#aralbalkan — Public Fediverse posts

YOU CAN'T JUST GIVE PEOPLE THE #ANSWERS....

@aral / #AralBalkan

" If you want people to understand, really understand, YOU CAN'T JUST GIVE THEM THE ANSWERS,

You have to CONFRONT THEM,
TORTURE THEM WITH THE HORRIFYING #QUESTIONS "

#Batman [2022] #Quote #FILM #Truth
#Clip by #CollectiveTruth

@aral #AralBalkan - good points but

Redefine who you are blocking with replying to them instead. And that's the basic justice you're looking for (if they are polite enough etc)

I don't understand why
- you don't reply in depth to people
- you blocked / ignoring me, and
- why you talk about justice when there's enough people / #fans to do it with (this post says "#redefine #justice")

You're just mostly 1-way here on "social"? How does that work?

@misterdave @aral Mister Dave, do you mean:

"Both can be true":

1- People are ill / sick / wrong
AND
-2 Systems are ill / sick / wrong / fucked

If only we could do better than #cheating people (#Banks behind our backs for examples) trying to avoid bad people in front of our eyes (with #genocide / #war etc) and replace it with something better...?

#AralBalkan is almost there but investing in the people work needs pumping up more than any material or money work.

The mind. Let's rebuild it ?

"...Western countries, our governments are directly complicit and, many times, profiting from Israel’s genocide.

Whatever you do, please don’t judge the entirety of something by the actions of a few and please try and keep things – namely Internet etiquette and genocide – in perspective and ask yourselves what you would do if you were in their shoes."

- #QUOTE @aral
Post: https://mastodon.social/@aral@mastodon.ar.al/117092273556764874

#complicit #governments #genocide
#war #AralBalkan #Israel vs. #Palestine

"...#colonisers can get #colonised too."

- #Quote #AralBalkan / @aral #Quotes

Inspired by: https://mastodon.social/@aral@mastodon.ar.al/117069799417166560

@elsua54 Agree on that.

We HAVE people "already there" who "made it" as far as #software dev but not dev #fans, #users, a #tribe, as a human #movement from #following.

Somehow people-loving communication is still Tetris piece missing from all the admin below that I semi-respect!

#Eugene [#Mastodon], @Gargron

#Dansup [#Loops], @dansup

#RichardStallman [#GNU] @rms

#AralBalkan [#SmallTech] @aral

#MarkBurton = @markhburton

#Jitsi [instant chat=3-clicks]

(will update as I talk to all)

#AralBalkan #Feedback #NoReply

Aral is online and posting as we speak.

1/ I've messaged @aral to check if he's getting my public replies or DM sent just now.

I'm not sure how he could not see it as we are online at the same time or just say why he hasn't replied to his own questions / topics from me.

2/ If you have similar experience with similar people let me know maybe via DM.

It's stopping evolution (reasoned communication).

#AralBalkan #Feedback #NoReply #Reply #Unclear #Silence

"Scan your #passport to join our social network."

- #AralBalkan #Quote

(@elsua54 This quote helps to see when others are being socially 'weird' or excluded because we don't opt-in to many of these things and sub-things (or the standard etiquette of where you come from and work).

ID as 1st representation for my types don't work as we are trying to convey the root msg / primary cause of unfairness. The uncaring #system.

@aral It's also a deep #human thing which we are all tied to and tempted to use by default:

- strength instead of heart

(financial strength in modern day - it was more brutal direct force before but still same today in many ways)

lack of empathy
lack of will
lack of collective intelligence
etc

We have time, but often choose to use it / waste it.

To invest in you & I as good investment?

You also might not see #likeminded a #fans of #AralBalkan as worthy to reply (or sometimes lack depth).

Video with #AralBalkan

Keywords = #Planet #Earth #Surveillance #Population #Digital #Rich #People #Privacy #Monetise #Business #Model #Enshittification

"Excuse me, your unicorn keeps shitting in my back yard, can he please not?..."

https://aperi.tube/w/rsEV1YEWaubzeuJeayskvh

https://better.fyi/
= privacy tool which protected from behavioural #ads and companies #tracking, profiling, #monetising you on the web.

@aral Saying people are "Nazis" is cathartic...

YES - People are complicit AND ignoring / accepting the #system's incremental approach to #enshittification...

BUT #AralBalkan do you see PEOPLE ON #MASTODON ARE ALSO SOFT-#NAZIS ? / OK to participating indirectly with system?

YES?...

So forgive me 🤜 🤛 WE NEED TO MOVE ON to focus on sticking the measurably good people together often. YES?

Do you hear me? More than the anger / one-way posting?

Can we increment #Trust with #SmallTalk etc? 🤜 🤛

@aral Yes @Layan2002's right with the detail and so...

IDEA: Someone of reputation could launch their own respectful token (not currency but as #gift #exchange) as we agree most '#money' starts with nothing, #trust, or a #loan (coins / paper feel heavy as a material but useful when they can be exchanged) so why not #AralBalkan / a clever person to do the same, since we agree it can be made of nothing but by our respect for their work? And it's not for replacing all #Banks either.

Hmm...

@aurion Hi,

I can't seem to download the video - goes to a nginx permission denied page.

