Comment on Bluesky made more money selling T-shirts mocking Mark Zuckerberg in one day than it has in two years of selling custom domains

MuteDog@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• barneypiccolo@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I was on Reddit for 12 years with nearly a million Karma, and I got permabanned soon after the Inauguration for repeating an anti-MAGA opinion I had posted numerous times before he was elected.

  I came over to Lemmy, and discovered that I was only one victim of a bloodbath, demonstrating that Reddit had decided to forego their free speech mission, and grovel for their new masters. Pathetic punk ass corporation.

  I never wore a Reddit shirt, but I’d happily wear a Lemmy shirt.

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  • Apricot@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I had an 11-year old Reddit account permabanned and they didn’t even give me a reason. Feels bad man

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    • barneypiccolo@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Don’t feel bad, Reddit has been sliding for a long time. Lately, every thread started with dozens of bad puns, followed by Russian bots.

      I used to visit certain subs just to out the Russian Karma Farmers. I got so good at finding them that finding them became almost a game. When I identified them, I would address them directly, I would identify them for everyone else in the thread, and make fun of their lame propaganda.

      Then I would address their supervisor, and tell them that this guy was terrible at his job, that I clocked him within a few hours of his registration, and hed be better off at the beet processing factory. They would disappear almost immediately, with no pushback, confirmation they were frauds.

      Lemmy has fewer people, but so far all we’re really missing is the worst of Reddit.

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      • Apricot@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yeah I think I just naively didn’t notice until recently. I hate that the departure feels so political, because I mostly followed really chill subreddits. I don’t see as much active discussion here on Lemmy yet, but I love the fediverse concept and am here for seeing this place flourish.

        At ease soldier! Thanks for fighting the good fight. Are bots not so much a problem on Lemmy?

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    • SL3wvmnas@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Feel you. my 8 yr old alt (my only account left) mysteriously has had a total karma of zero.

      Since shortly after election strangely enough. Wonder what happened there /s.

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  • Bloomcole@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Poor blue maga, while anyone with a consciense was permabanned from Reddit loooong ago by Jessica Ashoosh, now their slightly more right wing sister party has done it to them.
    You had so much free speech as long as it was the US regime narrative.
    Says more about you people than Reddit.

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  • zarkanian@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They just go where the money is, and if that means going to a dictator, that’s what they’ll do.

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• Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  No one’s taken my lunch money in awhile wearing Linux t-shirts. I need to up my game - I’d buy a Lemmy shirt.

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  • MuteDog@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    TBF they’d probably take your lunch money for wearing a shirt with some latin words on it too

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• thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I imagine selling t-shirts would be against the Marxist/Leninist ideology of Lenny’s devs?

  But given the volume of non-tankie instances now up and running, I’m sure some enterprising admins would be willing to give it a go.

  …and as long as they’re ethically sourced (no sweatshops), high quality (materials and GSM), and reasonably priced (accounting for the other two factors) - I’m all for it!

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  • bishbosh@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If they are ethically made by union labor, there is nothing anti marxist about selling a shirts. 😁

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    • pfr@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Agreed. In fact seeming merch is pretty grass roots tbh. It’s how many musicians make a living

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  • MuteDog@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Che Guevara t-shirts seem to get sold quite a lot.

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• helvetpuli@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The Mastodon project put a lot of energy into a high quality plushy.

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  • umbraroze@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That must have been frustrating when the user base responded “but I already got my Blåhaj”

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    • zarkanian@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      But Plushtodon is fren for Blahaj

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• match@pawb.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  well, because everyone has the right to sell one, basically

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  • MuteDog@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Everyone has a right to sell a shirt with some latin words written on it too. That didn’t stop bluesky from making a bunch of money doing so.

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• Irelephant@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Mastodon has merch, but it sells out near-instantly.

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  • MuteDog@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Got a link to where this stuff can be bought when available?

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    • Irelephant@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      shop.joinmastodon.org

      The stickers, pins and tote bags are still in stock. The plush is the one in high demand.

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      • MuteDog@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        looks like only the stuffie is available now. I’d really like a shirt.

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