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CocaineShrimp@sh.itjust.works âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
As much as I want to see Lemmy and the rest of the fediverse flourish; at the same time, I hope it doesnât.
Once the fediverse becomes popular and gains main-stream attention, the billionaires and political twats will flock towards it and try to monetize it; Morons will flood the fediverse with memes and AI slop worse than !lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world (you know what youâve done); corporations will start spamming ads for their shitty products; and scammers will start setting up bot nets to coerce users into sending them money to their new AI waifus.
The unbearable weight of all the garbage entering and attacking the fediverse will drive moderators out the door, leaving servers as wastelands of junk. No longer interesting, no longer human. Just trash, like how Reddit, Facebook, Instagram, etc⊠are today.
So yes, Iâll welcome friends and family into the fediverse with open arms. But I really hope we donât start getting too many shout outs
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
I have been seeing an uptick in both slop and RWA trolling recently and have taken it as a sign of rising popularity. I just hope moderators can, and will, be able to keep up with pushing out the toxic elements. I would hate to see the fediverse become Reddit 2.0.
tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
RWA?
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
Right Wing Authoritarian.
Synonyms include: fascists, nazis, magas, tories, bigots, etc.
tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
Ah thanks! Compared to that, Iâm perfectly fine with the LWA on here :D
dil@piefed.zip âš3â© âšweeksâ© ago
slop and shitposting is fine as long as it isn't the majority of the content, sadly shitpost memes seem to be becoming the majority