Is the pluriverse term a jab at the fediverse? That term seems too coincidental to not be. Equivalating the fediverse to a flavor of the week social media the writer was experiencing?

[+] awwwyissss@lemm.ee -19 points 1 year ago (15 children)

If the fediverse doesn't do something about all the authoritarian propaganda it will just be a flavor of the week.

I was thrilled by the concept and excited to join. Now that I've experienced it, I'd be embarrassed to say I use it, and I'm considering leaving.

[–] merikus@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ve been on the Fediverse for years and I’ve never much encountered this. I curate my timelines very carefully. I don’t look at the Local or Federated timelines in Mastodon, Pixelfed, or Lemmy.

That said, I do the exact same thing with all social media. I don’t go to the subreddits that would have such content, don’t follow users on Twitter who spew this content, etc.

I’m not disputing that it’s there, because of course it is. But it’s also there on every other social media platform, and with far more resources these platforms haven’t been able to do nearly anything about it.

I don’t know what the answer is to this propaganda, and I want to make clear that I think it’s awful. But it’s the fault of social media writ large, not the Fediverse.

In fact, I’ve found the Fediverse to be better about calling it out and encouraging defederating offending instances than I’ve seen on traditional social media, which seems to shrug its shoulders at it at best and actively encourages it at worst.

[–] ensignrick@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah I'm mostly on my subscription. Go to all to find new content but that's where I'll end up blocking communities and depending on the day that's incredibly annoying to experience.

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