Yep. And ruin it for anyone else who wants to go there.
World Views--Rants and Raves: War, Politics, Government, Social Issues
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Zardnaar
Deity
Wonder if they're a group being used to make others look bad.
Or just really stupid.
Possibly both. Definitely the stupid part. I mean, who goes around vandalizing world heritage art objects and historical sites for an environmental protest? These are the people who threw stuff at paintings in an art gallery. They're not making any points for the environment, and they're making me wonder: If today they're throwing soup and paint, might they some day decide to throw bombs instead?
Zardnaar
Deity
So we are an island nation. 2 main ones. We have an interislander ferry system. One of them can carry freight.
Previous government signed contracts for 500 million with Korean shipyard to get 2 more ferries capable of carrying freight.
Incoming clowns canceled it for tax cuts for landlords.
Steering failure that 1 ferry hits the rocks and grounds itself. Refloated but damaged.
www.rnz.co.nz
Previous government signed contracts for 500 million with Korean shipyard to get 2 more ferries capable of carrying freight.
Incoming clowns canceled it for tax cuts for landlords.
Steering failure that 1 ferry hits the rocks and grounds itself. Refloated but damaged.
Stricken Aratere to be placed under detention order barring it from movement after grounding
The Aratere has been refloated - but when it's back in Picton can't move again until it gets the all-clear from investigators.
www.rnz.co.nz
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Comrade Ceasefire
Simmer slowly
Leaders pretending they represent the interests of their respective countries and shoving their opinions and policies down the throats of the other 90% of the world.
LOL Biden was 2nd in the net approval/disapproval ratings!
LOL Biden was 2nd in the net approval/disapproval ratings!
Comrade Ceasefire
Simmer slowly
What's wrong with them grinning in a car?
Meanwhile Italians show how they act like adults in charge of a country...
Comrade Ceasefire
Simmer slowly
A combination of rates and mounting debt burdens has pushed annual interest payments to a staggering $847 billion, according to UNCTAD — a direct transfer of wealth from government coffers to (mostly) private investors. That’s double what it was a decade ago. UN data shows that fifteen nations spend more on interest payments than they do on education. Meanwhile, forty-six spend more on interest than they do on health.
unctad.org
A world of debt 2024
Comrade Ceasefire
Simmer slowly
Fair enough. Parliamentary brawls are limited to so few countries, so the rest must be sham democracies I guess.
Fair enough. Parliamentary brawls are limited to so few countries, so the rest must be sham democracies I guess.
"can be a sign" not "are the only signs"
Senethro
Overlord
Buddy, are you from a country where you can actually express disapproval meaningfully? And which way would you want it?
Comrade Ceasefire
Simmer slowly
Easy. As funny as in that photo with the numbers above their heads.
Or as funny as finishing a vid with a Sex Pistols song.
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Ordnael
King
IsraelCrimes seems like a poor source of actual factual news, sounds too much like a propaganda platform!
Who reads enough youtube comments to get scammed by them? They are the most inane of social media, why would anyone spend time there?
Like, Comment, Get Scammed: Characterizing Comment Scams on Media Platforms
Given the meteoric rise of large media platforms (such as YouTube) on the web, it is no surprise that attackers seek to abuse them in order to easily reach hundreds of millions of users. Among other social-engineering attacks perpetrated on these platforms, comment scams have increased in popularity despite the presence of mechanisms that purportedly give content creators control over their channel comments. In a comment scam, attackers set up script-controlled accounts that automatically post or reply to comments on media platforms, enticing users to contact them. Through the promise of free prizes and investment opportunities, attackers aim to steal financial assets from the end users who contact them.
In this paper, we present the first systematic, large-scale study of comment scams. We design and implement an infrastructure to collect a dataset of 8.8 million comments from 20 different YouTube channels over a 6-month period. We develop filters based on textual, graphical, and temporal features of comments and identify 206K scam comments from 10K unique accounts. Using this dataset, we present our analysis of scam campaigns, comment dynamics, and evasion techniques used by scammers. Lastly, through an IRB-approved study, we interact with 50 scammers to gain insights into their social-engineering tactics and payment preferences. Using transaction records on public blockchains, we perform a quantitative analysis of the financial assets stolen by scammers, finding that just the scammers that were part of our user study have stolen funds equivalent to millions of dollars. Our study demonstrates that existing scam-detection mechanisms are insufficient for curbing abuse, pointing to the need for better comment-moderation tools as well as other changes that would make it difficult for attackers to obtain tens of thousands of accounts on these large platforms.
Like, Comment, Get Scammed: Characterizing Comment Scams on Media Platforms
Given the meteoric rise of large media platforms (such as YouTube) on the web, it is no surprise that attackers seek to abuse them in order to easily reach hundreds of millions of users. Among other social-engineering attacks perpetrated on these platforms, comment scams have increased in popularity despite the presence of mechanisms that purportedly give content creators control over their channel comments. In a comment scam, attackers set up script-controlled accounts that automatically post or reply to comments on media platforms, enticing users to contact them. Through the promise of free prizes and investment opportunities, attackers aim to steal financial assets from the end users who contact them.
In this paper, we present the first systematic, large-scale study of comment scams. We design and implement an infrastructure to collect a dataset of 8.8 million comments from 20 different YouTube channels over a 6-month period. We develop filters based on textual, graphical, and temporal features of comments and identify 206K scam comments from 10K unique accounts. Using this dataset, we present our analysis of scam campaigns, comment dynamics, and evasion techniques used by scammers. Lastly, through an IRB-approved study, we interact with 50 scammers to gain insights into their social-engineering tactics and payment preferences. Using transaction records on public blockchains, we perform a quantitative analysis of the financial assets stolen by scammers, finding that just the scammers that were part of our user study have stolen funds equivalent to millions of dollars. Our study demonstrates that existing scam-detection mechanisms are insufficient for curbing abuse, pointing to the need for better comment-moderation tools as well as other changes that would make it difficult for attackers to obtain tens of thousands of accounts on these large platforms.
Narz
keeping it real
Kids these days raised by YouTube comments.
Wouldn't be surprised if your average teenager in 1st world spends more time reading comments than talking (or even texting) with RL friends.
Wouldn't be surprised if that's true for elders as well actually.
I follow a lot of YouTube channels. Some are reviews of favorite shows. Some are fan edits. Some are reaction channels. Some are informative history channels, emphasis on medieval/Tudor. There's a treasure trove of Harry Potter analysis videos. There's a guy who actually tests out some of the ideas in FRPGs to see if they really work (ie. which kind of frying pan makes the best weapon, or how many gold pieces could a D&D fighter realistically carry around while exploring and fighting).
The scam situations, though? Travel channel hosts have been impersonated, and so has one of the reaction channel hosts. They've made a point of telling the viewers, though - if you see me anywhere but here (or on their other usual social media sites), IT'S NOT ME.
Yes, I read comments. Yes, I leave comments. I've had some fun conversations on a few of those sites. There have been some frustrating arguments.
And yes, some of these channels are monetized and some people send money during livestreams (I never have).
About the most suspicious things I've seen, though, are on FB. It's getting easier to spot the plagiarists and the AI, and there are groups I belong to where even mentioning AI will result in a permaban.
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