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Cake day: November 19th, 2023

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  • Oh, this is great.

    Users noticed that Google had too much bad results because of SEO and spam flooded search results.

    Users added “reddit” to their search terms, so they get results from reddit, where spam and astroturfing were… there but manageable.

    Now the SEO people and advertisers target reddit with AI tools, until it is so enshitificated that we have to find something else (rinse and repeat)


    “No, don’t leave, we just finished saturating the space with ads!”

    “Why do you think we leave?”


  • UBI is not the solution, but a great first step towards a better system.

    To make it work well, you need strong regulations on a lot of systems: banks, utilities, corporations.

    At some point it will be easier to just give the state control of everything concerning basic needs. Then to control institutions that ‘fight back’ the most against regulations, like banks and mega corporations.

    You see where this might lead?

    It’s a slow way towards a better economic system without the need for a revolution.


  • We need UBI (Universal Basic Income). People should have the choice to work, if they want more money or love their job. Not being forced: a choice.

    If someone wants to follow a path that is not financial viable - be it art or just a hobby - that should be possible, too.

    Life would become better for nearly everyone. Art would get a new golden age, people would no longer fear financial ruin, happiness and personal fulfillment all around.

    Also paying people starvation wages or treating them badly would no longer work. Employees would have to be treated well or they would simply leave. Great wages and good conditions more or less guaranteed. People could support a big family and a nice house on a single wage again.

    The only persons not happy would be the ultra rich, the exploiter, the CEOs. Because this would only work if everyone pays their due and the 1% no longer hoard the wealth.

    I think this could create the best possible future, an utopia - if only our politicians were not bought and paid for. But sadly they are - and wealth only goes towards the rich, while we get poorer every generation.

    I hope I live to see the day when the people notice that the rich rigged the game and react accordingly.