cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/715287
Guess where? Unironically r/Save3rdPartyApps
The Reddit search for Lemmy also gives these privacy copy-pasta as top results when searching for Lemmy. Iām still betting that Reddit employees are involved in boosting these posts.
Well, I know of an easy litmus test.
In what is known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre, or in Chinese the June Fourth (1989) Clearing or June Fourth Massacre, Chinese government troops murdered several hundred citizens and students who were protesting for freedom of speech and freedom of the press, among other things.
easy litmus test
Not a good one IMO. I donāt obviously think it will get deleted but I think that writing that on c/Technology or c/Lemmy and then complain that it gets deleted would be just a dishonest bait, because it is off-topic and should IMO get deleted from those subs, I at least would delete it and Iām as capitalistic as it gets.
A better test would be to post it on a more general or politics sub and wait and see.
Itās 100% on topic. This is THE canonical Lemmy instance and we want evidence of excessive moderation. Itās less about politics than it is about neutrality.
If it stays up, it provides evidence directly countering the accusations against the instance. If it doesnāt, I know early to not waste my time here.
Making waves just because you feel itās your right to do so can work, but it doesnāt have to, and you canāt complain if it doesnāt. Nobody wants to have some narrative forced upon them, regardless the content.
Stick to the politics communities to post about politics, humor for humor, etc.
If that would be wrong, why would we have such things as ācommunitiesā (in the Lemmy sense) anyways?
Thatās actually hilarious. Once you analyse it, it boils down to three things:
- Ad hominem towards the devs. Itās so idiotic that I wonāt waste my time with it.
- Conflation of the flagship instance (lemmy.ml) with the platform as a whole. As if you had to use lemmy.ml to use the platform (you donāt).
- Incorrectly assigning privacy concerns of social media as a whole to Lemmy in specific.
The third point actually deserves some clarification: no matter if itās Twitter, Reddit, Facebook, Mastodon, Lemmy or any other sort of social media, you should be extra careful with what you share, as it might eventually bite you back. It is public communication, treat it as such; it is not private conversation. Regardless of Lemmy storing it or not, consider what you share publicly with the internet as potentially staying forever, and be mindful with it.
So all three points are actually invalid. This might convince some irrationals to stay clear off the platform, but frankly? This is actually good for people here.
I suspect they do, in fact, understand the difference. And are intentionally conflating lemmy the platform with lemmy.ml the instance in order to dissuade people from using the platform, since they know that most people new to the platform wouldnāt understand the distinction.
The constant politics argument is tiring. Do you know the politics of the guy who made your favorite game? What about the guy who made your text editor? Or your browser? Or the software in your microwave? Or grew your food? Or the guy who made that song you like? What about the owner of the last convenience store you bought your mtdew from?
Even if the commentary is coming from an honest point of view and not just shitty astroturfing (and it very much isnāt), it doesnāt matter. If you donāt like it, use an instance thatās not run by them and who cares.
I have never understood peopleās lack of ability to just move on.
Donāt like something, like seriously just move on, donāt like a post / comment, move on rinse and repeat.
Youāre not going to like everything and youāre not going to agree with everyone, and you know whatā¦ Thatās alright, itās being human !
Iāve seen the privacy post a ton. Itās hilarious to me because thereās never any comparison to Redditās privacy policy.
Meanwhile everybodyās discovering how horrible Reddit is at deleting stuff.
And thatās before even getting into the fact that even IF reddit deleted it all, itās never gonna get deleted from Pushshift or the hundreds (thousands?) of copies people have downloaded from there.
I know itās anecdotal (and late to this post), but I went back lurking my own profile today, and one of the arguments I had with someone regarding the API changes, and the commenter I was arguing with had about 1k more upvotes now more than 2 weeks later. It was in the middle of a conversation thread and none of the other comments in the whole post had anywhere close to that many votes.
I wouldnāt generally consider myself as someone who would suspect brigading (and honestly, iām cool with people who dissagree with me), but I canāt think of any other reason why that comment had so many upvotes so long after the conversation took place.
I hope that site crashes and burns and I hope those VCās loose their shirts on their IPO.
