This is really it. In some ways early CGI was actually more intensive than traditional setpiece, costume, and effects-making in that it had a very high technical skill floor. Not denigrating the skills of actual physical artists here, but you had to not just have an artistic sense, but be able to navigate (in some cases, program in the first place!) the tools behind it.
Yep. Their heroes, icons, leaders, family... and themselves.
Hell, they'd disbelieve if the glasses detected someone was telling the truth, but they didn't want to believe that!
People would very, very quickly start to rationalize why the detection couldn't possibly be right. Look at how many scientifically or historically proven things people already are willing to disregard because it conflicts with their worldview or beliefs!
So they detect "willful" deception? People would just fall back on the "...well, I didn't know" / "didn't think XYZ counted" / "didn't consider ABC" as their excuses. Or if it can be shown that 0.00-near-infinite-zeros-01% of the population has some quirk which makes them detect wrongly, suddenly there'd be most of the population claiming that.
Ooooh, now this is a good question!
I would say a recurring theme or element is the idea of individuality versus collectivism, and the relationship between them. Rather than just declaring one good / one bad, looking at how different cultures explore and implement them.
On the one hand, to me, "mobile suits" should feel titanic and weighty, larger than life. So yet another Gundam zipping around like a demented chimpanzee on crack is... I dunno. Fighting space robot aliens is also a choice, since the man-vs-man and political background is a key part of what distinguishes Gundam.
On the other hand, a Gundam game in 2027, by Bandai-Namco, scored by Mick Gordon? That is such incredible levels of hype and I really, really hope that this is good.
Torties, man. They never stop looking gorgeous.
I think the life cycle of collaborative projects - small circle to big blowup, drifting from the original spirit or ethos for better or worse - will be accelerated by algorithmically-driven social media. Hell, it's already happening.
When I look at older collaborative fiction, it's much more likely to remain centered around a few core creators and their guidelines or approaches. The more content in a project is owned by them, the more they're able to influence others to not diverge too far from it.
When things blow up massively, that can all change in a heartbeat. Whoever is running the project frequently struggle to maintain those guidelines: Either because they don't want to seem like controlling jerks, or because the flood of new content genuinely overwhelms their ability to moderate.
The problem is, this accelerated lifecycle can also burn out projects far more rapidly as people become disconnected from what appealed to them in the first place.
In a way, I'm a little sorry that the actual situation ended up being ".ml gonna .ml", because I do think there needs to be a talk about how we (that is, the Fediverse) approach political discussion and censorship overall. Not that this makes the actual answer here any less valid, but I'm sorry that bigger talk isn't happening.
A lot of this was built around a world prior to surveillance video being everywhere all the time
Even in a world with surveillance, digital footprints, and advanced forensic evidence techniques, defense attorneys still help keep the system honest: Does the video actually show what the prosecution alleges? Was this digital data obtained with a proper warrant? Is there chain of custody for the forensic evidence, or could it have been tampered?
Demanding integrity is still a key part of the system. The only thing that's changed is what you're demanding it of.
It's easy to be cynical and just say this is a promotion clinging to nostalgia to sell toys. But man, did I feel something strong.
Also, I really liked that in the earliest sequence, Brown-Haired Kid has vaguely Gundam-colored and shaped clothes, while Black-Haired Kid has vaguely Zaku colors and his hat turned backwards to resemble a mono-eye. I don't know why that little bit stuck out to me, but it really did.
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3 years aligns with the Great API Debacle and protests on Reddit. It's when the Fediverse first started being discussed on many other sites and people were urged to shift over; certainly that's when I came over.
For any number of reasons, however, not everyone stuck around. Some were hoping for a larger shift-over that never materialized. Some found the smaller population and lack of niche communities they had enjoyed. Some were turned off by the political extremism and hate speech coming from some communities.
I don't have any issue with the accounts being left up, but I do think there ought to be a formal ruleset for opening up a community to new mods if the moderators go MIA.