Getting the message out to the public and media with sufficient funds and/or volunteer hours
Obtaining a critical mass for a movement to effect change
Purity testing members for their status, secondary beliefs or past transgressions

You can reasonably pick two out of three. ITT there's a lot of the 3rd thing going on, do we really need that?

[–] Djehngo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Headline describing a good thing being met with scores of comments explaining how actually this is a bad thing is incredibly prevent all over Lemmy.

I don't know if it's because people feel like cynicism makes them informed or smart or cool, or if it's just the left wing manifestation of "don't believe what the media tells you sheeple" but it's like clockwork.