When people say they aren’t Nazi’s, but all they do is tweet about Nazi’s, and support Nazi ideas, and defend Nazi’s…

Well, then yes I think they may, in fact, be Nazi’s.

It’s amazing anyone has to say this. Like, Elon isn’t a subtle person. How do some people not know what’s going on - particularly people who USE his platform?!

I’m exasperated by this comment. It is 2024, and this question can be answered by countless people that have never used Twitter.

Stop using the platform if you don’t like the far-right.

Because conservatives are cowards. It’s that simple. They are afraid of those who may challenge them.

Yup. I canceled Netflix when they removed the star ratings because it was clear what they were doing. Most people didn’t care, though.

Anyone still on shitter is not going to care. There is zero integrity on that platform at this point. Just people supporting hate speech and Musk by their very participation.

Quantum mechanics would like a word…

This is when they all peaked, so it makes sense.

It’s funny, the grand majority of users here are from Reddit. The influx was insane, I remember clearly seeing the numbers.

I think there are a lot of bad actors here. People with floods of accounts. I don’t know why this is tolerated to the degree it is… But my theory is that there are far less crazies than many might guess. Most folks here are great.

Yeah, there are some serious whackos on there. It’s a very vocal part of the population. I highly recommend folks try other instances if they aren’t hard-left.

Naw… It’s okay. We’re good.

Yes, we know. We’ve been alive long enough to see You Tube’s slow demise.

That is really good to know! Do you use a real silk one ($100+), or the “silk” ones off Amazon? I’ve always wanted a real one.

Yes! I agree, and I just stated a similar point of view. I think we need more positive distractions during this US election cycle.

To be fair, I wasn’t seeing mostly rage until this US election cycle spun up.

I find this to be an interesting take.

I feel like Reddit had significantly more negativity if you compare now to the 2016 election cycle.

There is a major difference, though… Reddit also had stronger niche communities (at the time). Those communities are largely marginalized now, but I guess they are likely still larger than here.

So you’d see the political stuff, but then you’d see your favorite game got an update. Those distractions are admittedly less numerous here.

This said, the astro-turfing on Reddit was insane. Way, way worse than anything I’ve seen here. The worse thing we have here is Lemmy.ml. They are far worse than astro-turfers, since they just straight up delete comments and ban people that dissent from their propaganda.

But if you block them, or join an insurance that has defederated them, then you’re alright. Fair warning, my instance has not done this… yet.

One of Lemmy’s most toxic communities are the Linux people. I’m actually a huge fan of Linux, but the simple fact I use Windows as well constantly earns me personal attacks and extremely negative responses.

My solution (to this and many other issues you describe) is honestly to not read the replies any longer… I just say my bit, and I leave.

I’ve also taken to watching comedy shows that touch upon numerous topics of all the crazy shit going on. The Daily show has been a great outlet for me, and I’m not even a Democrat (I’m independent). It’s just nice to see a popular form of media clearly states “yes, this is crazy. You’re not crazy, THIS is just f*king crazy.”

Edit: For example, Trump recently claimed he never said “lock her up” the other day to Hillary. I saw this on Lemmy first. John Stewart’s reaction a day or two later was perfect, and pointed out the gaslighting taking place.

I just feel like you have to find ways to laugh at all this crazy stuff… So comedy shows help. Just keep your guard up whenever consuming politically charged media, of course.

I think all instances need to defederate. This is totally inexcusable. We shouldn’t be attached and well connected to a CCP-controlled (influenced or directly) community. This is propaganda, pure and simple.

It’s not a problem to have dissenting opinions to widely held beliefs, but it is a problem to have those injected constantly into our streams while all opposition is silently erased and curated to artifically support state-sponsored CCP propaganda.

Oooooh. Guys, I’m so embarrassed… I’ve been paying for stuff at the front.

I don’t think many people truly hate veganism, they are just frustrated by a few of the louder vegans out there.

For example, some vegans are very judgy - they will unabashedly tell non-vegans that eating meat is morally reprehensible. They also often want you to watch brutal videos of animal abuse and slaughter, with the overt overtone being an accusation of “you are doing this. It’s your fault if you eat meat.”

I’m not sure how any person who isn’t vegan could possibly see that as anything but unwelcome. Life is hard enough without this sort of thing.

This said, I know plenty of vegans that never do this. I think it’s awesome that they can avoid meat, and I applaud and support alternatives like impossible and beyond.

Rotten Tomatoes is, and always has been, an absolutely abysmal place to go to find out if a movie is good.