#eighties — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #eighties, aggregated by home.social.
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being gay in Britain meant living in the shadows
I grew up in a time when being gay in Britain meant living in the shadows. The 80s were loud with music, fashion, and rebellion, but silent when it came to positive queer representation... At Sixth Form, being 'different' was enough to make people afraid to be seen with you... Music became my friend, my voice, my protection. HEAR THE VERSION THE WORLD TRIED TO BURY“Quick truth.Streaming is convenience. Bandcamp is support.If you want the real version of what I create — the full-quality […]https://jayleebenjamin.wordpress.com/2026/08/29/being-gay-in-britain-meant-living-in-the-shadows/
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Slave wages for musicians and artists on Spotify and many other major platforms, except bandcamp and Amazon
Now I'm going to be honest here, at three pence or less for each stream that you get you can see that you have to have over like 10,000 or more to even get something stupid like 10 pound and so that's not really enough money to pay for services and to save money you have to do everything yourself. So years ago I did this video and to help artists by giving them real money even if it is 50 pence for a song please go to bandcamp Click on link 🔗 for music in comments or bioWatch video by […] -
The Three‑Point Clarity Framework
article 3 part 3Your signature structure.1. Systemic HarmAggressive advertising is not a Meta problem — it is an industry problem.The same behaviours exist across Facebook, Google, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and every major platform.2. Regulatory MomentumMeta’s losses create legal precedent.States now have leverage to challenge the entire advertising ecosystem.3. Industry‑Wide TransformationIf Meta is forced to redesign its systems, every major platform will follow — voluntarily or […]https://jayleebenjamin.wordpress.com/2026/08/23/the-three-point-clarity-framework/
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Facebook: The End of “You Didn’t Ask for This” Advertising
Facebook’s advertising model is built on interruption.You scroll, and Facebook throws suggestions at you — products, pages, groups, videos, political content, emotional triggers, and behavioural predictions.This model is now legally vulnerable.Three things will change first:1. Forced Suggestions Will Be RestrictedFacebook will no longer be able to inject content you didn’t ask for simply because the algorithm predicts you might react to it.2. Behavioural Targeting Will Be LimitedThe […] -
“Symphony of Solitude” by JAYLEEBENJAMIN
"Symphony of Solitude" by JAYLEEBENJAMIN Symphony of Solitude is a song about the kind of loneliness that comes from being visibly different in a world that rewards invisibility.It’s about the years spent walking through life feeling like an outsider - not because of anything you did, but because of who you are, how you look, how you speak, and how people project their assumptions onto you before they ever bother to know you.Growing up mixed-race, gay, and visibly “not the masculine […]https://jayleebenjamin.wordpress.com/2026/08/19/symphony-of-solitude-by-jayleebenjamin/
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Music single”Symphony of Solitude” by JAYLEEBENJAMIN 2
Symphony of Solitude is a song about the kind of loneliness that comes from being visibly different in a world that rewards invisibility. It’s about the years spent walking through life feeling like an outsider - not because of anything you did, but because of who you are, how you look, how you speak, and how people project their assumptions onto you before they ever bother to know you. Growing up mixed-race, gay, and visibly “not the masculine template,” you didn’t have the option […] -
THE COLLAPSE OF AGGRESSIVE ADVERTISING: FACEBOOK, GOOGLE, AND THE NEW RULES
ARTICLE THREE parts 1For more than a decade, digital platforms have relied on a simple formula:predict what you want, push it at you, and keep pushing until you click.Facebook perfected it.Google industrialised it.Instagram and TikTok normalised it.And YouTube built an entire creator economy on top of it.But the Meta case has changed the direction of travel.The legal pressure applied to Meta is not limited to Meta — it applies to the entire advertising ecosystem.The behaviours under […]
