Re:Lemmy: A Federated Reddit Alternative
by rnd0 on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @05:14PM
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It's a good thing to create an enviroment that is safe from 4chan-style brigading, yes.
>Is it really no longer possible to have conversations happen between folks that disagree,
At this point? No -because neither side can agree on common references; the left get their news from one set of news outlets and the far right get their news from qanon or whatever facebook fringe groups.
It's impossible to have a conversation if you cannot even agree on basic language or common references.
With their being fewer and fewer genuinely left-of-center outlets it becomes necessary for people to be able to build enclaves that won't be shitposted into oblivion (see also: reddit with the_donald and other brigading subs)
>Is it really no longer possible to have conversations happen between folks that disagree,
At this point? No -because neither side can agree on common references; the left get their news from one set of news outlets and the far right get their news from qanon or whatever facebook fringe groups.
It's impossible to have a conversation if you cannot even agree on basic language or common references.
With their being fewer and fewer genuinely left-of-center outlets it becomes necessary for people to be able to build enclaves that won't be shitposted into oblivion (see also: reddit with the_donald and other brigading subs)