Yes indeed, but partly the problem with those places is that their bias towards conflict and toxicity is fueled by ad-based algorithms.
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jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 day ago
If the goal is “reviving democracy”, you need to go where the people are and that’s not the Fediverse.
That means sticking your toe in the local Facebook/Next Door and that can be problematic for a whole host of other reasons.
JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 1 day ago
jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Oh, it absolutely is, AND they have many times the population of lemmy, AND they vote, AND they are largely misinformed.
We have an election here on Tuesday, there is only one thing to vote on, a property tax measure to support the local parks measure.
OMG the amount of bad information floating around on this!
You can deprogram some people, but getting people to understand that they are being lied to when they spout nonsense like “ZOMG! Property taxes going up 75%!!!” is a tall hill to climb.
foodandart@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Oh men, is it. That is exactly what got me banned from Reddit after 14 years. I’m on old.lemmy.zip and starting to spread out and check other instances and am finding so much delightful stuff! All of it is drama-free and I love it.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I disagree. You are just supporting that platform and it’s built to silo you so you will feel like you ke you are being heard but you will never reach “the masses”. Stay here, help build the fediverse, welcome people with open arms and make this a place people want to come. If we really believe this is both batter and scalelable, we need to keep building and more will come.