Or in other words, what #Musk is proposing would likely make speech on Twitter less free than it is now, because people who cannot rely on #social #media platforms to protect them from #online #harassment tend to leave the #platform when the #consequences of online harassment become psychologically or socially destructive.
#freedom #internet #economy #politics #society #hate #problem
In August 2021 Proyas has announced that he is developing a new video platform titled "VidiVerse" for independent filmmakers, as an alternative to YouTube. [source]
I just subscribed to it, and am quite excited to explore. Lots of interesting-looking shorts on the platform. But it's too early for me to recommend it. Nevertheless, feel free to explore. Think of it what thy will :-)
https://www.vidiverse.com/videos/vidiverse-vod-trailer
#alex #proyas #youtubeAlternative #vidiverse #indie #filmmakers #shorts #movies #platform #subscription #vod #bizarre #odd #art #thriller #dark #city
https://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-pressure-campaign-on-spotify
“There are so many #ironies to the decision of #liberals to convert #JoeRogan into some avatar of #far-right #extremism. One is that he’s one of the few to give a #platform to #left-wing #voices like #OliverStone. Another is that he endorsed #BernieSanders.
#glenngreenwald #censorship #pressure #campaign #spotify #fear #politics #authoritarianism #corporate #media #disinformation #substack #rumble #freespeech #truth
Hi everyone. As you know, BookWyrm is a Fediverse platform dedicated to social reading and reviewing.
Please, do you know if the Fediverse already have similar projects dedicated to sharing our experiences with movies and music (records/albums)? Thanks in advance.
#Fediverse #platform #movie #movies #film #films #cinema #music #record #records #album #albums
#Anys, 25, is uniquely good at being a #Twitch star. So good, in fact, that her followers—8 million as of July 2021—have a #meme about it: She is not a doe-eyed #gamer #girl but instead “Twitch #AI,” designed from birth to succeed on the #game - #streaming #platform with machine-like efficiency. Pokimane’s persona is so polished, and Anys’ success so complete, that this origin #story does feel almost plausible.
source: https://www.wired.com/story/pokimane-has-done-enough-and-has-so-much-left-to-do/
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Celebrities posing #naked while #pregnant began as a fiercely defiant and provocative stunt. #Demi_Moore’s 1991 Vanity Fair cover—an undeniably confident woman fully #nude, cradling her pregnant belly—was #progressive in its mere existence: the overt #sexualization and #celebration of a #bodyImage that the #American public had, generally, been taught not to think of as #sexy.
It was a transgressive moment in its #controversy (in 1991, many more #conservative people were none-too-pleased to see a nude pregnant #woman staring at them from the shelves of the grocery store cashier aisle), but also in how it paved the way for the image to eventually become #uncontroversial almost entirely; to be #normalized.
(Go figure something as #natural as a pregnant woman’s body needs to be normalized. #Humans are awful.)
In the decades since Moore’s cover, the nude pregnant #photo has almost become a rudimentary rite of passage for celebrities, especially those whose careers were built on—and at times #exploited—their sexuality. #Christina_Aguilera, #Jessica_Simpson, #Britney_Spears, #Nia_Long, #Cindy_Crawford, #Claudia_Schiffer, #Mariah_Carey, #Monica_Bellucci: the nude photo shoot evolved from #progressive act of #rebellion to an #essential part of the Pregnant Celebrity Publicity Tour. As essential, even, as the “Check Out My Post-Baby Bod!” photo shoot that would typically follow.
It’s easy—and at this point #lazy and #unoriginal—to #attack any news Kardashian makes as a #shameless ploy for more press. The fact of the matter is that Kardashian has built a #career as an expert #manipulator of a #realityTV genre that’s mandated that #media take its stars #seriously, because the many #fans of these shows already do.
She’s an aficionado of #branding, a polarizing #fashion maven, and, after years in the public eye, a bona fide #cultural #influencer.
As such, Kardashian’s treatment of her #celebrity spotlight has #matured along with our #perception of her #influence. She’s no longer the #girl made famous by the #sexTape, but a #person with a #platform who is given a megaphone to speak about #feminism, #sexism, #sexualizing, and, god help us, real things.
There’s something sort of #admirable about this #evolution.
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#Kim_Kardashian #socialMedia #bodyShaming #bodyPositivity #iPutTheHeadlineAtTheBottomBecauseRegardlessOfHowEnlightenedWeConsiderOurselvesItGoesWithoutSayingThatIfSomeOfYouSawHerNameAtTheTopYouWouldHaveCompletelyIgnoredThisPost
