Great, so we're going to consume 71% of an Edmonton in electricity to create... 300 long-term jobs as reported in the Globe and Mail (Which is BS anyway; I bet there will be around 100 people needed long-term for the data centre.)

What I'd be interested in seeing is the tax breaks and bribes the government will be expected to give Meta to build the DC there. I suspect it'll be like FIFA: Lots of splash and drama and a net negative in terms of revenue for Canada.

Er zit altijd wel een Nederlander in de reacties, toch?

Woah, cool. I think Japanese would intimidate me because it's so different from Indo-European languages. Same with Tagalog.

My native language is English, and because I live in Canada, I took French all the way through to first year university. In the last couple of years, I've started learning Dutch. Dutch is not a particularly useful language because it only has about 25-30M speakers, but I love The Netherlands and its culture.

Only problem is, Dutch is starting to push some French words out of my head!

Just pass a "net 1kg/year" rule.

Seems like we're circling back to The Feeling of Power.

Late to the party, but Not Just Bikes has a great video on this topic.

If there are no ads, how do you pay for it?

Not my problem. If people aren't willing to pay subscription fees, then that's fine; social media platforms can die off.

I would note that Mastodon follows all of my suggestions except the subscription fee part, and it seems to be doing OK.

Sure, but it enormously slows the spread of fake news outside the circle of friends.

Many people start out reasonable, but get sucked into all kinds of wacko beliefs by sponsored or suggested posts.

I'm not in charge of any, but I use Mastodon, which follows all of my suggestions except a subscription fee, and it's fantastic.

Then you visit their profile once in a while. Or we add an option for changing the view away from strict reverse-chronological, but make sure that reverse-chronological is the default.

Yes, I am prescribing how the companies must run because their very business model is inherently dangerous and harmful. The "engagement" business model has proven across multiple companies that it is inherently (and unfixably) damaging. We already regulate plenty of business models (eg, gambling.)

I'm fine with assigning liability, but that's reactive. It's like saying: "Oh, we are not going to regulate power cables by requiring a UL stamp, but if you get a shock, feel free to sue the manufacturer."

Read my original comment, which said:

1. On the main timeline, it must only show content from people or groups that the user explicitly follows. The only way you should be shown content you don't follow is if you explicitly search for it.

If people post too much, you unfollow them. Back when I was on Facebook, that's what I did.

We regulate all kinds of products for consumer safety. I don't see why social media is special and shouldn't be regulated to reduce harm.