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  • Gorilladrums@sh.itjust.workstoMemesWhy? Are we not doing enough?
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    10 months ago

    Decentralization isn’t left wing or right wing, that’s just a moronic analysis. Decentralization has a wide appeal but unless it gets simplified and standardized it will never become adopted by the mainstream. Places like Lemmy which are littered with gatekeepers like you doom this place to forever being a niche. If this place ever hopes of rivaling reddit, it needs to appeal to more than political extremists and tech nerds


  • Gorilladrums@sh.itjust.workstoMemesF#€k $pez
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    10 months ago

    Lmao just how far left do you have to be to find Reddit of all places to be right wing? Reddit is one of the most infamous left wing echo chamber. They’re not evil enough to be Marxists but calling them right wing is just straight up inaccurate.


  • Gorilladrums@sh.itjust.workstoMemesWhy? Are we not doing enough?
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    10 months ago

    There are few things the developers could do. For example, they could make the platform easier to use. Many people don’t even reach this place because they’re not that tech savvy or simple don’t care enough to figure it out. It’s much easier for them to just create an account and get started on Reddit or elsewhere. This leaves extremists with nowhere else to go and tech bros… which are the two groups that dominate this place. The process of getting on board and finding instances/communities needs to be easier. There needs to be something like centralized site/app that is easily accessible and shows all the different instances and communities in one place.





  • Gorilladrums@sh.itjust.workstoMemesWhy? Are we not doing enough?
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    10 months ago

    This is why Lemmy will never be anything more than tiny a niche platform. It’s a place for the far left by the far left. There’s nothing here in place for anybody else. I don’t just mean politics wise, I mean everything. There’s nothing for fandoms, shows, movies, sports, or anything really. You have to be privacy/tech nerd or some left wing extremist to really enjoy this place more than Reddit. Since the portion of the population that this platform is trying to appeal to is extremely small, this platform will always be small. There’s little to not attempts by the devs or the community to make this place appeal to everybody else.



  • Gorilladrums@sh.itjust.workstoMemesF#€k $pez
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    10 months ago

    Lemmy is a niche place. Unless you’re far left politically or you’re big on privacy like I am, there’s no real appeal to this place. The average Joe would much rather use Reddit despite its flaws. There’s nothing here for fandoms or sports or movies/shows or anything really. Outside of a few toxic political communities, some privacy/piracy/tech communities, and a bunch of mediocre meme communities… this site is as good as dead.




  • What is this supposed to prove? It’s no secret that China has abysmal building standards. Between the poor construction materials, the negligence of safety standards, and the lack of any meaningful oversight China has a lot of questionable structures that collapse at any moment. Trying to pretend that America is worse in this regard or that China does have massive issues with their building practices is just stupid.






  • Gorilladrums@sh.itjust.workstoMemesAge Combat 🤡
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    11 months ago

    He’s been essentially lying and scamming young gullible people for personal gain. He rants and supports a failed murderous ideology that he doesn’t even believe in while also being a hotspot for misinformation. His hypocrisy and lack of ethics make him a vile person.


  • The overwhelming majority of people support well a regulated version of capitalism. Why wouldn’t they? It’s a system that works and there are no other viable alternatives. I know this place is infested with Marxists, but the reality is that Marxism is a failed ideology and will never be tried again on a large scale. The future is a new adaptation of capitalism that takes into account society’s updated values.