Reddit is manipulated for sure. I didn’t say it wasn’t.
I said that Lemmy shows all the signs of bullshit propaganda. I think the US has its pros and cons, but I can tell RT like content when I see it.
A small social media platform is easy to manipulate as well. The goal for Russia is to divide the West and anger people. When only 15 upvotes will get something to Top for the day, that’s pretty ripe for abuse.
Actually, there is high value in posting where their upvotes matter a lot. That’s why Russia hijacked r/conspiracy - because they didn’t have the numbers to overwhelm some of the bigger subreddits.
A new medium like Lemmy is easy to hijack. And clearly it’s happening. I read a very broad cross section of news, and a lot of the stuff that’s getting upvoted here is simply lame anti—west propaganda.
Ah. It’s a bummer.
I’m ok with criticism of the US, but this just seems like a targeted stream of anti western crap.
It’s sad that the internet is getting trashed by state actors for their own gain, and unfortunate for those who take it all at face value.
Should be a counterpart for women as well.
They actually say that exact thing about democrats because of gun control.
People are making a mistake about viewing Republicans as a block. The way conservatives work is that a single issue is enough to get them to vote for the party.
If that single issue is being against abortion, then the GOP stance gets their support. But if their concerns are gun control or immigration control, they will overlook the disagreement on abortion rights because it probably doesn’t affect them directly.
Exactly. Economic development follows universities.
People don’t even understand history.
Yeah the “as” is totally unnecessary.
I was saying to a friend that I can see that the skies are emptier than when I was growing up.
The saddest thing is if you learn about the wildlife populations the first Europeans recorded in America. Skies darkened by birds. Game by the tens of thousands.
We live in an empty desert of our own making now and most of us don’t even know it.
Wishes are always problematic.
They inevitably devolve into lawyering.
Uh huh. Riiight.
I’ve been on the internet for 30 years, including BBSes and IRC, so I actually have a pretty good idea what it looked like before censorship.
This is bullshit propaganda and if you’re swallowing it all, I’m sorry.