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Setting Boundaries in Tech, an Elder's Opinion

If someone seeks out advice about something like say ... potty training, a fussy toddler, disciplining teenagers? Their best route is to go find a knowledgeable #grandmother who has already raised several kiddos and probably helped raise several grandchildren. There was one such woman at the #Wellbriety conference I attended in #Portland a number of weeks ago. She and I had lunch and a really good discussion about her presentation which was:

"Setting Healthy Boundaries in Relationships" Sheryl Whitehawk -- look it up.

Now, if that same person is seeking advice about something like... phone settings for increased safety of those same children or grandchildren? A grandmother whose specialty is child rearing is NOT their best bet. They should go seek out someone who worked in the technology sector, who does not actively profit on phone tracking, re-selling pictures as pornography to sex-addicted Israelis, they should go find someone who has as much experience with tech as the grandmothers have with the kids. They will NOT find those people in their stock market bubbled "social media".

They should go find a #TechElder. Older and smarter and more experienced than that college dropout CEO will ever be. He wants people stuck and in that vacuum where they never realize how abused they are being. I have EMPLOYMENT in several tech companies, startups, big corps, pro-bono clients. I know what I am talking about having worked shoulder-to-shoulder with the very people attempting to mitigate those mistakes exploiting clueless grandmothers.

When that sociopath running Meta decides he's bored of watching Palestinian kids and their pet cats get blown up and starving to death? When his apathetic soulless dead eyes decide he can make a bank broadcasting terrorism via his "smart glasses" to his hate-filled white supremacist 100 percent nazi fascist platform?

He will start killing the natives on Turtle Island in as brutal and public manner as possible, same as Drumpf is attempting to do in #Venezuela. Did you all know that Venezuela [was one of the very first countries] to adopt #Bitcoin as a currency? Back in 2021. This is what he fears... people other than him having economic power.

IT ABSOLUTELY DOES MATTER WHAT FUCKING PLATFORM YOU USE TO COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE. It matters as much as it matters what language you use to write a software program. It matters as much as each and every heartbeat at #StandingRock and as much as every MMIP who was was sold and stalked to their death via their accelerometer. FIND A NATIVE TECH AND LISTEN TO WHAT THEY SAY.

Some doomers continually push the narrative that the platform does not matter, just the content. What people say is more important than who is controlling the platform But you are completely WRONG. Stop looking at the INPUT people put on the platforms that are controlled by Nazis as being able to save "Democracy" or "change the world". Wipe those facebook share links OFF YOUR SITES.

Unfettered white supremacy is what we got with all your "social movements" and "mutual aid fairs started as Facebook stories".

Do not allow Facebook's CEO's apps into your boundaries. That is the only way to set a healthy boundary. The sneering teenager has never had a good intention in his apathetic life.

Setting Boundaries in Tech, an Elder's Opinion

If someone seeks out advice about something like say ... potty training, a fussy toddler, disciplining teenagers? Their best route is to go find a knowledgeable #grandmother who has already raised several kiddos and probably helped raise several grandchildren. There was one such woman at the #Wellbriety conference I attended in #Portland a number of weeks ago. She and I had lunch and a really good discussion about her presentation which was:

"Setting Healthy Boundaries in Relationships" Sheryl Whitehawk -- look it up.

Now, if that same person is seeking advice about something like... phone settings for increased safety of those same children or grandchildren? A grandmother whose specialty is child rearing is NOT their best bet. They should go seek out someone who worked in the technology sector, who does not actively profit on phone tracking, re-selling pictures as pornography to sex-addicted Israelis, they should go find someone who has as much experience with tech as the grandmothers have with the kids. They will NOT find those people in their stock market bubbled "social media".

They should go find a #TechElder. Older and smarter and more experienced than that college dropout CEO will ever be. He wants people stuck and in that vacuum where they never realize how abused they are being. I have EMPLOYMENT in several tech companies, startups, big corps, pro-bono clients. I know what I am talking about having worked shoulder-to-shoulder with the very people attempting to mitigate those mistakes exploiting clueless grandmothers.

When that sociopath running Meta decides he's bored of watching Palestinian kids and their pet cats get blown up and starving to death? When his apathetic soulless dead eyes decide he can make a bank broadcasting terrorism via his "smart glasses" to his hate-filled white supremacist 100 percent nazi fascist platform?

He will start killing the natives on Turtle Island in as brutal and public manner as possible, same as Drumpf is attempting to do in #Venezuela. Did you all know that Venezuela [was one of the very first countries] to adopt #Bitcoin as a currency? Back in 2021. This is what he fears... people other than him having economic power.

IT ABSOLUTELY DOES MATTER WHAT FUCKING PLATFORM YOU USE TO COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE. It matters as much as it matters what language you use to write a software program. It matters as much as each and every heartbeat at #StandingRock and as much as every MMIP who was was sold and stalked to their death via their accelerometer. FIND A NATIVE TECH AND LISTEN TO WHAT THEY SAY.

Some doomers continually push the narrative that the platform does not matter, just the content. What people say is more important than who is controlling the platform But you are completely WRONG. Stop looking at the INPUT people put on the platforms that are controlled by Nazis as being able to save "Democracy" or "change the world". Wipe those facebook share links OFF YOUR SITES.

Unfettered white supremacy is what we got with all your "social movements" and "mutual aid fairs started as Facebook stories".

Do not allow Facebook's CEO's apps into your boundaries. That is the only way to set a healthy boundary. The sneering teenager has never had a good intention in his apathetic life.