On the bright side, none of the instance owners have the kind of monopolistic power Reddit has.

Plus, unlike the average Redditor, the average Lemming has already switched platforms at least once and is a lot more ready to switch again.

Ya, the tribalism is much more intense, probably because we all have the @instance next to our name. I cringe so hard when I see people say shit like "typical .ml user" and the like. Most people just join an instance randomly, it's not like there's a political pledge they make you sign when you do or something.

I do think this current situation is kind of fucked up tho. Calling an admin a Nazi with doctored photos.

Followed the links and looks like this post is legitimate and the image was doctored.

Unlocking for now, but I would love to see all this fedi-drama live in it's own community...

Same but i can't dimiss people's opinion. I think it's important to listen to them. There is people against AI, other for AI, and each of them have a point. They are not wrong.

I believe the best way to handle it is to create a framework for debate and bringing arguments to nuance our opinions, understanding each points.

However, there is also a limit on free speech and that's our part to handle. That's not easy. 😔

I fall for shit like it's going out of style. HumanOS is suckware.

The fact that you can recognize a cognitive fuck up for what it is and admit it is really cool.

If more people could do that... well we wouldn't have drama like this.

Admitting getting fooled is a very mature thing to do and so rare in online discouse.

I got fooled for years by Israel propaganda around Gaza. Since then I get in to trouble with lots of communities for questioning the narrative of both sides.

At least you got to see the truth.

Many people are not going to see this post and walk away thinking it was true. The damage of a lie lasts forever.

The feddit.org admins did not help by refusing to remove the post for hours after it was proven fake and continuing to argue against and silence evidence proving it.

At least you realized your mistake, and you're able to admit it.

Don’t feel bad. It’s completely plausible. Anyone could have fallen for it.

How did all this fascism get into my anti-communism AGAIN?

Zionists have admitted to using AI generated photos to justify killing Lebanese reporters.

The site appears to indicate edits. The first post shows edited a week ago.

I don't know how hard it would be to manipulate that at the admin level, if it's even possible, or if any of the users in the screenshot are admins. Maybe someone that knows more about whatever platform they're using can help.

Edit: You can go to nicecrew.digital, where a couple of the posters are from and without signing in, hit explore, search posts for the exact wording for Classic Tyler's first post (I'm sending Johnny an invoice), and you'll get this thread.

You only get the nicecrew replies, the rest won't load, maybe because poa.st, where the OP is from, seems fucked up right now, maybe due to all the traffic caused by this investigation, lol.

Nicecrew.digital indicates edits with an icon. None of these posts have the icon.

Unless this is a coordinated cover-up by admins of multiple instances removing indications of editing (and I don't even know if that's possible) what you can see right now on wayback, annihilation.social, and nicecrew.digital is legit. The feddit screenshot is a fabrication.

Edit#2: You can also go to detroitriotcity.com, search for alexmussolini88's (jfc, these people) post, and get the whole thing. Again, with no indication of edits outside of the OP.