Agreed, seems there are more real users than shills/bots, and I try to avoid fighting them. If you take a little time and tag users you suspect of spreading misinformation, it gets pretty easy to identify the frequent offenders pushing Kremlin/CCP talking points.
Yeah I don’t want to yell at tankies either. They’re generally trying to do the right thing, but unfortunately a combination of ignorance and arrogance means they’re causing harm instead.
But the paid shills, fuck them. I hope they die in a drone attack as Ukrainians defend themselves from the sociopaths in the Kremlin.
I’ve intentionally left it unblocked because I want to do my part to make the fediverse succeed. But at this point that might be the best approach. I’ll probably do that or just leave.
For what it’s worth, I’ve always appreciated your positive and helpful contributions here. If Lemmy was full of users like you it would be fantastic.
I’ve almost stopped using Lemmy because of the kind of content you’re describing. I’ve never even told anyone I use Lemmy because I don’t want them to judge me by association. The politics on here is extremist, hateful, divisive, and non-fucking-stop.
I disagree that it’s not CCP/Kremlin bots and shills. I think a LOT of it is. Without ongoing support from those malicious authoritarian governments, Lemmy.ml, lemmygrad, and Hexbear would have half the content and engagement.
If nobody is renting out family homes, there will be no family homes to rent. Many people prefer to rent their home.
Yeah. They’ll also use it to spread their disinformation/marketing etc.
The combined annual budget of all Fediverse instances for addressing the problem isn’t enough to buy a pack of gum
Twitter and Meta are corporate social media, but the Fediverse has a chance to be something entirely different
And full of propaganda, especially from Lemmy.ml
Not surprising to me that its faltering, but very disappointing
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It’s a constant problem on the fediverse, if you search for things like lemmy.ml and CCP, propaganda, censoring etc it’ll get you started.
Hexbear.net and lemmygrad.ml are even worse.
Israel is committing genocide and the Kremlin used it to discourage people from voting for Harris.
They stayed home partly because of Kremlin disinformation on social media, and Lemmy.ml is a great example.
A big thanks to Lemmy.ml for helping make it happen
Do you need politicians to tell you to he a decent person? It didn’t happen, we’re in the middle of it.
This kind of selfish attitude is why humans are causing the fifth mass extinction of life in the history of the planet.
Day 3: They still sing. Though I had prepared myself, my fortitude crumbles under the weight of this endless song. I feel the madness begin to gnaw at the edges of my mind…
I used to contribute, but I’ve mostly stopped even visiting Lemmy because of all the propaganda from places like Lemmy.ml. Totally killed my excitement for it.