam Lane’s work here:
https://adamlane.substack.com/p/the-art-of-cognitive-jujitsu-chapter?r=df97g&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
You both do work more people should see…
I had this exact conversation on substack with the infamous scary poppins who actually argued that government preventing people from seeing something isn’t censorship.
Scary Poppins:
… Two such examples that don’t limit speech: labeling false posts, or introducing friction so they can’t be shared as widely. No one is entitled to a megaphone.….
Me:
I agree. A law limiting the new york times to 100 daily copies that must be sold from a news stand at the top of Mount Rainier wouldn’t be censorship it would merely be introducing friction so the paper can’t be shared as widely.
You make a good point. Much to think about there.
I do amuse myself.
https://substack.com/@brettrichards/note/c-208044242?r=3r88l&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
That is a good point. It would make even less sense if Mount Rainier were in New York state. -grin-
haha fair but I had just been hiking at Mt Rainier recently and it was on my mind.
And who, after all, goes hiking at the top of the Empire State Building unless they are doing a remake of "Sleepless in Seattle"?
certainly not Tom Hanks or Meg Ryan. They are in hip breaking territory now.