latenightnoir

True, that's actually a wonderful initiative and they should build upon it, the EU needs a public forum to discuss these things.

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Then I apologise for my ignorance of their existence!

I must question their efficacy in terms of funding and structuring, though. Like, I'm not trying to be a contrarian, I just got used to how social programs are run around here. Europe is relatively more progressive, but we sure as hell ain't there yet, if you get my meaning.

I somehow suspect these programs are a handful of underfunded and overworked people who don't have the resources to establish what would be a viable and actually helpful onboarding process for newbies...

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Noooo, I could've used this during my Last Week of Fun! Our boss REALLY loved inane, smart-sounding quotes, I wonder if he would have figured this one out.

So much fucking talk about how to slap people faster and more effectively, but zero talk of how to TEACH PEOPLE WHAT NOT TO DO IN ORDER TO NOT GET SLAPPED!

I may be wrong, but I've never heard of a formal, structured accommodation program which would aid immigrants in assimilating the rules, customs, and general vibes of a country. Sure am fucking glad to see eveyone jumping to the punishment bit first!

Don't get me wrong, I'm not advocating for extra leniency when actual crimes are committed (if I get slapped for stealing, then everyone should get slapped for stealing, like), but I do believe there are situations in which ignorance of the rules does, actually, mean innocence from the crime.

My whole point, we're not even trying...

Tribute's goin' up, lads! Better shake them coffers empty, the Lord of Great Murika demands more mmmmoneyyyy!

Yep, shitty parents are what popped the thought in my head! Hahaa, fuuck!😄

I think it's about not going the "oh, they'll get over it eventually" route instead of a proper apology?

Or I'm overthinking a shitpost, could be that, too.

FINALLY! I was wondering how long it'd take for people to act upon the fact that Permission prompts have become THE biggest digital grift. The answer: way too fucking long!

Yeah, I expressed myself oddly, sorry=)) More points toward not posting before drinking my first cup=))

I do agree with you in the sense that we need to start detaching ourselves from the US "materially," both hardware and software, but we need to offer those as alternatives to what there is, open to anyone and everyone, not just us.

My brain then jumbled it up with, precisely, the Fediverse, because that's something which doesn't belong to the US, cannot belong to anyone per se, so it's a really good thing upon which we could build, with the specific intention of nurturing its unown-ability (sorry...).

With America as it is, the world needs a bastion of freedom, and Europe is in the perfect position to start building that.

As for your last point, yeah, I get that. Honestly, I still try to treat it as a public park, or something, but with more interaction. Sure, it's not like Facebook in terms of interaction depth, but I think what's there is enough to keep conversations going. We need open conversations, the Greeks were right with their public forums, I think, and we should encourage as many people as possible to join! Be the change you wanna see and all that!

Plus nowadays it isn't even all that smart to keep social interactions digital, scrapers still gonna scrape. The added layer of anonymity helps, and I find it allows people to speak their mind more often. There'll always be bad apples, build around them.

Yep, we need our own shit, that's the thing. A nice message board exclusively for Europe, make it public, have mods only to break up stupid fights and to look into actually suspicious accounts, and that's it.

Edit: and we're already on it.

Edit 2: honestly, in terms of social networking, I think most of us aren't liaising as much as we could. What I mean by this is acting as an intermediary between the various social networks we each use, and the people around us. Found something stupid on Facebook which would beg discourse? Post it on the Lemmy board and start that discourse!

Know a buncha' Instagram people who don't get enough news? Spam their WhatsApps with articles! Basically, keep on doing what you're doing, but bump up those numbers!