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[–] jsonjson@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 5 days ago

A lot of people profile him as just a weird nerd and treat him like a digital punching bag, but I think it's a mistake to underestimate a censorship extremist who built an empire on unpaid labor. Ironically, the loudest "fuck this guy" comments often help him, because they reinforce the idea that opposition is just angry noise, not serious critique. That plays better in mainstream media than you’d think.

 

Funny how the platform still runs on their unpaid labor, isn't it? This has a lot more to do with purging anyone that disagrees with them. They somehow can simultaneously denigrate unpaid labor and benefit from it in 2025. A shocking feat of cognitive dissonance.

[–] jsonjson@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well I wouldn't say it's better but it's definitely less enshittified. Give it time, the owners of Sniffies have given no indication they have the ability to earn anyone's trust.

[–] jsonjson@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 month ago

I'm still using RIF with my own access token, what do you mean they are banned?

[–] jsonjson@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That $126,500 number refers to the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion (FEIE), but it's not a hard threshold below which you're totally off the hook. U.S. citizens abroad still have to file a tax return if their income exceeds the standard filing requirement (around $14k+ for single filers). And the FEIE only applies to earned income, not investment income or retirement income. It's not automatic, you have to qualify under the bona fide residence or physical presence test, and file the right forms (like Form 2555) to claim it.

Even if you're making well under $126k, you still have to file, and you might owe something depending on your situation.

[–] jsonjson@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 months ago (6 children)

If it makes you feel better, even if you migrate to another country and gain citizenship, you still have to pay income taxes to the US.

[–] jsonjson@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

At least have some dignity and be grounded in the reality of where this company is aligned politically. Reddit doesn't care about you or anything other than emulating everything Elon Musk does.

[–] jsonjson@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 3 months ago

In other words an edition of Linux mint is finally getting a feature Ubuntu has for every variant, good for them I guess?