#Forkiverse update: we are now at 9,195 registered users 💪
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Casey Newton
@Casey@theforkiverse.com
mastodon 4.7.3Email salesman at Platformer and podcast co-host at Hard Fork. The Forkiverse was Kevin’s idea
5201 Followers
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50 Posts
Joined January 30, 2025
Good morning to The Forkiverse! Let the record show that on day three I suspended my first account for hate speech. We are a real social network now!!!
It's Hard Fork Friday!! Here's our latest episode, which includes a meaty update on the Forkiverse from @kevin@theforkiverse.com, @pj@theforkiverse.com and me https://www.nytimes.com/column/hard-fork
Good morning to all 8,640 Forkizens! Overnight we hit our 5,000th post on the server https://forkalytics.com/
Good morning The Forkiverse!! Another 200 people or so joined us overnight. And now the fire marshal is here. He's doing ... a sexy little dance. Wait a minute does this guy even work at the fire department
Every Forkizen is elite. This is one of our core beliefs
Sometimes Forkizens are a bit too quick to report an account. If someone's first post is “Hi I'm Melissa and I'm here to meet people and have fun," we should not automatically assume they are a bot! Let's maybe give them another post or two before we report them
Love,
Your mods
I feel like everyone in the Forkiverse needs to know this: David Byrne has covered Olivia Rodrigo's Drivers License https://open.spotify.com/track/2MTz9AjGhnRvZi4agwP6BG?si=59432b482ac041ef
OpenAI is getting weird again https://www.platformer.news/openai-tbpn-altman-simo-new-yorker/
I wrote about Zuckerberg's texts with Musk and how they undermine the principles of a fair and equal platform for everyone https://www.platformer.news/zuckerberg-musk-texts-trial-content-moderation/
Boosted by @tchambers@indieweb.social
I wrote about the disturbing rise of AI-related violence and how CEOs' own rhetoric has put the public on edge https://www.platformer.news/sam-altman-ai-backlash/
NEWS: Meta has discussed ending funding to its independent Oversight Board after its current commitment expires in 2028, sources tell Platformer https://www.platformer.news/meta-oversight-board-funding-cancel/
Meta's statement about eliminating encryption in Instagram DMs was disingenuous and misleading. Here are the real reasons it's going away https://www.platformer.news/instagram-encryption-meta-whatsapp/
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You can get the full conversation wherever you get your podcasts, or on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa2-d4YwYjM
Wrote about the Grammarly lawsuit https://www.platformer.news/grammarly-expert-review-lawsuit/
Sam Altman's deal with the Pentagon seems too good to be true. So what happens when the truth inevitably comes out? https://www.platformer.news/openai-pentagon-surveillance-drones-backlash/
Meta's new AI support bot probably can't do the one thing millions of people are clamoring for: restoring their wrongfully suspended accounts https://www.platformer.news/meta-ai-support-bot-account-suspended/
Can you have child safety and Section 230, too? I think so. But it requires acknowledging the distinction between speech and design: https://www.platformer.news/social-media-trials-230-content-design/
Boosted by @tchambers@indieweb.social
Meta may be back in the AI race — but the race is speeding up, and its rivals' advantages may be compounding. I wrote about Muse Spark: https://www.platformer.news/meta-muse-spark-ai-race/
The social media trial underway in LA is only one of the major challenges to Section 230 that has recently gained traction. It really feels like a dam is about to break https://www.platformer.news/the-infinite-scroll-goes-on-trial/
Teenage Mutant Tinja Gurtles, Teenage Mutant Tinja Gurtles …
In which Ella Markianos attends a protest at OpenAI and finds an anti-movement gradually gathering steam. A fun story, given the stakes https://www.platformer.news/openai-protest-military-ai-movement/
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@OttoNorse apparently we can still add more people ... going to keep going until it explodes
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@dham@theforkiverse.com we're actually going to add a second The. So it'll be TheForkiverseThe
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@Steven@theforkiverse.com glad you liked! it's been really fun to play with the different voices.
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@sololikehan@theforkiverse.com love Brian but worry he's not considering the downsides enough! I'm in favor for limited liability for 'defective product'-style complaints, but want to maintain strong protections for liability from speech-related harms. It's a tough needle to thread but feels really high stakes to me!
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@NotYours@theforkiverse.com if that's the case ... how would you feel about convincing 10,000 people to join our server
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@MrLee@aus.social I disagree. It's not just about what order the posts show up in. It's around basic product safety failures related to teen accounts, scams, hate speech and other issues
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@Laukidh so what if I told you that for just 47 payments of $599, you could own one-nineteenth of a studio apartment in Reno that you're contractually obligated to visit during the third week of February for the rest of your natural life
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@drbowtie@theforkiverse.com he famously gave the power away! (he kept a lot of other powers but wanted to get rid of that one specifically)
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@NotYours@theforkiverse.com there are some with tens of thousands of people so we are solidly midsized i would say