Yet another reason to avoid the US as a tourist. Looks like hotels and airlines did not bribe Trump sufficiently.
Seriously, this is so stupid. I’m never setting foot in US soil ever again.
What if we Holy Roman Empire and the feds just become a figurehead element?
Yet another reason to avoid
the USsocial media as atouristconscious being.Lemmy is social media
Lemmy is just a malagasi fish-basket hand-weaving forum for enthusiasts though.
Not yet rotten by algorithmic rot, I think as well. I see quite lovely comment sections and doesn’t feel infested with bots.
Could be wrong though, if anyone has any insight please provide!
Tbh the fundamentally fragmented, federated model the fediverse uses as a core design element does seem like it’d be far harder to centralize and comprehensively corrupt.
Definitely agreed with that, which is why I like it so far but am just worried or hold back. Hope there is going to be more activity on the whole system.
I see it as a win-win. I only have to open the app for a bit while on the loo. I don’t give a damn about hemorrhoids, this is my shitposting time!
Pre-sleep bedtime screentime is now reserved for Balatro (likely equally terrible to social media feed) or light reading (probably miles above those, but pales in comparison to paperback).
also less potential for AI slop too, reddit has been infested with so much bot, AI posts.
Wish there was far more clarity for any platform to see that. The dead internet theory isn’t a wild concept anymore.
Forums are social media now
o rly?
People are already boycotting the us, they don’t need another reason.
Tourism is only down 30% or so. So maybe they do need more reasons.
I can’t believe it’s so little. Do they not know what’s happening here?
People are into sunk costs and book well in advance. A lot of that 30% is no-money-back cancellations.
Wait until you see next year.
I personally know Canadians who are still going back to the Untied States for half the year and I’m confused as to how they’re not deeply ashamed. Do they not know? Can they really be that oblivious?
Their right wing is trying to crib some (not all) notes from Trump, so I’d imagine those Canadians are the ones who think what Trump is doing is fine.
FAFO
Is this 30% down in foreign tourist (like people crossing border with the intention of a tourist visit) or 30% down in tourist industry revenue?
If it’s revenue that’s huge. Because a lot of tourism is just Americans going to tourist destinations. Though I’m sure some of that drop is coming from Americans also not being able to afford vacations.
If it’s 30% down of actual foreign tourist travel that’s less than I’d expect too. But still beyond devastating to the tourist industry. Between that and the explosion of online gambling, I know Vegas is hurting so much right now.
The US are really working hard to get prohibition, 30’s great depression, and McCarthyism all at once.
Some other things from the 30s, too.
The snazzy European uniforms?
Speed run
I don’t even remember all the reddit account I had in the previous 5 years
Off to El Salvador with you!
most of them wouldve been banned already, or become shadowban, if they suddenly became active. reddit now sees inactive accounts and new accounts as potential botting.
I feel sorry for anyone who has to go for work; I imagine tourists will choose another place to go.
A lot of places are finding workarounds in order to not deal with this and potentially open up serious legal avenues. I know my company is actively avoiding sending anyone here from anywhere else because of shit like this.
We have special cell phones for travel to China and the US. However all travel to those hellholes has to be approved by the CEO and will only be approved of it is absolutely necessary for contract negotiations.
I wish my employer did that. Instead, people go freely back with their company issued phones and notebooks. 🙄 All the security we have as certification requirements is moot when we bring these devices back into our network like it’s totally fine.
It’s not a real possibility for me, but I’d absolutely say no, if anyone tried to send me there.
You think it’s going to stop there? US citizens will soon have to do the same, or be on the no fly list.
Those lazy fucks, they’ve already had those data for years!
Jokes on them. I dont use social media. Will they deny me because i dont?
I dont use social media.
…on a social media…
Let them prove it.
Probably, or at least a lengthy interrogation
I will stop flying if it comes to that
Luckily you guys have land borders. Unluckily they might start patrolling them for people escaping too.
It’s like getting banned from smacking my own balls with a hammer.
Oh noes!
You realize that you don’t have to go to Florida?
But how else am I supposed to pet the alligators? Do you seriously expect me to go all the way to Africa to pet the crocodiles in the Nile instead?
“In addition to social media histories, Customs and Border Protection would add other new data collection fields, including email addresses and telephone numbers used in the last five years, as well as the addresses and names of family members, the notice reads.”
Wtf I was planning to visit NYC but this is crazy man.
sounds like they want to feed it into AI and other survellience tech like palintir.
