Context: Admiral Patrick replied and included this gem:
And might I add that not one person complained until db0 went internet Karen with his hissy fit because I took his toy away from him.
"Not one person complained about my explicitly obfuscated blacklists! Damn internet Karens making a big deal!"
If you want something approachable for normies, Facebook is right there.
IMO, the fediverse should be weird and stay weird. It doesn't need to grow huge, it doesn't need to become a normie website or a household name.
I'm more than OK with weird. I love weird. I'm even ok with strong political opinions that I don't always agree with. I'm fine with Lemmy staying small in the hopes it never ends up becoming an eternal September situation.
Those aren't the issue.The problem is the violent rhetoric combined with the intense and constant bad-jacketing. Constant jumping to bad conclusions about other users and arguing against those straw men instead of trying for good faith.
At least you only jumped to the conclusion that I wanted Lemmy to stop being weird and grow unsustainably popular. I was honestly expecting someone to call me a corporate stooge or that I'm just a butthurt MAGA chud upset that Lemmy leans left-wing, then tell me to kill myself.
Word bad step on lego immediately
Well, I don't want you to feel disappointed, so here goes: you're a person who likes money and you're just upset that my virtue signalling is of higher fidelity! You should go get a coin and put it on your shoulder, so you get alarmed by the sudden clattering when you forget it's there and it hits the floor!
Is that enough vitriol for you?