yes, well.. i personally wouldn't assume any political orientation based on platform preferences. as for the reaction, it doesn't surprisee me: it's part of the mainline narrative of young people being "foolish narcissistic clicktvists acting out for social media klout". Which i personally don't belive in. In some cases it might even be rooted in frustration arrising from the lack of attention brought upon other, perhaps more elaborate and constructive, ways to tackle the issue.

There might be better ways, i'm no judge of that, but the one rmployed by this young people for sure enables discussions and exchange, which are not always positive maybe, but the world of ideas is a pot that requires to be stirred up.

who's to say they don't do all of that as well? I have no idea. Do you? What i know for sure is that there's no media in picking up rubbish, though i agree there should be.

Either way, i set the title the way i did on purpose, to me it's not so much about the value of the action in itself, rather about the absurdity in calling what they did a "Category 1 harm to society". If you think they are childish, then i suppose the lesson here is that childish stuff is category 1 harm to society.

That IS a nice feature, !w for wiki !bc for bandcamp etc... I had good faith in this project. I made a lot of noise about it when it came out. To the point where they "rewarded" me with my avatar showing up blinking alternately with 🙌 emoji, right where the DDG logo is, if anyone queried for one of my nicknames. I'm not easily going to be doing something like that ever again. 😞

I don't think DDG is an alternative (basically bing in a trenchcoat), but your point is valid.

The service where they crowd sourced 2/3 of their catalogue from "sharecare" pirate bears?

Very good! Thank you!

Great point! what is your suggestion?

I think what is happening here is that you are measuring grossness by volume of shit, where i am highly scientifically calculating the variety of grossness. That is, to me, shit AND fart is far worse than just shit.

beautiful!

volumes, scales, metrics and calculus... what do they mean to unfathomable executive power?

I don't really have any tips regarding theory, i never picked it up mostly due to laziness. Admittedly, i never felt the need as my lack of knowledge didn't keep me from cutting records and touring. But your post cheered me up, and it made me want to point out the incredible satisfaction of sharing a musical moment with other people. Doesn't have to be a band or a committed project. Just having another instinct leading the music in unexpected direction is a great way to learn new stuff. It's not something you need to do to grow, music is its own person in some senses: even when you play alone it's you AND music. But if you get the chance to play with someone: take it!

Best of luck in your endeavour!

"It's free and always will be"