It's funny because I agree with you - out of everything that collects my data I get the most out of YouTube, it often recommends things I like quite a bit and it's the primary way I discover new music

hagrid / sorting hat is my personal favorite

That's only because our legislative branch is entirely ineffective.

Do you think a resturant refusing to serve black people would be okay?

You're upset that the headline didn't have data, details and specifics in it?...

If they vote in a way I don't like, they're a bot. If they don't vote in a way that I like, also a bot. In fact, if they vote at all, probably a bot

I really, really hope the open internet takes off again

What a terrible AMA lol. I'm not surprised but it's still somehow worse than I imagined it would be.

Why would that be a serious problem? The code is open and it can be hosted by anyone. The moderators of a single instance are nearly meaningless to a federated system. That's the whole point.

To put it another way, what problems do you think the devs being tankies might cause?

I'll pay for instance hosting, for sure.

Best of luck to them.

I can't be excited about consequences until there's a conviction