• bbplay13
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      42 years ago

      I had déjà vu during spez’s AMA stating that old Reddit will always exist. He stated the same thing a few years back with third party apps. I don’t trust anything that slimy fuck says.

  • magnetosphere
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    If someone thinks that Lemmy is “full of useless idiot communists”, they’re probably ignorant, argumentative, and more trouble than they’re worth. If/when they grow up, they’re welcome to join us!

    • Lvxferre
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      It’s worse: ignorance is humanity’s curse and argumentativeness has its good signs, but assumptiveness is trash on both moral and epistemic levels. And the user in question is being assumptive, as he’s vomiting certainty over a group of people who he really don’t know.

      Another character flaw (yup) that the user is showing is lack of basic reading comprehension. As OP hinted it’s that kind of user who should be left behind.

  • abff08f4813c
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    Seconded!

    Though perhaps the redditor should have mentioned kbin instead of lemmy - that would have totally worked.

  • InfiniteGlitch
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    Let these people be miserable on Reddit. I’m worried if they come here, it’ll become more toxic.

    • CandyDumDub
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      Well, Reddit is known to have a toxic community. I mean, when someone tells about Reddit irl then they get the “you’re an idiot” look from strangers. Like, we all know how deeply censored Reddit is. Now it’s dead for a slew of people in favor of Lemmy, ain’t it nice?

  • xc2215x
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    52 years ago

    Well I’m not communist yet I am here. Not everyone on Lemmy is one.

    • bbplay13
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      Lemmy/Kbin user here. Hardcore Capitalist and absolutely hate Communism.

      • CandyDumDub
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        12 years ago

        Yeah, here it totally works. Couldn’t say that on Mastodon. Almost everything is left oriented there.

        • CIWS-30
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          It’s true. It’s why I feel that Mastodon will never replace Twitter. It’s too much of a left wing circlejerk / bubble, and they’re actively hostile to even moderate viewpoints. much less actually conservative ones.

          I’m probably in the minority in this, but I believe that even people I don’t agree with should have a platform and be tolerated as long as they’re reasonable and willing to compromise and show respect, as long as they’re not racist nazi nutjobs.

          The world isn’t exclusively made up of one set of ideas, and you shouldn’t shut out 75% of all viewpoints just because they don’t agree with yours, imo.

  • southsamurai
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    Oh, some of the assholes came here during the initial migration too. Plenty of them, but they get shut down quicker here

  • thingsiplay
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    @esty To be fair, the suggestion to use these extensions is good. But I prefer Firefox. It was the only way I could use Reddit. kbin and Lemmy are useable by default, even though it has some problems too. And dense people are everywhere, in Reddit, in Lemmy, in kbin, in Twitter. That does not mean everyone is one. Just the chance to hit an idiot is higher on Reddit and Twitter, because idiots would never consider switching from mainstream and shit on others.

    And that’s good. Good people switch, idiots stay on Reddit. Best filter ever. :D

  • Narrrz
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    I take exception to bring called… a communist

    • Thorned_Rose
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      What’s wrong with being a communist? EDIT: /s

      Sincerely,
      A filthy hippy socialist witch.

        • Thorned_Rose
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          If someone is “authoritarian tankie trash” (which is a form of Othering FYI), then they’re not actually communist are they? They’re Authoritarian.

          Authoritarian and Totalitarian organisations/governments have been co-opting “communism” and “socialism” for many years as a way to doublespeak legitimise themselves. But they can label themselves communist/socialist until the cows come home, doesn’t make it true.

  • snownyte
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    12 years ago

    It doesn’t matter what theme you’ll use.

    It doesn’t matter what extension you’ll use.

    If that community will behave similarly before and after using said theme and extension, then maybe it’s the community. Great example shown here from the “helper”.

  • RoboRay
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    12 years ago

    Even a small barrier to entry greatly improves the signal to noise ratio in discussions, so I view the (very) minor challenge of getting into the Fediverse to be a much appreciated feature.

    • magnetosphere
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      It’s also why I am a big fan of Beehaw’s signup process, which ask you open-ended questions to answer.

    • Tigbitties
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      Yeah, but are they communist communists or “everything to the left is communist” communist?