I'm a bad fiat actor myself. Nobody believes in my authority. Really though, this is always the same story. "They're all trolls and moderation should be stricter. Also stop using moderation actions against me." Yeah sure boss.
this post was submitted on 24 Feb 2024
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You're going to find that true almost anywhere online nowadays. I got sick on my birthday last year, and i posted on facebook that I hated being sick on my birthday. So facebook banned me for posting "hate speech." (I'm not even kidding).
And I got banned from Reddit for suggesting that younger generations are more progressive in their views. THAT was apparently the wrong thing to say. I'm not sure why it was so controversial - but it sure pressed someone's button.
Shout outs to all my homies in; l/ithinkbikesarenifty and all the losers in l/carssuck. I miss chatting will each and every one of you…
I think this is the new normal bud, at least here in America (god bless)… the Age of Enlightenment has passed. Find your corner and tune up your yelling voice.
Thing is, I don’t think anybody ever actually wants discussion or debate, we just all want to win our share of arguments. Sometimes with good open debate minds accidentally get changed, but that’s not what we show up for, more of a happy accident.
I think this is the new normal bud, at least here in America
We're all living in Amerika, Amerika ist wunderbar.
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I'm hoping we're just pre-renaissance at the moment
I know the admin team here has been struggling diligently against pestilence :-S
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thank you, at least someone is saying it.
I don't understand the lemmy but it seems like a big problem with social media platforms are them seemingly acting as a natural monopoly.
Once people are on a specific platform and posting, then even if the platform falls behind or the individuals in power start acting in egregious ways the inertia is enough to keep them going for a very, very long time as the shock of leaving the platform costs an individual user far more than putting up with the stale progress and bad behavior.
Having the 'content' detached and free, accessible to all would seemingly solve this issue. AFAIK lemmy still keeps content proprietary? Just on a decentralized system. Maybe the next step is mandating module[?] transparency for incorporation into the federation.
Or I could be completely wrong and this already happens?