jericho
7mo ago
Is it a coincidence this is happening on a Friday night?
One of the reasons given is that X's new terms of service kick in today. There was already a minor media dust up about this a couple weeks ago.
That's not to say that the exodus is actually primarily due to concerns about AI scraping or that it isn't coordinated, just that's likely why you're hearing a lot about it today.
Here is X's summary of the changes
In addition to the court change that IGI-111 mentioned, the other concern is in regards to rights to content posted on X (section 3).
The section I am seeing the most complaints about, bolding is mine:
By submitting, posting or displaying Content on or through the Services, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display, upload, download, and distribute such Content in any and all media or distribution methods now known or later developed, for any purpose. For clarity, these rights include, for example, curating, transforming, and translating. This license authorizes us to make your Content available to the rest of the world and to let others do the same. You agree that this license includes the right for us to (i) analyze text and other information you provide and to otherwise provide, promote, and improve the Services, including, for example, for use with and training of our machine learning and artificial intelligence models, whether generative or another type; and (ii) to make Content submitted to or through the Services available to other companies, organizations or individuals, including, for example, for improving the Services and the syndication, broadcast, distribution, repost, promotion or publication of such Content on other media and services, subject to our terms and conditions for such Content use. Such additional uses by us, or other companies, organizations or individuals, is made with no compensation paid to you with respect to the Content that you submit, post, transmit or otherwise make available through the Services as the use of the Services by you is hereby agreed as being sufficient compensation for the Content and grant of rights herein.
Once again, stated reasons. A lot of the folks I'm seeing talking exodus now have also talked exodus 2 or 3 other times, so clearly they have other reasons in addition to the TOS changes, but the TOS changes are the reason that this is specifically happening today as opposed to yesterday or tomorrow.
jericho
10mo ago
Admittedly, the stated scenario of:
Imagine that the electorate of a democratic country (call it Exemplavania) comprises two political groups, A and B, constituting 40% and 60% of the electorate respectively. As a result, Exemplavania's government is run largely in accordance with the interests of group B. However, group A is significantly more powerful than group B in terms of its capacity for violence. Under what circumstances is this arrangement sustainable?
seems to apply about as well to a country divided politically along age lines as along gender lines. And if the US continues to have an aging population with declining fertility, the %s might not be that far off, either.
jericho
7mo ago
First encountered it in class in either grade or middle school, cemented by Civ IV in high school.
jericho
7mo ago
Meanwhile, anybody I know who I suspect doesn't like Trump has gone quiet.
I'm seeing the same, a lot of radio silence.
I think a major factor is that this time is significantly less of a shock, so the delta in emotion was smaller. The folks I know in blue bubbles were genuinely blindsided by 2016 but were not blindsided this time around.
jericho
7mo ago
I believe the answer to this is basically anywhere other than Tokyo, Kyoto and Okinawa.
If you can deal with cold, I had friends recently visit Hokkaido (Sapporo for sure, think other places as well) and they reported it was comparatively bereft of tourists.
For warmer climes, I've generally heard that Kyushu isn't as flooded with foreign tourists as Honshu while still having plenty of impressive natural and historical sites.
Also very much recognized by the left.
A perennial question in online spaces is "Why do leftists spend so much time critiquing people who agree with them on 90% of issues when they could instead focus on people who disagree with them on 90% of issues?" and the answer, beyond standard narcissism of small differences, is that the people who disagree with them on 90% of issues usually aren't going to give a shit about their critiques or outrage.
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