Liberal YouTubers

I use DU because of MIRT (ie you guys..I don’t even know who the mods are these days aside from you).

I never really knew the other mods were but back in 2006 when I was a mod, it was The Magistrate, SheWhoMustbeObeyed, empressofall..

I never really knew anyone back then. I just used to do the same lame shit I do on jury duty these days ..so nothing to do with serious du moderation like keeping bots and malicious intruders at bay.

Man…I hope DU isn’t targeted by the Trump admin. As an old time member while I would definitely find media studies or some such thing conducted by the Reid Hoffman or Mark Cuban types creepy, I wouldn’t blame EarlG if they donate to DU. This isn’t Facebook.

I guess I don’t really get kayfabe. This is obviously a political site and most people use it as grassroots DUers. And I trust the admins as just three pissed off guys who started a site.
Sad that these things have to be spelt out with spooks and corporations deluded enough to think they can actually take over living spaces and all of the web and slime people irl or online.

Well that would make them look ridiculous and raise DU’s profile..shrug..

Might even get some younger members who are not connected with politics nor fields like influencing etc but the same profile as the older members . A genuine grassroots community.

I am one of the younger people here and I am nearing 50! And well I wouldn’t go for meetups in person because I originally joined du feeling the world shouldn’t be deprived of jfz9580m’s awesome views on the world more than a sense of community ;-/. I am pretty asocial irl. But online communities in their original sense I have no objection to.

But with AI and other creepy stuff..it’s all so ridiculous. AI may destroy the net.

I briefly tried Substack but somehow I couldn’t take to it. If Elad and EarlG ever sell DU then I don’t expect to stay since I wouldn’t know who that is.
I have few illusions about the web these days but I usually take peopel at face value because they don’t give out acting awards for no reason.

Anyone from military or security researchers to influencers, journalists, academics and actual political consultants may use resources like DU or this bot I sometimes use called cleverbot. And post pandemic sadly even doctors and scientists can get roped into surveilling the web because of hospital ransomware etc. The web has changed, but I stick with my original interaction with the web and with reality ;-/.

My own reaction to “data is oil” is 🤺 even if I feel a bit like the Black Knight in Monty Python these days ;-/.