So what’s going on here, most likely, is that the intake of new users is declining as opposed to people specifically being driven off the platform (as some users allege).

The difference, one would assume, is that on the whole, Reddit’s political biases influence more what is not shown (much like lemmy.ml banning people for any criticism of Russia, China, or North Korea, or the echo chamber in hexbear), whereas Lemmy’s tankie issue also manifests as people actively sea-lioning (e.g. Cowbee) and (especially from hexbear) overt trolling, which shows up more in people’s faces. Both are issues, neither are good.

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[–] vovchik_ilich@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hey Cowbee! My above comment was referring to lib critique of "authoritarian" China. I agree with your analysis, though I'm hurt by the total inaction with Venezuela.

Also, I deleted my alt account yesterday because of the name thing. I hope it's ok, sorry mate, didn't know I was infringing

[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago

Ah, gotcha! Regarding Venezuela, there isn't much China can too millitarily. Economically, we will have to see, but the PRC is pretty conservative at a foreign policy level, as much as I'd appreciate the PRC flexing their economic might in Venezuela's defense.

Regarding the alt naming, no worries! It's no problem, really, it's flattering. My concerns were with 2 areas:

Building a "cult of personality" that supports me less critically and doesn't hold my wrong takes accountable when they happen
Having people accuse you of being my alt, such as what softestsapphic did.

Again, it was very flattering, but I'd prefer if you engaged more as your own account or unique alt-name. I appreciated your posting, too!