Article from 2015.
And? It’s somehow less relevant now?
It’s not that it’s less relevant, only that it’s not generally considered good form in terms of web etiquette.
You can disagree if you wish (you are entitled to that right), but that is how it currently is usually.
Etiquette trumps having an ever-looming reality. Smh
False binary.
In any case, like I said, you can disagree with the etiquette if you wish, but that is the ettiquette. So one shouldn’t be surprised when people disapprove of one breaking it.
Is this “etiquette” written down somewhere, or are you just using the word etiquette to describe your personal opinions about what you were hoping to read today?
Like most social rules, it is an unspoken one, so obviously not explicitly written down.
That being said, this particular piece of etiquette harkens all the way back to the classic web rule of “no necroing”, which is still a common unspoken rule in one form or another in many parts of the Web.
If you want to reference an old webpage, that’s fine, but in that case it’s best to not post it like it’s a new webpage, which is what this does.
No notice or even a single mention of how it’s over 10 years old.
You don’t like the unspoken rule, that’s fine. But don’t whine about it or act shocked when people complain.
No notice or even a single mention of how it’s over 10 years old.
The date at the top of the article disagrees.
50% of content in the fediverse is old reposts.
All smartphones can be infected, and surveilled/controlled without pressing/downloading anything malicious. Israeli “security” companies (NSO among others) have been selling this malware for many years, to intelligence depts. Around the globe. Probably what got Khashoggi back when.
https://bdsmovement.net/Global-Day-Action-Against-Spyware (I don’t have any dog in the Palestine/Israel conflict, and am very poorly informed on the matter).
no dog in the “conflict”
very poorly informed on the matter
I somehow struggle to believe that you can possibly be poorly informed on the most livestreamed genocide in the history of humanity
And we instantly switch to political bullshit. I also have no fucking clue about the Palestine situation. Yeah, I hear people mention it, and I find stuff about it while going over completely unrelated stuff, and I choose to remain ignorant in the topic because I refuse to add more stress to my life unless there is no other option. You choose to care/follow the topic? Good for you, enjoy OT, I don’t.
Imagine calling a genocide simply political bullshit, lol. How privileged you must be.
I am privileged, with a will that allows me to remain away from bullshit if I choose to without caring if anyone gets offended by choices I make that happen to mine to make anyway.
I feel sorry for the crowd that has to ne policing anything different than what they think because their lives are so empty they have nothing to fill them with so that is all they can try.
That’s a very sad way to live, so yeah, I guess I am privileged to not live like that.
I feel sorry for most of the people in your life. Willful ignorance and selfishness sounds like they’re a running theme in your existence.
I upvoted you for one simple reason, you’re onto something, in my opinion. While I don’t think I’m selfish, because I do care and help when and where I can, I am extremely mindful of my self-preservation. Those things happening around the world which I mostly don’t get (honestly, it’s So complicated that I see no reason to even look that way) are super exhausting emotionally, as well as mentally taxing. Never mind what we’re seeing here where everyone seems to have an opinion about me, my life and those that are part of it, without stopping to think if I have reasons for those choices or if I’m just a selfish prick that actually enjoys watching the world burn. Judgment has been passed on me already, as well as on anyone mildly in agreement with me. Think about it, does all that sound like a healthy way to spend time, risking more stress, potential emotional and/or mental consequences of any level? I honestly don’t think so. If I can do something for someone, as long as it is not the least not detrimental to any part of my life, finances, family etc, I absolutely will, otherwise, I’m content with living my life to its fullest until it ends ignoring as much detrimental stuff as humanly possible. If that makes me look like the bad guy, I’m just thankful that none of the people that think so have any power to male my life better or worse.
Thank you for engaging in some self reflection, I really appreciate your response. Eventually world events, due to how interconnected we all are, will affect you. You might as well try and get as informed as you can (ignorance is bliss, but knowledge is power) before its on your door step. Think of how happy the Germans who ignored the holocaust were, until their country was literally firebombed into submission.
