Lemmy's Image Problem
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The popular Reddit alternative's user count has grown a lot over the past year. One problem, though: users and admins can't delete images.

Highlighting the recent report of users and admins being unable to delete images, and how Trust & Safety tooling is currently lacking.

  • laverabe@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    8 months ago

    The problem sort of is capitalism right? These public good projects should have public funding. Imagine if the public funding for open source software projects was like that of the Apollo program in the 60s (2.5% of gdp).

      • spaduf@slrpnk.netEnglish
        11·
        8 months ago

        I am not sure I’d be using any mass communication platform that is primarily developed and/or funded by any government.

        One could argue you’re using one now.

    • VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      21·
      8 months ago

      Personally I believe that yes open source should be created by governments for the global good, that open source should be created by people studying PhDs and that community commons projects should be part of schooling with students learning how to use and contribute to them.

      However the main brunt of open source should be created by people who simply want it to exist because we will always outnumber and outperform government workers and students.

      Personally I would love to see a world where contributing to community projects is something everyone does as part of their life, not only because it’ll create more open source but because I think it’ll be a much healthier community if we stop seeing everyone else around us as competition and start seeing them as fellow workers in the project to improve life for all.