• Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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      Be Kind, Rewind was released in 2008. I 100% was torrenting and seeding back then.

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        Had no idea it was a movie, was a slogan at video rental places (that were pretty much out of business by 2008) before I was born. Seeding torrents is a p deece analogy for the benefit it provided

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      Yeah but you have to call your isp to open up ports and all-…

      (At least in my country)

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    Given the economy, it may be “If you see someone stealing food, no you didn’t.”

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    When you do use traditional social media, try to actively downvote and if you can justify it report engagement bait. People will intentionally do stuff like pronouncing things wrong or even just straight up lying about shit just to get engagement from people correcting them. Also do the same for people that add nothing but their facial expression to call something their own content or even another stolen video played side by side or who post still memes as video.

    Federation has the opportunity to solve a lot of these issues but unless special attention is taken to create voting systems that promote healthy community engagement the corporate pressures will eventually push into these spaces as well. I’ve wondered for a while if there’s a good way to create an algorithm that would offer the comfort of a targeted media algorithm except readable, modifiable and executable only by the end user’s client. Piefed is probably the best push towards that kind of functionality currently, but very prototypically.

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    To really capture the full spirit of it, I think the the closest thing would be a YouTuber asking you to join their Patreon. The point of the Be Kind Rewind slogan was that you putting in a little effort now meant that the video store clerk or the next renter wouldn’t have to do it and could instead do their actual job or just watch the movie in convinence. If everyone did it by default, there would be no need for the slogan and the stickers.

    YouTube Patreon plugs hit all those marks. It’s a small inconvenience that you do because it means they can do their actual work in producing media and the next guy can watch content without having the inconvenience of paying for it. If everyone did it by default, they wouldn’t need to mention it in every episode. The only real difference is you’re trading your physical effort for your commodified effort.

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      I disagree, ‘be kind rewind’ is a free action, whereas joining someone’s patreon involves money. Not everyone can pay for patreon, but everyone had the ability to rewind.