Russell Ballestrini
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<h2 style="margin-top: 0px">Pay What You Can!</span></h2>
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<span class="avoidwrap">Hosted comments without</span> <span class="avoidwrap">ads or tracking</span>
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<span class="avoidwrap"><a href="/finally-a-disqus-alternative.html">... read more</a></span>
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<p>I reject big tech's monopoly on moderation. </p>
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<p>In these strange times during 2021 I have found myself longing for an Internet controlled by the people and <em>not powered</em> by a global dragnet on the common person (often mislabelled as advertisement). These "advertisements" are <a href="https://www.stuartmcmillen.com/comic/supernormal-stimuli/#page-1">superhuman stimuli</a> which track and follow <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_profile" target="_blank">all humans</a>.
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I consider these sorts of "advertisements" to be a form digital stalking (an outlawed, mentally and emotionally abusive action). </p>
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<p>Big tech nudges YOU for attention and nudges YOU to spend. Big tech uses computers to track and profile preferences, tolerances, sex, geo-location, race, political affiliation, and more with the aim of to exploring and exploiting you, your family, your friends... everyone.</p>
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We must demand updates to our laws to prevent big tech from hiding behind their terms of service and corporate protections while claiming it is legal to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberstalking" target="_blank">cyberstalk</a> all humans. </p>
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<p>Get yourself out of the loop! We are all absolutely addicted to this stuff. These psychic manipulations work on the subconscious of all animals; no one is immune.</p>
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<p>The future doesn't have to be doom and gloom. We can build a better way. We may not be able to compete with their datacenters or balance sheets, but perhaps we don't need to. </p>
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<p>We must keep the conversation going and we must not shut down speech. We must not be afraid to talk, otherwise we will lose our ability to find compromise and a healthy path forward. </p>
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<p><strong>Starting today, Remarkbox is free.</strong></p>
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<p>If this resonates with you, follow this two-minute <a href="https://my.remarkbox.com/setup" target="_blank">guided setup</a> to use the software anywhere that supports HTML (web pages, static blogs). </p>
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<p>We already have our own platforms, it's about time we start using them! </p>
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<p>Most of the groundwork has already been laid out. Let's roll up our sleeves and build! </p>
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<p>If you have ideas, software, or tech which could be operationalized to help build a new social cloud, please reach out to me, I would like to hear from you. </p>
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<p><a href="https://russell.ballestrini.net/contact/" target="_blank">https://russell.ballestrini.net/contact/</a></p>
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<p>I leave you with this: be good to one another, use your speech to move people positively and follow the virtuous path, stay civil and moderate your own online discourse. </p>
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<p>Those who control the narrative control history, and the future. Let us not stand idle during these times. We must not allow the powerful to have a monopoly on the moderation of speech. </p>
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<p>Regardless of the labels and stereotypes tossed my way (even by friends), I choose freedom, and I choose to speak. I hope you do too. </p>
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<p>We must not accept the old normal or the new normal. We have not been defeated, we must not be domesticated by the powerful. Let's build a better future together.</p>
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<p>As always, please act civil when you speak your mind in the comments box below. I'd like to hear you, but I will moderate the discourse if things go sour.</p>
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<p> After all I have that power, and so do you. </p>
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<p style="float: right; color: #ccc; font-size: .8em; text-align: right;">Russell Ballestrini
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Remarkbox Founder
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Wed Feb 3 09:06:21 EST 2021
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Remarkbox ©2016-2022 | USA, Connecticut, New London | <a href="https://twitter.com/RussellBal" target="_blank">@russellbal</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/remarkbox" target="_blank">@Remarkbox</a> | <a href="/privacy-policy.html">Privacy</a>
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