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OpenStars@discuss.online 1 day agoIf we don’t grow then we’ll shrink merely due to attrition. Or perhaps I’m overblowing things out of proportion, but I definitely am saying that we won’t simply grow as if by magic - that would take effort, and part of that is making this place welcoming enough for others besides ourselves to want to come here. Which we really struggle with, despite how great this space truly is, in part bc perhaps the people that we most want to come here - comic artists and the like - are not like us.
In particular they may not care about politics at all, or even have a different stance than most of us. I mean centrist, bc Alt-Right MAGATs can just fuck all the way off! So… do we want to remain as we are, or change to become more inclusive and invite them in? We can do whatever we want, but it takes being honest and then making it happen. And right now we are an Alt-Left Nazi bar, just as X is an Alt-Right one, leaving the biggest place in the middle as… sigh, Reddit.
timestatic@feddit.org 6 hours ago
I wouldn’t go as far call lemmy Alt-Left Nazi if you block these commie instances but even then I feel like I am not left enough for much of the content at parts when phrases like class consciousness/warfare, violent fantasies about murdering rich people and things alike as well as celebrating murder. I support unionization and peaceful protest but when I share my views which I consider left leaning but moderate I feel like an outsider. Its always just. I guess in a way maybe you’re right. I want people to vote in their own best interest and it seems like thats an issue with democracy but I think having more variety of opinions and at parts more popular less political content would be beneficial.
OpenStars@discuss.online 1 hour ago
But - and this is crucial - someone isn’t going to be able to block things unless they first have an account. It’s like saying that a particular general location (like a city or a nation) has no crime… if only you avoid the “bad” parts (but where are those even, and how are you supposed to know especially before you get into them - also, are there even any parts that aren’t bad? it’s a valid question, to someone who does not yet know?)
So you are correct in the sense that Lemmy != “Alt-Left Nazi”. What I said though is that we are an Alt-Left Nazi “bar”. We are not totally that thing - some of us are simply here, hanging out, having a drink, doing our own thing(s). But there are Nazis here (or rather in our case, the Alt-Left instead of the Alt-Right).
And that political content is everywhere. Well, not literally, but like if you browse by All or enjoy any kind of “news” or especially “memes”, then it’s really super difficult to block out. Someone used to Reddit simply won’t bother learning how to navigate around the Alt-Left spaces. We who use
ArchLinux btw are different - perhaps less sane?:-P