Am I taking crazy pills or does the first panel does not reflect reality whatsoever? In my experience, Americans (the citizenry) regularly, openly, and loudly criticize and/or mock dictators and oppressive regimes, the federal government historically does not allow for normal business or trade to occur with them, and in several cases in recent history (for better or worse) the military physically intervenes.
Kirk
joined 1 month ago
The function of accounts like the one you are replying to is to encourage cynicism and inaction among otherwise anti-fascist people.
Failing that, they will try to exhaust you with “debate”.
Your points are all correct, but I feel it's also important to remember that nobody owns and operates "Lemmy". It's entirely volunteer operated and while it has two full-time devs, they're paid by donations (and not very much). There is no budget or UX/UI department to do A/B onboarding testing or anything.
What I'm saying is that if there is something you feel needs changing nobody would stop you (in fact they would welcome you!) from rolling up your sleeves and trying to address it (like @Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com is doing with this community)!
I honestly don't bother with trying to explain what an "instance" is to people interested in leaving Reddit. I just say "get the app" since most users are on their phones anyway. The only time a new user needs to know about any decentralized/federation stuff is if they're using a web browser, where, yeah, it can be confusing. But apps hide all federation stuff. Just download it, make an account, and follow communities (or people in Mastodon's case).
Also thank you for sharing your perspective as a newbie in this community it's very helpful!
Same. I have a hard time not pulling that slot machine wheel if it's there. It's nice to have a feed of just the topics I requested from the communities I know are well moderated. Despite spending less time and consuming less content I actually feel more informed.
We out here shilling for Big Lemmy
Honestly curious... what exactly are you doing in a community who's stated goal is to evangelize the Lemmy network?
I think the most effective reply is highlighting their methodology and moving on, rather than allowing yourself to be bogged down in rebuttals. You can never convince them because they are not "debating" earnestly, and the audience they are performing for isn't interested in following a debate and will dismiss both sides.
Agree completely, I also just feel it's important to highlight that style of inauthentic behavior.
What are you accomplishing, right here, right now, with this comment?
The function of accounts like the one you are replying to is to encourage cynicism and inaction among otherwise anti-fascist people.
Failing that, they will try to exhaust you with "debate".
There will always be two types of users: people looking to connect and people looking to be entertained. Fedi is better at the former and commercial better at the latter.