@tun.bsky.social

@tun.bsky.social

199 Followers 77 Following

having fun https://twitter.com/tunient

Reddit's New "Heaven Banning" Policy Proves Controversial Reddit's new method of dealing with trolls has proven highly effective. However, some think it poses grave ethical questions. Since discovering he was heaven banned, Reddit user Albert Tallan had this to say, "I thought these bots were my friends; I shared my life with them. I feel so manipulated. A whole month of my online life was an elaborate fiction." By Neb Cassman and Gill Fri Aug. 8, 2024, 6:00a.m. ET 174 When Albert Tallan lost his job last spring, he took his frustrations out in various subreddits. At first, his comments were not well received. He was called a troll and mocked for the frequent solecisms in his prose. But slowly things seemed to change. Mocking transitioned to fulsome praise. From his perspective, it seemed he was becoming a pillar of various subreddits he visited. In reality, his comments were invisible to all users besides himself.
Cover of the videogame "Return of the Incredible Machine: Contraptions" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_of_the_Incredible_Machine:_Contraptions
Crying wojack wearing a smug wojack mask
YOU'VE GOT A PHD IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND YOU'RE WRITING PYTHON? YOU COULD BE WRITING ELEGANT. TYPE-SAFE PROGRAMS! BUT I DON'T WANT TO WRITE ELEGANT PROGRAMS. I WANT TO WRITE GARBAGE THAT BARELY WORKS.