Stop using social media (such as reddit) or your usage of social media spreads misinformation, even if you don't share misinformation yourself : linux
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The mod seems to be a fellow Lemmy user (edit: oh they seem to be a mod of this community) and they’re encouraging Reddit users to migrate to Lemmy, among other open-source software. Given the lack of care about dis/misinformation campaigns on Reddit on the part of the site admins, migrating seems like a good choice. If Reddit ever does take action, it’ll only be when the bad PR outweighs the revenue that these misinformation people bring to Reddit. It’s obvious Reddit doesn’t care about its community, or really the massive role it plays in the current Web. If they’re not going to take responsibility for the social damage they’ve caused so far by harboring and encouraging awful communities, then it’s high time Reddit stopped existing.

If people on /r/linux do take the mod’s advice, then there may be an influx of new users on the site. I think it may be a good idea to encourage them to shop around for different instances on https://join-lemmy.org or make their own, just like the Lemmy devs always encourage. Also, the !linux@lemmy.ml mods should be prepared in case we do get an influx of new users.

  • JairSterre
    10·
    3 years ago

    Honestly, LBRY is literally inflated with pure anti vaccine and anti covid material. I don’t see how many “Free, Unlimited Speech” sites will survive waves of antivaxxers coming in from reddit when they don’t have a central place anymore.

    The sad truth is that these people are so into their own bubble of “Everything I see is correct, but everything stating otherwise is the government trying to convince me otherwise.”

    EDIT: Also, I think that these people are just looking into Open Source Software as a way for them to spread their stupid, delusional opinions now that “free-use” software is “Owned by big tech that tries to silence us because its the government” or some stupid altright opinion like that. Also, if you’re one of those asshats, please look into the general social media algorithms, human behaviour and the target groups of ivermectin use before you call someone else a sheep or a dumb cow.

    • Helix 🧬@feddit.de
      2·
      3 years ago

      The sad truth is that these people are so into their own bubble of “Everything I see is correct, but everything stating otherwise is the government trying to convince me otherwise.”

      We all are in our own bubble. The bubble is not the problem. Your knowledge of bubbles is.

      Educate them. Eventually they’ll crash and burn or re-integrate into society.

      I don’t see how many “Free, Unlimited Speech” sites will survive

      Me neither. Unmoderated platforms always drift into fascism and right-wing authoritarianism. We have to de-platform these people. They’re dumb and they need to be separated for all our sakes.