curse: may you live in interesting times

[annvole]

"If you are bored, you aren't paying attention" was a bio text of a Twitter account I did not choose to follow. I follow/don't follow accounts on two metrics: 1) at least 10% posts I would be willing to post 2) not complaining about people or groups much... Maybe 10% would be too much complaining posts. Visible penises gives hesitation but only

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[aesam]

This is interesting! Quite opening actually. What made you think Google is on China's side? And can I cross-post this to my journal? Very illuminating!

[annvole]

There is a civil war happening in China with at least 5 "sides" of the conflict... Lots of suicide bombings and sniper attacks. You won't find any clues from Google searches including exact names and locations. Google was the first large western internet company allowed in China's more restricted internet border censorship program developed in the 2000s.

[annvole]

Yes, everything online is by default public so feel free to share

[akktri]

I never understood the appeal of Twitter, and now musk turned it into something like Facebook but with less news options. Interesting to hear about how searches differ from platform to platform. Don't know if people have put conscious thought into it, or if it's just picking the fastest loading video

[annvole]

My quest to know what's happening in every part of the globe makes this censorship obvious but the sources of these different forms of censorship is only speculation by default. It's like not seeing elephants and wondering if something scared them away or if there never were elephants in the first place or if they are just good at hiding... All we know is we don't see them.

[akktri]

Have you seen the movie the number 23? It's about a guy who sees 23 everywhere

[annvole]

Maybe... Sounds familiar lol

[akktri]

Spoiler: it was all in his head