I didn’t know that lemmy has ML roots, that explains a lot. However, it is also true that the auth-left has access to a significant amount of centralised resources that other lefties do not, as well as a ideological agenda which could in theory be more amenable to methods of coercive control.
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PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks agoI think you overestimate the importance of the Threadiverse to the movers and shakers in geopolitics. Like the Lemmy developers are themselves Marxist-Leninists, Marxist-Leninists were some of the first people to use the platform, and Marxist-Leninists talk a lot, so it’s absolutely not shocking that human Marxist-Leninists have an outsized influence on this platform.
phtheven@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
However, it is also true that the auth-left has access to a significant amount of centralised resources that other lefties do not
Nah they’re just as poor and miserable as everyone else. No one’s getting paid to shitpost on Lemmy.
SexyFrenchy@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Holy shit, you just made me realize what .ml stands for.
RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If non ML instances introduced a feature to hide all comments below -3 by default, the tankies would disappear faster than Khamenei disappears protestors.
I’m all for free speech but if we want Lemmy to achieve widespread usage we need to make the cranks less prominent.
PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
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MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Seems more like a client-side feature to me. Let people hide comments below -3 by default.
DaMummy@hilariouschaos.com 2 weeks ago
The suspicious one to me is lemmy.world. Trying to get people to make comments you disagree with makes you look sketchy as well. Not saying you’re a bot, but you do definitely want to make it easier for bots, and to not allow any descent…decent…decadenent? Holy crap, I’ve no idea how to spell that word.