Decentralization isn't left wing or right wing, that's just a moronic analysis. Decentralization has a wide appeal but unless it gets simplified and standardized it will never become adopted by the mainstream. Places like Lemmy which are littered with gatekeepers like you doom this place to forever being a niche. If this place ever hopes of rivaling reddit, it needs to appeal to more than political extremists and tech nerds
Lmao just how far left do you have to be to find Reddit of all places to be right wing? Reddit is one of the most infamous left wing echo chamber. They're not evil enough to be Marxists but calling them right wing is just straight up inaccurate.
There are few things the developers could do. For example, they could make the platform easier to use. Many people don't even reach this place because they're not that tech savvy or simple don't care enough to figure it out. It's much easier for them to just create an account and get started on Reddit or elsewhere. This leaves extremists with nowhere else to go and tech bros... which are the two groups that dominate this place. The process of getting on board and finding instances/communities needs to be easier. There needs to be something like centralized site/app that is easily accessible and shows all the different instances and communities in one place.
Funny enough, this is the same exact reason why Reddit sucks. Those same idiots who made that platform insufferable have migrated here and made this already insufferable place even more insufferable.
Out of privacy/tech bros and far left extremists, there's nothing else on this site. This place doesn't appeal to the general public because there's nothing here for them.
You're exactly the type of toxic idiot that drives people away from this place.
This is why Lemmy will never be anything more than tiny a niche platform. It's a place for the far left by the far left. There's nothing here in place for anybody else. I don't just mean politics wise, I mean everything. There's nothing for fandoms, shows, movies, sports, or anything really. You have to be privacy/tech nerd or some left wing extremist to really enjoy this place more than Reddit. Since the portion of the population that this platform is trying to appeal to is extremely small, this platform will always be small. There's little to not attempts by the devs or the community to make this place appeal to everybody else.
It just signals that this platform is flawed to the point where it's bleeding to death. Keep in mind, a bigger userbase = more active community = better platform.
Lemmy is a niche place. Unless you're far left politically or you're big on privacy like I am, there's no real appeal to this place. The average Joe would much rather use Reddit despite its flaws. There's nothing here for fandoms or sports or movies/shows or anything really. Outside of a few toxic political communities, some privacy/piracy/tech communities, and a bunch of mediocre meme communities... this site is as good as dead.
Maybe not this particular picture, but China does make plenty of propaganda that makes America look badass.
After the big surge happened from Reddit and the anti-Reddit hate died down, a lot of people start realizing that this place sucks. It's confusing to use, it's polluted with Marxists and other brain dead extremists everywhere, and it's an inferior platform compared to Reddit. There are no niche communities, there are very little non political communities, and the amount of active communities is very limited. At the end of the day, for a lot of people, their love for the community on Reddit outweighs their hate for Spez
imagine being dumb enough to be a Marxist in the 21st century.
That's how democracy is supposed to work. You're supposed to stand by your principles and vote for whoever thinks represents you best. Voting for the lesser of evils a divide and conquer tactic by the duopoly
Marxists are worse than fascists. Just as evil, just as retarded, just as violent, just as hateful. A failed murderous ideology has no place in modern times and it will never happen. You will never be a revolutionary and you will never, ever come to poewr... and for good reason too. All you can and ever will do is larp on the internet while swimming in a sea of willful ignorance. I, like most people, am glad that is the case.
He's been essentially lying and scamming young gullible people for personal gain. He rants and supports a failed murderous ideology that he doesn't even believe in while also being a hotspot for misinformation. His hypocrisy and lack of ethics make him a vile person.
Who actually hates themselves enough to watch Hasan Piker? Not only is he an idiot, but he's also cringe beyond hope
Hexbear trash need to be purged too. There's no room for nazis or marxists to spread their hate anywhere
The privacy tech is so robust and easily available right now that anyone could spend a few days and replace their everything with privacy focused alternative while still maintaining a solid experience.
Imagine yourself as a normie. Someone who has never used Reddit, but has heard about it. You decide one day to create an account on there to try it out and see what the fuss is all about.
Right off the bat, you notice the shitty UI. It is laggy, cluttered, and annoying to use... but that's fine, it's popular for a reason, right? Anyway, you just had an avatar shoved down your throat and your ready to get started.
You go look through the subs and see what's going on. You see a few that you think are interesting and add them to your feed. Not even 10 seconds later, you get a message in your inbox:
"You've been automatically banned from r/vaginas because you subscribed to r/penises. We don't support misogyny here!"
You think to yourself "wow, that was weird". But whatever, you decide to move on.
After signing to a few subs, you start scrolling through your feed, and you see an interesting post on r/technology about a new phone that came out. You go into the comments hoping to see what the specs are and instead you see...
- People arguing about Republicans
- People comparing the phone company to Nazi Germany
- A few people downvoted into oblivion for no reason
- Incredibly shallow and unfunny humor
- Random mainstream pop culture references You close the post because you're not a masochist, and decide to move on.
You stumble upon an another interesting post, this time a discussion about a show that you like on the r/Netflix. You've seen a couple of episodes and decide to leave a comment with your opinions on it.
Huh, that's weird, you got a message in your box almost immediately. It's too fast to be a reply, so what could it be?
"Your post was automatically removed for not meeting the minimum karma threshold. No, we won't tell you what it is"
You think "okay, that's annoying, but I guess I'll just try a different sub".
You notice a fun sub where people share their shower thoughts, and some of the posts are funny. You decide to try it out yourself, because why not?
Uh oh, your inbox went off again. What now?
"Your post was removed because it is vaguely similar to this post from 2009."
Alright now, you're starting to get pissed off. But you're still giving this site the benefit of the doubt. You decide to give it one last chance.
You remembered that liked games, and so you go to the gaming sub to see what's going on. You see a post about GTA, and decide to read the comments when you notice some idiot with hundreds of upvotes saying that they should bring back Big Smoke from GTA III. You leave a little comment correcting them, and decide to leave it at that.
Shortly after, you decided to leave another comment... but you can't post the second comment for some reason. That's weird, your internet is fine. Did Reddit go down? You refresh the page, and there it is. The dreaded inbox notification.
"You've been permanently banned from r/gaming"
What? You didn't shit. So you try to ask the mods why they banned you... and you get this:
"You've been banned for rule Title 18 r/gaming Code § 81.4 C - bigotry"
Wtf? You didn't violate that rule. You ask what gives. The mods respond with this:
"You can't disagree with me on this sub, doing so is bigotry. No, I won't be lifting your ban. Don't ever contact us again. Go cry to your mommy loser"
Followed by
"You've been temporarily muted from this sub for 28 days, you won't be able to contact the moderators"
Apparently the idiot you tried to correct was a mod. Even so, this reaction is unwarranted. You think "wow, fuck that guy, what a douche", and decide to let it go... but you can't because not even an hour later, you get a new message in your inbox:
"You've been permanently banned from Reddit for harassment"
Bonus: You get a reply back from the idiot mod in the GTA post doubling down on Big Smoke being from GTA III. He wanted to get the last word
That's when you take a deep breath, close your laptop, calmly stand up, walk to the nearest window, and chuck your laptop out.
I mean this from the very bottom of my heart, fuck Reddit.