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| EEVblog:
--- Quote from: james_s on April 30, 2022, 11:08:51 pm --- --- Quote from: coppice on April 30, 2022, 09:49:53 pm ---I think he's referring to the US prison industrial complex, that uses prisoners in close to slavery conditions to produce a huge range of consumer products. Most countries only allow prisoners to produce things for the state, like military uniforms. There is a reason why certain groups really like private prisons, and having the world's large percentage of people incarcerated in the US. --- End quote --- I think having prisoners perform useful work is a good idea, it isn't slavery, it's punishment for committing crimes. Personally I think any proceeds should go toward reimbursing crime victims rather than profit for private prisons though. --- End quote --- Please do not derail this thread with slavery talk. |
| coppice:
--- Quote from: james_s on April 30, 2022, 11:08:51 pm --- --- Quote from: coppice on April 30, 2022, 09:49:53 pm ---I think he's referring to the US prison industrial complex, that uses prisoners in close to slavery conditions to produce a huge range of consumer products. Most countries only allow prisoners to produce things for the state, like military uniforms. There is a reason why certain groups really like private prisons, and having the world's large percentage of people incarcerated in the US. --- End quote --- I think having prisoners perform useful work is a good idea, it isn't slavery, it's punishment for committing crimes. Personally I think any proceeds should go toward reimbursing crime victims rather than profit for private prisons though. --- End quote --- I agree that making prisoners work to help pay for the prison is a good idea. That's not what seems to happen, though. The poor old tax payers pay to run the prison, and someone else profits from the work the prisoners do. |
| MrMobodies:
Just found this: https://www.androidpolice.com/youtube-is-now-hiding-the-like-count/ --- Quote ---YouTube's messing with likes, and we can't hit dislike hard enough BY JAMES PECKHAM PUBLISHED 3 DAYS AGO Likes are hidden for some users YouTube decided to hide the dislike counter from public view in late 2021, and it seems the service may now be experimenting with a similar change for likes on videos. Various YouTube users have taken to Reddit and Twitter to report the lack of a like counter in the normal position, and it's instead moved to the video's description. Reports from Reddit users u/morvexT and u/Ghostyscarab372 show videos without like counters, and some follow-up comments report the same issue. We've also seen three separate cases on Twitter with users complaining that the like counter has disappeared in the last 24 hours. We haven’t been able to replicate the same interface as you can see on these social media posts, which makes us believe it’s a test limited to certain accounts. The like counter is still there for at least two Android Police writers, and there’s currently no confirmation of the experiment from YouTube itself. One of these reports came from Twitter user @Thabet_Yusuf who confirmed that if they press on the description of the video they are still able to see the like counter. It seems YouTube isn't planning to hide likes away entirely as it did with dislikes, but it may be aiming to make them a touch harder to find than before. Usually, likes appear directly below the video. So far, all the reports we’ve spotted seem to be for the mobile version of YouTube. We’ve yet to see anyone report this on desktop or devices such as Smart TVs and consoles. Are you finding the like counter has disappeared from your YouTube app? Let us know in the comments. --- End quote --- Looks like they are trying balance it out a bit, if they are going to hide the negative feedback counter why not do it to the other. Maybe they should have thought about this during their experiment early last year before their final decision. |
| magic:
Wonder what's the motivation for that :o Concerns about people liking videos with many likes already out of peer pressure? Some video promoted by YT didn't receive enough likes for their liking and they think it doesn't look good for them? :popcorn: |
| EEVblog:
--- Quote from: MrMobodies on May 01, 2022, 03:42:13 am ---Looks like they are trying balance it out a bit, if they are going to hide the negative feedback counter why not do it to the other. Maybe they should have thought about this during their experiment early last year before their final decision. --- End quote --- They didn't think it through, they were pressured to do it by the the corporate media and other big accounts, and the whitehouse who were getting ratioed to hell. |
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