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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An Ohio Site Was Just Declared One of the Most Important in Human History. Why Has It Been Ignored?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Massive historical significance, miniscule aesthetic value (in the present day). If Egypt had to engage in “interpretive mowing” to emphasize the pyramids, they would also be overlooked by tourists.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[MEGATHREAD] Starfield - Your experiences!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh my god… I get it now, thanks ⭐

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hexbear federation megathread⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I find myself having conflicting thoughts about defederation in general.

  Much of mainstream social media these days leads to isolation of ideologically-opposed communities from one another and pushes together more like-minded communities (“echo chamber”). I think that’s a bad thing.

  I don’t find Hexbear’s culture a good fit for me, and though I share many of the same political sentiments, that’s why I’m using lemm.ee and not hexbear.

  I would not enjoy it if a large group of alt-righters suddenly federated with us and became a very vocal presence, even if a large number of their users were often polite, because I am so strongly opposed to those politics.

  How to balance between an “all or none” approach and avoid perpetuating an echo chamber? I’d say continue bolstering controls for individual users to decide and federate widely for now. The more visibility the instances have among each other, the more overall awareness there will be in the user base of which communities are truly bad actors vs. large, vocal, and a little immature.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨More of a uniform than a costume.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Just moved to Indiana, can confirm.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has anyone here ever been to Neotropolis? (like Burning Man but with a cyberpunk theme)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  No, but this looks super cool.