If I had any doubts about his guilt they were eradicated as soon as he called this a deep state conspiracy. Nobody is conspiring against has-been comedians.
I hope that the police look into these allegations. Chasing his monetisation is not a punishment since he is already wealthy.
The problem with that is that the public should never get to be judge, jury, and executioner. Rumour and gossip should not be the basis for something this severe.
Brand has made more than enough money to live his life peacefully out of the public eye. The court of public opinion is only capable of ruining the wrong peoples' lives, people who don't have wealth and fame. The rich and powerful can uncancel themselves after a short period of exile, should they wish.
It's not a tax on poor people, its a tax on unhealthy food, which you'll be surprised to find out that everyone eats regardless of economic class.
I think this would be more effective than a lot of us lefties would like to admit. "Healthy" food is already affordable, people just don't want to eat it when there are other options.
I really do wish allegations of this level of seriousness could go through the legal system before being presented to the court of public opinion. If he's actually assaulting 16 year olds then he needs sending down!
Neither of the two points you've made address what I said. Maybe you misunderstood. By "MySpaced" I mean "become irrelevant".
Being open source won't prevent this, sadly. 4 years is still young, but if a critical mass shifts back to Reddit then Lemmy will be considered a failure.
Educated people know you can get information from a search engine these days. Knucledraggers need to be told how to feel about that information. This is where tabloids found their market.
It's time for Lemmy devs to really think about the pain points and how to address them.
It's clear that federation isn't working as intended. Because of that, moderation is too difficult. Defederation has been a major drama for Lemmy, which is only being made more likely given these complaints have not been addressed.
Then there's the curse of choice that makes gaining non-tech users a lost cause. It is leading to extreme fragmentation which makes people drift back to their busier platforms.
These issues need to be addressed or Lemmy will be MySpaced within a year.
I said this was a bad idea when we first moved here. Nobody wants to interact with a bot. Especially if it is a discussion that involves the OP... people realise the conversation is taking place on Reddit and go back there.
It is a worry of mine that we will be giving so much power to Labour at the next election
And it's a worry of mine that you're about to hand it straight back to the Conservatives.
When I was learning programming I wrote a small program that I called for_you.exe. It printed an animated ASCII penis ejaculating on some boobs. I emailed it to my girlfriend and thankfully she thought it was hilarious. We're still together.
Jo Cox was murdered by a fascist wasn't she? What kind of warning are you talking about?