This is tangentially related to the article, but it's interesting that the phrase "unexpectedly stable" triggers positive connotations. It did for me as well.

But the phrase is actually neutral, it's not making any claims if stability is a good or bad thing in this context, neither about "unexpected" stability. But given the larger context of language we read it as positive.

is it possible to autoban/hide posts that intentionally go offtopic using dumb words like 'tangentially' as an excuse

> most of the people using it are going to use it for child abuse.

This is deeply unsubstantiated and does not help contribute to a constructive debate. Please consider thinking more carefully.

“Most” is hyperbolic but it’s a real problem in any system designed for peer to peer hosting or sharing.

If the system is truly distributed it means you might not be able to participate without hosting or transmitting CSAM.

It’s also been used as a deliberate attack, which is known as “pissing in the pool.” Flood the system with CSAM and copyright infringement.

Most P2P video system make you seed only the video you started watching, thus making the point about transmitting csam moot.

If I search for The Best of Both Worlds but open the video to find it's csam and not st:tng then I've unwittingly started watching, and thus potentially seeding, the csam.

But even simple checks like the number of seeders on a torrent will defeat a vast majority of this problem. I would not expect a torrent with 1k seeders to be csam for e.g.

I understand the worry, and it is a difficult problem worth thought but the alarmist virtue signalling helps absolutely no one, victims included.

That might work for popular culture. It's probably a good strategy if you want to watch the latest superhero movie.

I listen to the Butthole Surfers and Amboog-a-Lard - I'm willing to bet a good portion of their material has less seeders than much illegal content do.

Are you not describing perfect as the enemy of good?

A product doesn't need to serve EVERY human on earths needs, just enough of them that it can become large enough that established legacy solutions need to adapt.

I get why you might think this wouldn't be a fit for YOU but rather than argue against it from a niche viewpoint instead maybe look at how if it did exist it could be good for many.

That's pretty unlikely. P2P can have moderation systems. Also that can be solved by only seeding videos you kept watching.

Is that actually done in practice?

There's no popular peer to peer video system in the first place so uh not yet?

Peertube has moderation.

> If the system is truly distributed it means you might not be able to participate without hosting or transmitting CSAM.

Depends on the P2P architecture. With something like bittorrent / webtorrent you will be distributing CSAM only if you download it yourself first. Otherwise there is no way for any CSAM content to appear on your device. The fear that an algorithm may spread CSAM on the network by making you view one accidentally is a legitimate concern though.

In that case, a real problem if you sell hammers is that you might not be able to prevent people from hitting their wife with them.

Not sure it is a reason for making hammers illegal?

I’m not in favor of making it illegal. I was speaking for those who write, maintain, or run such systems.

AFAIK there are providers that give you API access to Seedance, like OpenRouter etc.

I’ll try through there but I’m more curious if there is a ChatGPT or Claude monthly subscription that is subsidized by investors to grow so I can play around more freely

From the article:

> Today, Seedance 2.5 is rolling out on Jimeng AI, Doubao Pro, and other platforms, with API access coming soon via BytePlus ModelArk.

Jimeng is https://jimeng.jianying.com/ (I'm pretty sure, there are a lot of copycats, but this one uses Douyin SSO for login, so seems legit) and available in English as "Dreamina" https://dreamina.capcut.com / https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lemon.drea... (note that it's made by Bytedance; on iOS the search results seem to be copycats only) Doubao is https://www.doubao.com / Dola https://www.dola.com in English. There seems to be no way to find out how much a subscription costs without making an account.