Have a good weekend.
I’m so proud of you
Lmao
Not the same person. I don’t read the news, and I try not to watch genocides. I’m poorly informed about most politics and pretty happy about it to be honest. Sounds like they should probably stop genociding, that’s usually a bad thing to do. But I’m not going to pretend I know what’s actually happening over there or that I can do anything about it.
… Jesus Christ dude 🤮
You got a problem, mate? Or you just going to be passive aggressive via emoji?
The problem is your disgusting privilege.
What are you on about lol
You got a problem, mate?
The problem is your disgusting privilege.
Go barn somewhere else.
I’m conflicted whether I should up vote or down vote your comment
Downvote
Dude is oblivious to a genocide and has no sides on the matter
This is as evil as one can be
How the fuck did you come to that conclusion??!
Time and place, this wasn’t it. Bibi needs to face the ICC and Israel are commiting genocide.
But don’t forget that Hamas are a terrorist organization, and the Palestinian state oppress their own people by social control.
Does that validate oppression and crimes against gumanity,? Of course not.
Are you happy?
When you grow up, you will realize the world is not black and white.
Would you call the Warsaw ghetto uprising a terrorist organization?
This ain’t it chief
Nice straw man, though
Why?
Probably this bit:
(I don’t have any dog in the Palestine/Israel conflict, and am very poorly informed on the matter).
I see that now. Maybe my bar for decency is too low because as non-ideal ignorance may be, at least they admitted it and just focused on Israeli spyware.
Had it stopped there, I would have said the other initial responses were a tad unnecessarily harsh, but then the OP commenter dropped some real shitter takes.
a genocide was being live streamed on social media to millions of people and you’re one of the people who somehow can’t recognize it.
I am not the original commenter. This comment asking “why” was before the OP commenter “both-sides” the genocide with “muh khamas”.
At the time, OP commenter was just talking about Israeli spyware using BDS as a source while also letting us know they are uninformed about the genocide and thus don’t have a stance. My understanding was that this was to deflect any criticism or accusations from Zionists for being biased.
While it is not ideal, there are a million reasons why someone may be ignorant on a conflict, atrocity, phenomenon, etc. It could be willfull ignorance, it could be that their environment does everything possible to keep them ignorant; regardless, until I know the reason, I cannot judge them.
What matters to me more is how they act with said ignorance. In this case, they initially said they are very poorly informed aka “I don’t know”. Instead of talking about what they don’t know (genocide, settler-colonial conflict, Zionism, etc), they only spoke about what they do know (Israeli spyware).
I think this is fine, especially since those who know they are ignorant and refuse to speak on what they don’t know are generally open to learn or have any misconceptions corrected. I also have very low expectations of Amerikkkans from the land of the burger, home of the fries.
This all is to say, this is why I was asking “why”. My mind was focused on the spyware, and I was wondering why another commenter didn’t like it. Was the information inaccurate?
Since then, a lot of other commenters responded–I now understand why they take issue with the OP comment, though I believed the initial responses were unnecessarily harsh. However, the OP commenter, despite knowing full well their ignorance, dropped the “muh khamas” shitter nuke, so…
i can’t speak for the others who responded, but for me it’s the i-don’t-have-a-dog-in-this-fight perspective that they have because it’s undeniable that the people they’re enabling are causing this fight; but they’re completely dismissive of the pain and suffering that their behavior is causing as if it didn’t matter.
it’s a bit like how liberals become upset at conservatives for not giving af about something until it effects them. people who hold the not-my-problem attitude that op holds will eventually feel the effects; but they’re such an overwhelmingly large portion of western society that iwe’re all going to feel the effects when it happens.
That makes sense. It definitely takes a certain kind of privilege to be able to live with and afford such a blissfully ignorant stance.
Privilege definitely plays a part and it’s not blissful ignorance , it’s willful ignorance – they’re choosing to ignore it and calling the people who won’t ignore it tankies.
And the smugness that the willful ignorance creates isn’t helping anything either.
