No it’s not. You personally might like it but if it were the consensus people would use it and this question wouldn’t be asked every week.

There’s never been any consensus that I’m aware of. All the suggestions are cringey.

We’re just users.

Define “the internet” though…

If you’re expecting “the internet” to fill your cup with joy then sure, that’s probably not going to work out.

That said, there’s plenty of good bits that make life a lot easier.

No, it’s more than that. Like PTSD or something.

Correct.

Because I don’t think it’s a “fun game” for the cat.

I’ve seen some animals become obsessed with lights and reflections for life, after “playing” with the laser.

Yeah I don’t get it at all.

Like seriously “animal abuse”? Maybe it is, but I’d waaay rather be a cat on a vegan diet than say… a chicken that makes the eggs I like to eat, or the KFC I enjoy so much.

Guaranteed, plenty of cats eating a vegan diet are having their nutritional needs met more satisfactorily than plenty of cats that are fed other commercial cat foods, or strays, or cats in the wild.

It’s about as “abusive” as using a laser pointer to play with your cat. A behaviour I personally find repugnant, but one enjoyed by cat owners the world over.

You can call it cat abuse if you want, but honestly on the spectrum of things that are worth censoring this barely rates a mention.

I’m not really a gamer, but I listen to a lot of audiobooks.

AI isn’t anywhere close to being able to replace “good” narrators. Maybe a bit like self driving cars - the first 90% was achieved rapidly, the next 5% took some doing but ok, now though the final 5% seems kinda unachievable on any timescale.

That said, automation (and yes, AI) tends to approach industries incrementally. A headline voice actor isn’t going to be replaced tomorrow, but maybe some low level roles are. Fewer voice actors just means less demand for the really good ones. Def not good for the industry but… time marches on I guess.

Similar here. I’m an accountant by trade but tech is my strongest hobby.

Tomorrow: a new mothership!

I think this raises some good points.

I get that admins are doing their best, but what’s really needed is a policy guiding admin behaviour. Under what circumstances will admins intervene, and what decision process will they follow to determine what interventions they will implement.

Without that, I’m afraid updating the ToS to green light the behaviour of admins retrospectively is just going to cause more frustration and resentment for everyone.

It’s great that the admins are putting so much effort into getting this right.

Sadly, I don’t think this is the way. Adding this to the ToS means you admins will always be in the centre of every unwinnable situation that arises.

You need a committee to deal with these issues on a case by case basis. There are many advantages to this:

• You can be tough but flexible and adaptive
• you can enlist the help of people with more time
• you can enlist the help of people with experience writing policies
• committee members can resign or be discontinued when they become embroiled in some shit storm.
• you can retain veto power

I don’t want to be critical of the ToS because someone has put a lot of thought into it, but the most charitable thing I can say is that its unlikely to serve its intended purpose.

… and yet here we are.

There there pet.

This thread. Apparently the dietary requirements of cats is a contentious topic.

edit: Sorry also this thread that I hadn’t seen before.

I’m not disagreeing with you, but I think it’s a histamine response which is just directed at parasites in general.

It’s not really about reaching a wide audience, but about actually supporting the people I care about.

I don’t think even my elderly parents watch “news” anymore, and their main threat is vanilla type phishing emails.

I switched to catch and release 5 or 6 years ago and never looked back.

It’s not hate, I’m critical because I just don’t understand how this can work.

Has to be fake.