Yes of course.

But by what method or algorithm does this DECENTRALIZED SOCIAL MEDIA system protect us from propagandists and censors?

What is a method in THAT?

Distributed tagging and voting? The grace of our benevolent moderators? Something else?

I mean, combatting propaganda and censorship is the #1 issue here.

How do we protect ourselves from propagandists and censors? Large, small, popular and individual.

Brave and creative.

Everything written by Greg Egan for the first decade or so of his writing career

Proof is constrained to mere intellect. Intellect is a coarse, low-rez thing.

Self-cultivation, otoh, has no limit. If you want to crack the simulation then that’s the way to go.

Well it depends on the definition of censor.

If you define censor as, “to suppress or delete as objectionable” (Webster) then it fits just fine.

I relate. I edit, then edit again. How anybody can come up with the right words the first time is beyond me. And ya, brevity is power.

You want real-ass harry potter magic? ADHD/Sperg/Autist is the gateway. I think that this is missing from the alternative. Like you have an itty bitty piece of 3d matter embedded in your 2d, flatland-living, flatland-society self.

I relate. I sound like a genius in writing, relatively speaking. I guess it’s not uncommon.

That is an opinion that I used to share. No more.

I have offered a dozen strange ideas here. Not difficult or complex, just strange. They are not received well.

A kind of politics-flavored smalltalk. Yes, that is the local dialect.

Believe it or not, I have discussed subjects that matter deeply to me in online forums. But lately it’s just fruitless fishing.

I think we have a thousand mob-squawks posing as niche communities. Different flavors, same conversations.

Completely open and popular forums are not entirely a good thing.

I just said that I don’t mean plainer language.

“Should” is arguable. (For example you might be fishing for the few in the crowd) .

But yes, your choice of topic. That’s what I’m talking about. Sometimes it looks pretty narrow.

And if you do. Well, that carries with it it’s own bucket of implications.

Not talking about simplified writing.

I am not talking about better communication. If I was then I would have said “use a clearer style of speaking” or something like that.

I am talking about limiting what you discuss to the popular and easily-digested.

Just say no to rugs.

Secret Level.
The Outsider

I worry about money.

Popular scifi, written to appeal to the majority, for tv and movies, is actually only one special kind of scifi. And the majority isn’t known for its depth or taste.

I’m not saying that there aren’t exceptions, but ya, that’s how it is.

There’s a whole world of written scifi where the point is basically to show you something strange. Ideas so weird that scifi is the only way to convey them.

Here’s some free, online scifi by good authors. Your mind will be blown.

https://www.fimfiction.net/story/62074/friendship-is-optimal

https://qntm.org/structure

https://library.gift/fiction/9F6810564C853BD3EA7223E4AB1FA575

Is science fiction enough for talking about politics?