he/him. Lawyer. Administrator of the End Software Patents campaign.
Probably the Free Software Directory.
Some superficial thoughts, please correct me if I’m wrong. Isn’t AdNauseam generating more traffic to ads, thus increasing their value in terms of metrics? Also, do people really think that agencies like NSA, which are capable of extremely sophisticated surveillance, can be disrupted by random text in emails? These tools sound like a waste of time to me.
It was a niche network for few passionate people. Content was more political than generic. It always felt like it would succeed though. Only thing I’m missing is that the website was blazing fast back then. It’s struggling now with all the new users but I’m sure that will be fixed sooner or later.
You may be interested in !endsoftwarepatents@lemmy.ml.
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