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Cranky David

@cranky_david@masto.ai
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Refugee from the bird site. Looking for my peeps and some playful snark.

Former Network Architect and Engineer now retired and spending my time being a thorn in the side of miscreants.

291 Followers
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6 Posts
Joined November 10, 2022
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Cranky David @cranky_david@masto.ai
· 46mo ago
Replying to
@mmasnick@mastodon.social googling "how do i short a privately held company?"
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Cranky David @cranky_david@masto.ai
· 40mo ago

internet users are being reminded that techbro oligarchs are not their friends.

techbro oligarchs are only in this game to extract wealth. if they can get that wealth by selling your information, they will. if they can get that wealth by selling your eyeballs for advertising, they will. if they can get that wealth by leveraging content you created by restricting access to the API, they will.

they only care what wealth they can extract. not you.

from @mmasnick@mastodon.social

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/06/12/what-would-aaron-swartz-think-of-reddits-ridiculous-new-api-fees/

What Would Aaron Swartz Think Of Reddit’s Ridiculous New Direction?
Techdirt

What Would Aaron Swartz Think Of Reddit’s Ridiculous New Direction?

Aaron Swartz was, perhaps by technicality, a co-founder of Reddit. The more complete story is that he was working on a different project, infogami, that got merged into Reddit, which was created by…

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Cranky David @cranky_david@masto.ai
· 46mo ago
Replying to
@zoeschiffer "go home everybody, you're fired."
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Cranky David @cranky_david@masto.ai
· 40mo ago

don't make me root for Zuckerberg. dammit.

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Cranky David @cranky_david@masto.ai
· 46mo ago
Replying to
@mmasnick @ygalanter as a work in progress it looks promising.
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Cranky David @cranky_david@masto.ai
· 47mo ago
Replying to
@micahflee@mastodon.social good move - might want to wait until there is a lull in traffic so the automated follower move operation goes w/o a hitch.
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