I consult in some companies that don’t even allow copy/paste in outlook. Like, these are actually MS security policies that can be set.

How in all of the actual fucks could they allow MS to see everything on your screen.

I agree with your non starter assessment.

Sure. I definitely do not disagree about the price but I wish you’d made it about that and not the art. Have a good Friday!

Perhaps more likely years of work with colour and colour theory preceding a quick output of some content? Why the sarcastic tone?

Could be, the man was a fucking genius hi created some of my personal favourite paintings.

Was that your point?

That is a measure of exactly nothing.

https://www.nme.com/photos/30-minutes-or-less-19-famous-songs-written-at-staggering-speed-1422651

Your post makes it very clear that you have little experience in the creative world. There is no linear measure of successs or quality. You do a great disservice to those toiling with their creativity by making comments such as this one. We need artists, they are fragile things and should be treated with care.

I didn’t start this post planning to get hetup but I do feel that taking umbrage to your comment is fair, if not tautological.

I would encourage you to labour over a still life or wrestle a passable rendition of your favourite guitar riff. Try sing the first phrase of your favourite song in key. Trust me: none of those things are easy.

If you don’t like “Orange” then just look at something else and hold your tongue.

Also in the industry and I gotta say it’s not often I agree with every damn point. You nailed it. Thanks for posting!

I like your take.

I don’t feel I’ve been wronged btw. I feet that human nature is as it does. I was looking for a lesson, a way to improve things out of it.

I appreciate your thoughts but I’ll refrain from commenting further on the silly spat. It’s not important to this topic and in retrospect I should have left it off my OP and just posted the ideas I’d had.

Thank you for you thoughtful post.

Thanks, appreciated.

Certainly if they can be owned then communities are not communities but rather commodities. So yes, in name only, which is sad.

I’ll try to be more polite in future. Moving goalposts, cherry picking and doubling down on proven falsehoods is frustrating though so I’ll admit that I lose my patience at times.

These are not the facts. The facts are still there for all to see. Why lie?

My post of the topic of LSD was a response to the OP not a wild tangent. They brought it up.

Yes, looking over the responses I agree with the consensus that my ideas are naive at best. Thanks for your thoughtful post.

I enjoy the truth. Which you are correct - can be uncomfortable at times.

All good points. Besides which consensus is that my ideas in the OP are naive at best, which I accept.

One comment I would like to make is that ownership of a community is an oxymoron. Obviously. But I totally get your points and thank you for your thoughtful post.

Fair.

Please link to evidence of lying I have been absolutely transparent.

Apologies. I was concerned it was not on topic. Where should it be posted please? And follow up question: if I’d left the example out completely and just shared my ideas on how mods should be managed without context then I think we could remove the feeing of someone (me) venting?

That is what federation is and that is the natural growth of a federation.

If not for exclusion and inclusion it would not be a federation.

It’s puzzling that you think this is semantics.

Anyway, this isn’t a productive exchange and I choose not to continue it, hope you don’t think I’m censoring you.

They were not censored, they are undoubtedly still active and able to say what they want. We just can’t hear it. You can choose to hear it by joining a instant federated with them.

Dafuq are you on about censorship?