I read an old thread documenting the opinions of Lemmy maintainers an the .ml instance. The issue of funding a project with people openly expressing opinions many find distasteful and it being the biggest reddit alternative on the fediverse came up, so here's a topic to discuss it.

What should we do? What are the options?

Answer: No fork necessary, there are Piefed and Mbin.

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[–] Rekall_Incorporated@piefed.social 7 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

This is some of the most pretentious, ostentatious posturing I've read on this topic.

You really think people can't see through this?

You don't see the irony in doing the "sophomoric debate club" thing while calling those that disagree with you "Kids".

"Dangerous trends", "base of intolerance" or the pompous drivel about "grow my ideas and enforce and dispute them" are almost comical in their tone.

The world doesn't work that way. This is a motherfucking internet forum.

Or is this a satire of American style polemics and I got played? 🤣

If it's satire, then good job!

[–] Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I am not american and frankly find American style polemics quite hard to understand. Mind me I have quite a few american good friends, and I lived in the USA for a few years too, nothing against USA itself.

But yes Tolerance is at the base of civil life and that's true even with intolerant people.

[–] Rekall_Incorporated@piefed.social 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

I find generic phrases such as "tolerance is at the base of civil life" to be unconvincing, especially when parroted in such an aggressively self-aggrandizing manner. You might as well say something along the line of "An apple a day keeps the doctor way".

You either don't have much life experience (and lack intellectual curiosity) or you're just grandstanding online.