3 links below are to the same video - none of them work when clicking to download:

https://video.lqdn.fr/w/hyvebph9MEGdCJGME4niAh

https://video.lqdn.fr/w/eWVHM1L96VBZ84A4xmty9n

https://video.lqdn.fr/w/861c07f7-7e9b-4e64-9765-cf1de592c8a0

Any idea how to download #AralBalkan's #EU speech ? Thanks

In a groundbreaking revelation, Aral Balkan unveils the revolutionary concept of... using IP addresses, because domains are just so last century! 🌐✨ Apparently, the "Small Web" is about to make a big splash (or maybe just a ripple) with its dazzling #innovation of... personal websites. 🙄💻
https://ar.al/2025/06/25/web-numbers/ #AralBalkan #SmallWeb #IPAddresses #PersonalWebsites #HackerNews #ngated

Just liberated the video of one of my talks from YouTube and uploaded a copy to our Vimeo account:

Big Brother Awards 2014: Moving beyond the clouds (we need an ethical approach to design)

https://vimeo.com/1075963646

(Imagine what a different world we’d be living in today if folks in tech had heeded our warnings back then. But I guess they were too busy making mint.)

PS. yt-dlp is your friend (on Mac: brew install yt-dlp). Also make sure you have ffmpeg installed (brew install ffmpeg). Finally, I had to manually tell yt-dlp where to find ffmpeg although your mileage may vary based on installation method: yt-dlp "<URL>" --write-subs --ffmpeg-location=/opt/homebrew/bin/ffmpeg (--write-subs saves the subtitles if there are any to a file in a format you can use on the web).

#EthicalDesignManifesto #ethics #design #ethicalDesign #AralBalkan #SmallTech #BigBrotherAwards #BitsOfFreedom #technology #tech #BigTech #panopticon #surveillance #capitalism #peopleFarming #fascism #technofascism #Google #Facebook

What fresh hell is this?

(Needless to say that, no, I did not embark on a solo sailing journey from Ireland to Portugal in 2018 and get shipwrecked in the Atlantic.)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bax_qHpe3hQ

#ai #bullshit #video #AralBalkan #shipwreck #atlantic #ireland #portugal

"The way we practice design today is colonial. It is no different than the ethnographer hiding behind their camouflaged screen, watching the natives."

@aral, 2018

https://davbot.media/w/45837668-4627-4a92-9147-5c053b7f761e

Ethnography, and anthropology in general, does have a dark past. But AFAIK ethnography is observing as a participant, not hiding in the bushes.

#video #PeerTube #design #UX #HX #AralBalkan #ethnography #anthropology

"The way we practice design today is colonial. It is no different than the ethnographer hiding behind their camouflaged screen, watching the natives."

@aral, 2018

https://davbot.media/w/45837668-4627-4a92-9147-5c053b7f761e

Ethnography, and anthropology in general, does have a dark past. But AFAIK ethnography is observing as a participant, not hiding in the bushes.

#video #PeerTube #design #UX #HX #AralBalkan #ethnography #anthropology

TT-RSS - De la friture sur le Fediverse ?
https://framablog.org/2022/11/13/de-la-friture-sur-le-fediverse/
#rss #smalltechnologyfoundation #internetetsociété #decentralisation #droitsnumériques #talesoffediverse #centralisation #décentraliser #gretathunberg #activitypub #centraliser #eugenrochko #aralbalkan #fédération #stephenfry #fediverse #nonclassé #elonmusk #instance #mastodon #serveurs #sidekiq #twitter

"So, we all agree that Facebook is a problem.

Some for the right reasons, some for the wrong ones…

But this is not just about Facebook: it’s about any corporation that has the same business model as Facebook. The business model I call “people farming.” (#aralbalkan) #peoplefarming #fediverse #smallweb
https://ar.al/2022/02/07/everyone-hates-facebook-but-this-is-more-than-just-about-facebook/

#ActuLibre « Va te faire foutre, Twitter ! » dit Aral Balkan à lire sur https://framablog.org/2021/06/05/va-te-faire-foutre-twitter-dit-aral-balkan/ #Autonomienumérique #LibertésNumériques #Capital-risque #Fédération #algorithme #AralBalkan #Fediverse #SmallTech #Facebook #SmallWeb #timeline #startup #Twitter

#ActuLibre Développeurs, développeuses, nettoyez le Web ! à lire sur https://framablog.org/2021/04/20/developpeurs-developpeuses-nettoyez-le-web/ #SmallTechnologyFoundation #DégooglisonsInternet #LibertésNumériques #Internetetsociété #LibresLogiciels #Nettoyonsleweb #CleanupTheWeb #AralBalkan #traqueurs #pistage #Google #FLoC #AMP

We really thought #AralBalkan would be above that spinDoctoring and strawmanning. We hope that he is able to see the bigger picture moving forward and will unblock us.

We feel that we are on the same page and it is not worth being #divided on such meaningless things as wondering if they've left a #bot running.

The RNZ Mediawatch team seem shocked that the emergence of TikTok has brought concerns about addiction, bullying, and so on:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018754237/kiwi-kids-screening-out-local-media

Clearly they haven't been listening to Douglas Rushkoff, Aral Balkan, Jaron Lanier, and the many others who have pointed out why all this is a natural and predictable consequence of corporate ownership, centralized platforms, and particularly datafarming revenue models.

#RNZ #Mediawatch #datafarming #DouglasRushkoff #AralBalkan #JaronLanier

Le problematiche della privacy e le soluzioni possibili [SUB ITA] Laura Kalbag e Aral Balkan @ThinkAbout! Colonia 05/19

https://peertube.uno/w/6oQMQ5vksLVnioXfXcifEC

Come Apple e Google cureranno COVID-19? - Aral Balkan@ Al Jazeera 11.04.2020 [SUB ITA]

https://peertube.uno/w/1LB3XmiPotECSb96jbDUkD