That’s true, only Canadian instances would have to block Canadian news sites

We might have to ban it too if Canada is going to charge the instance owners for every Canadian news story posted

Yeah exactly, most the people I communicate with using accounts linked to my real name are people I know in real life. I’m not ashamed of my opinions or hobbies, it’s not like I’m posting gay furry oc - that’s what alt accounts are for…

It’s so sad that the war on drugs people Keep making their rediculous arguments against it now there are so many places where it’s legal and nothing has happened beside increased tax revenue and lives no longer being ruined by the police.

Maryland started selling recreational a few days ago and if you weren’t looking for it you’d barely notice, certain shops now sell good quality, fairly priced weed to anyone over 21, society hasn’t collapsed.

It also makes it more dangerous for kids because when they can’t access moderated legal porn then they’ll go to communities that exist to avoid censorship which of course are likely to contain far worse stuff and possibly involve communication with far worse people.

Yeah this information has always been available up spez and co

Bit crypto does that by publicly recording all transactions on the Blockchain, this is kinda the same thing in that it’ll not just about being told ‘in total sixteen people agree’ and having to belive spez that he hasn’t just invented the number, it’s seeing who voted and how.

You can of course have more than one account and keep your identity private similar to crypto where your transactions are public but the owner of the walker can be private

This isn’t a corporation advertising to get your business it’s a collective movement of people working to create a better internet, I totally understand you not liking politics but the reality of this world is that politics is important - the people runnning instances are generally doing it with their own time and money simply because they believe in the importance of the project, of course these are going to be people with strong principles.

Personally I think having a complex ecosystem is going to be a great thing when it’s had time to emerge and settle but yeah for now it’s all a bit new and up in the air but that’s part of the fun

First I would bang on a neighbor’s door and pay them to follow me with a camera then run into the fairly nearby motorbike shop and yell ‘quick I’m doing a Mr Beast challenge I need to spend a million dollars in the next half hour!’ all four guys working would jump at it especially if I said ‘give yourself 10% commission on each one’

The only other shop near that isn’t just groceries is a wedding dress shop so I guess while they’re getting the paperwork ready I’d run in and buy their most expensive white gowns so that we could ride in style - though the train might get caught in the chain…

Oh and I’d run into the pub and tell them to ring up as much as possible before the time runs out so we can all go there after to relax.