No Good Options For The Fed; So Audit It & Get Rid of It!

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[–]chottohen 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (7 children)

Both the Fed and income tax started the same year. A certain tribe has been robbing us.

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 4 fun2 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 4 fun -  (6 children)

A certain tribe has been robbing us.

The Bushmen of the Kalahari?

[–]chottohen 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (5 children)

[That was a really interesting book I read at around age thirteen but had a slightly different title] The author described how a female bushperson's buttocks stuck out at an alnost ninety degree angle and it blew my young mind. But the tribe i was referring to—and I'm not sure that's the correct word—the Ashkenazis seem to have a slight IQ advantage on the rest of us and tradition of teaching the young the importance of and ways of getting money. I had no such advantage growing up. Well, saidit has changed and as we expected, not for the better. It has become a big joke apparently. I hope you are well and not as anorexic as before. Think globally, act locally.

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

I was kidding.

The AshkeNazis would like you to believe they are smarter. Their myth is supported by in-selecting the Nobel Prize winners, corporate media, banksters, politicians, and other rigged bullshit.

Not sure what you mean by a big joke. Steps are being taken to deal with some things, which give me some hope, but I fear it may be too late. I'm still working on getting other sites up - a Lemmy for fun and freedom and one for serious discourse, and others.

[–]chottohen 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

I knew you were kidding. By "big joke" I meant the ratio of serious posts to pure shit posting. When you get anything new up, be sure to let us know.

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

Yes. The shit posts are for shit. And no matter how much folk say it, blocking doesn't help SaidIt.

Most of my posts now get ignored/drowned out for gutter dwelling.

When I get the overview first draft done, you and the others will know, whether via posts in /s/Cassy or directly - because the only reason why I'm doing it is for the good ones. From the first draft we can all build on it, tweak it, refine it, and lay the foundations for our communities' futures. If any of this seems mysterious it should all become clear, and any lingering questions then can be raised and ironed out.

[–]Drewski 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

What will be your approach to moderation? How will you filter out the trolls and shitposting without censoring genuine viewpoints and dissenting opinions?

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

I've said for years that we need a better system, or filter as you aptly say.

We not only need a place for better elevated discourse, but a place for the asstrolls to play - and for them to be connected. The free-speech fun place (TruthSeeker.Party) and a serious free-thinking truth-seeking forum (TruthSeeker.Club) would exist on two Lemmy instances that would be federated together - and users could focus on the local content only or all in the federation (hopefully other filters could be developed). Maybe a third middle-way Lemmy can be a SaidIt mirror, with some bridging code - assuming the other two instances find any kind of success.

Anyone can play in the Party, while SaidIt could be mid tier home and proving ground, and only the decent are allowed to stay in the Club with the elevated serious content (no memes) avoiding timesucks and noise. Instants' discipline is openly determined by the community under the guidance of the trusted-team with enough collective brains to realize that self-management may have more drama for a while, but will work itself out as systems are proposed, developed, refined, tweaked, etc.

Each instance would have its owner's charter outlining the purpose, goals, mission, constitution, manifesto, or whatever you want to call it, to explain what the site is all about. This spirit of the site is more important than the rules, guides, etc. that can get bogged down in trivialities. This spirit would be the fundamental foundation of the community - including all the self-regulating concepts and developments that each community comes up with. Rather than by votes, karma, or other points, people would earn their status in the community by their words and actions. Respect and trust by merit. There's no shortage of folks on SaidIt who are well known by their deeds, good, bad, and ugly. The good ones can lay the foundations as the trusted-team that collectively decides how they will adopt new trustees (or kindly and gratefully relieve some) and how they will determine their own ethical management. All this done in the open so that the regular users, new users, quieter old users, and even disruptors can have a fair say. It's up to the trusted-team to be open to input, opine on issues, and keep a watch on each other, while also encouraging regular users to do likewise. This is only one aspect of many, but is most certainly lacking on SaidIt.

In short, the goal is to be as inclusive as possible with checks, balances, and filters so that the people have a say if they want it, not just for fairness and transparency, but because people need to feel like they have a stake in their community, content, and future - rather than just a free service to use and exploit.

That's just the tip.