40 / M / Straight / INTP-T / Kalamazoo MI USA
I am here to help build and support vibrant communities not controlled by Big Tech that help others solve problems, examine new ways of thinking and improve their quality of life.
Take dividends and donate them to Fediverse servers. As your enemy gets stronger, so do you.
Try it. Not everyone responds to opposing views like that.
Campaign finance laws
Not saying we shouldn’t donate to worthy causes, but if we’re going to call using free software without paying abuse, then there are many technology users to round up.
The front page of Lemmy, much like reddit, is full of fear and arguments.
Fear porn generates clicks and sells ad space.
With all due respect, there’s more in the direction you mention, but there’s more in the direction of opposing views, as well. This was the entire point of moving to the Fediverse: to get away from the restrictions and whims of u/spez and Big Tech.
Keep looking around and talking to other people. This is a better place than Reddit: you just haven’t stumbled upon all of the evidence yet. ;)
Respectfully, I’m giving OP the benefit of the doubt assuming they were either looking to get something c/offmychest or look for a solution. I think we offered them some. :)
There’s nothing wrong with controlling / filtering the things you allow into your news feed.
Yes, there is a need to stay informed, but TBH the only immediate things one really needs are:
All of which can be accomplished without a Twitter, Reddit or Fediverse news feed.
You can’t function if you’re in a bad headspace. If you need to restrict your news intake, not only is that OK, but it is at times required and healthy.
Google sometimes deplatforms people as well. Regardless of one’s politics, one can’t be positive it won’t happen to them should the winds change.
/m/whoosh
Reference?
I’m missing the rage over the switch. I like GNOME.
If I were Elon I would respond with a “Challenge Accepted” and start floating balloons with access points.
Defederating doesn’t serve anyone’s interest. If you don’t like a community or a server, block them. Let the rest of us decide for ourselves.
I was going to say. It looks like a Mario-themed Fleshlight (NSFW).
Best viewed on…any browser that supports open standards.
Haven’t seen him since middle school
I focus on one thing at a time in my sphere of influence.
And this is why security and privacy practices are so important. It’s not important until it is.
Until MAGA isn’t the one. Until it’s somebody else, like a pro-Palestinian group or a gun control group.
@bjoern_tantau I’ll keep that name in mind for the next account I create. In the meantime, which would be better?