We have already postponed our Disney trip until the cheeto is gone.
I am prepared to go to Europe or Japan instead though if America can’t figure its issues out.
I don’t know why anyone is still visiting the Untied States but I hope this deters them
funny they dont report in the news how the red areas that are dependant on tourism is actually doing. the gop dont want alarm thier own supporters how bad the situation is, just like they are reporting the news, that trump is using the tariff money to pay off the farmers right now.
And I suppose I’ll continue my plan of staying the hell away until this administration is long gone
This feels pretty hard to enforce, are they gonna let people self select what they provide or are they perhaps going to give a list of services to give accounts for? The latter would have me looking either like a ghost that disappeared about 7 years ago (for most public social media) or one that disappeared about 3 years ago (if Reddit is included)
What happens to people who don’t use social media at all? Are they going to be treated with suspicion?
until this administration is long gone
Based on past performance, the next Democrat administration will repeal maybe 50% of these changes at most.
they almost never fully repeal any invasive piracy legislation when they get into power, which is why they are called republican lite.
We’re probably going to find out eventually. For instance, I have never once in my life had any manner of account for any traditional social media. Just reddit (not anymore) and here. That’s it.
So good luck with that, fuckers.
I’ve only used Reddit (also not anymore) and here. None of the more traditional social media such as Facebook, Xitter, TikTok, and whatever else people are using these days.
Oh, I do have a LinkedIn. I only update it when I change jobs.
Lol yeah just keep pushing people away you fascist fucks.
Your world is closing in, and soon a cross hair will be in visible.
The history you follow is your doom.
Ha! I deleted my Facebook account more than 5 years ago.
Like I would ever want to visit the US under Trump to begin with.
If I’m not mistaken, people who said they don’t have any are beeing held for questioning and interrogations, or maybe even denied access. I vaguely remember reading an article about this a while back, so it may not help you as much as you think.
They can (how long can they hold you based on suspicion alone?) and will cause you a lot of trouble if they don’t like what you give them.
This is what I’ve been thinking about. What do they do with people that intentionally avoid social media? Is it simply presumed they’re hiding something? To that end, would it make sense to run a ‘fake’ social media account where they just post and share the most politically neutral/milquetoast memes and commentary just so there’s something in their history? I have always disliked the idea that one simply has to interact with social media or else be labeled an outcast/weirdo/suspicious person.
It feels like it comes from the same school of thought that the Internet and/or computers need to be used for everything…i don’t like the way society continues moving away from “real” methods of paying bills and handling important personal affairs by replacing the old ways with “better” online alternatives. There are definitely benefits to both approaches, i just don’t like when a “paper option” gets eliminated entirely in favor of electronic.
Just having a senior moment over here, please forgive my rambling 👴
What do they do with people that intentionally avoid social media? Is it simply presumed they’re hiding something?
Ding ding ding, now we’re finally getting somewhere here.
I’m beginning to believe the point to all this is to, if you’ll excuse the cliche, “literally become 1984”. They want to normalize the idea of having your every thought and action recorded and monitored across state-surveilled social media platforms.
So if for some reason you take a weekend holiday up in New England and decide to keep that to yourself? Now it’s suspicious. What were you doing in Vermont? Meeting up with other communists? Planning a revolution, perhaps? Detained.
Well now i wish i didn’t ask, lol! That’s terrifying! 🫠
Fully agree, though.
I’ve considered making a decoy account on some of these. Just keep it light and talk about sportsball, or discussion about hobbies. Nothing heated with rivalries either, just go team!!! And be very sportsmanlike when the other team wins.
I could see them detaining you simply for having linux on your laptop. If they can’t navigate around it then you’re obviously up to no good. I don’t use a display manager and could see them cuffing me simply because you need to login to my machine via TTY and know which WM i’m using.
Five? Child.
But seriously, don’t visit. There’s nothing here that is good at the moment. There are other Disney theme parks and… Tall buildings?
Unfortunately, some of us have family there. I indeed shat my pants at the airport this March and it only got worse since then.
Your family can visit you
Youre absolutely right, however many Americans are very hesitant to travel overseas unfortunately and that applies to my partner’s and my family, too.
They might not get let back in.
Win win!!
I guess I’m going have to get some sort of Social Media account that I don’t currently use, and keep up with fake postings, just so I have something to show the Redhats when they stop my on the street and say “Ihre papiere, bitte!”
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Perfect fit
