Hi, I'd like to switch from Boost to Thunder permanently but the lack of moderator actions is the final hurdle.
Being able to remove posts is a good start, but not being able to do anything with comments is a bit of an issue for me. Any idea when this feature might be added?
Sedona Chinn, a researcher who studies how people make sense of competing scientific, environmental, and health-related claims, has found that the more a person values the concept of "doing your own research" , the less likely that person is to actually do their own research.
In the episode we explore the origin of the concept, what that phrase really means, and the implications of her study on everything from politics to vaccines to conspiratorial thinking.
![[Podcast] You Are Not So Smart #267 - "Do your own research"](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/fa141cc9-3297-478d-a96f-b775ffe040ad.jpeg)
https://youarenotsosmart.com/2023/08/19/yanss-267-why-people-who-are-most-likely-to-suggest-that-others-do-their-own-research-are-also-the-least-likely-to-do-their-own-research/Open linkView original on lemmy.worldSome insights from Alex Stamos that I found quite interesting.
TL:DR;
He predicts the challenges will be as follows:
Content Moderation: Enforcing actor and behavior-based content moderation will be difficult in the federated environment. The lack of metadata available in Federation makes it harder to stop spammers, troll farms, and abusers.
Privacy Obligations: With Threads content being pulled down and cached by other servers, it becomes challenging to comply with right-to-data-deletion requirements, such as those imposed by GDPR. The Fediverse lacks mechanisms to enforce content deletion.
Competing with Other Platforms: Meta may face difficulties in competing and reaching feature-parity with platforms like TikTok and Twitter while being bound by the feature set of ActivityPub.
Thoughts?
Are mundane local transport policies aimed at reducing carbon emissions the next step towards Global Tyranny? Read on to find out.
Well this came outta nowhere!
This headline seems dubious on the face of it.
Did the study results actually show this? If so, could simply spending more time online account for doing worse on this test?
Also, just for fun, you can take the test here. I got two wrong and I have no idea which ones they were 😅
US Senator for Ohio uses statistics to make the claim that the large increase in rental costs in the US is being driven by immigration.
Of course, this could be a simple case of correlation≠ causation but is there much evidence to support his claim?
This piece from The Daily Skeptic claims that the CDC director knowingly lied to the public because she knew that the COVID vaccines did not stop the virus even though she promoted mass vaccination.
What do we make of this one?
Featuring – Mike Knight
Exit Records – EXIT016
An interesting article reminding us how eyewitness testimony can be a highly unreliable form of evidence.
The full paper can be read here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270964372_Constructing_Rich_False_Memories_of_Committing_Crime
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https://lemmy.world/c/skepticOpen linkView original on lemmy.worldAlthough known primarily for his extreme antivax views, Presidential Candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr. has some pearls of wisom to add on the subject of Wi-Fi and cellphone emissions.
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News pundit claims that a proposed new law would make it 1) "illegal for store employees to confront shoplifters", and that 2) "it is legal to shoplift" in California.
What can we make of these claims?
