Elon Tusk @srs@schelling.pt

This leads to political correctness and self-censorship.
This form of censorship is particularly insidious because it is invisible - we don't see books banned that never get written.

2. More importantly, they're disincentivizing the production of anything that might be seen as controversial b/c publishers have to fear losing a major revenue stream. As A. decides this at will, there is no certainty re this. So better safe than sorry.

- Amazon is not just "a private company, they can do whatever they want". They have too much market power for that. ("with great power...")
- Due to their market power, banning books has two implications:
1. They're making these books less visible & harder to get today.

To clarify:
- The idea that being LGBTQ+ is a mental illness is idiotic & not helpful to society.
- But that someone who has this opinion is prevented from stating it publicly is deeply concerning.
- Especially when a private corp decides the bounds of discourse.

The age of corporate ideological censorship has begun.
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RT @Forbes
Amazon Responds To Republican Sens. On Book Ban, Says Won’t Sell Books That Frame LGBTQ+ Identities As Mental Illness https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2021/03/12/amazon-responds-to-republican-sens-on-book-ban-says-wont-sell-books-that-frame-lgbtq-identities-as-mental-illness/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Gordie
https://twitter.com/Forbes/status/1370364095510294533

@pareinoia yes and also: https://schelling.pt/@srs/105886295704017558

@goldengatekeeper yeah totally, just make it an online tool. Perhaps not w/ real-time updates, though, not to make it look like a competition to some people. ;)

Request for research: use sentiment analysis to differentiate online harassment from criticism. Apply to twitter.

Allows us to understand when there really is a "smear campaign" vs sb painting themselves as a victim.

Seems pretty straightforward.

Productivity advice is premium mediocre.

...how it's going...
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RT @dendricide
@deepfates dropping out of college to draw extremely racist pepe and groyper NFTs
https://twitter.com/dendricide/status/1370423662705307653

No gods. No kings. Only memes.

- Such a missed opportunity!

Twitter is so postmodern.
Some poor souls actually try to hold a discourse to get closer to the truth.
The real heros just throw cultural fragments at each other. - Ironically? - Does it matter?
No gods. No kings. Only men.

I wrote a story!!
https://schuldenzucker.com/post/halo/