This shit is so annoying, even the “communist” subs are filled with ultras and liberals. They’re all so chronically online and just obnoxious
I’m getting more involved with FRSO shit anyways, so I’ll have less time to spend on there. Never was useful anyways.
Fuck these idiots
Use it as a tool only. Hobbies, DIY and the like. It’s no good for real discussion. They have an Atlantic Council member on their board. It’s not a real place, just hordes of automatons with false consciousnesses. You might aswell walk into a stadium of rival sports fans and start arguing with them about how their club sucks. You’re just going to annoy yourself.
I tried using it only as a tool for hobbies, but anti-communism infects damn near everything. Couldn’t go a week without some dumbass take about China randomly worming its way into just about anything. Glad I quit.
Exactly bro tell me why I am on a shitposting subreddit and getting “XI JINPING AFTER KILLING 100 THOUSAND BABIES” and it’s a picture of Walter white or something like dude I’m just trying to laugh not be inundated with dumbass westoid propaganda
For me it’s wargaming subs. A little easier to understand, but still a nuisance.
I still have mine for following sports and some games stuff but yeah it’s impossible to escape. Guess it’s by design
I notice the shit everywhere. From kids and family shows to churches, social media, and education, regardless of state. They really do introduce it and hammer it in from the earliest opportunity.
I know it’s just the internet but it’s really disturbing how many people automatically think this way without even stopping to think about whether any of it is true, they just state it like it’s already accepted fact.
Sadly not just the internet. I meet a lot of people who are too quick to believe anything bad they hear about “enemy” countries, no matter how absurd.
And they don’t even stop to think about how bad it is here, just that it’s not like [insert anticommunist propaganda of any AES country here]
Agreed. I’ve seen so many people here get 80% to a meaningful conclusion explaining why our country is the way it is, but they always refuse to finish the logic. Instead, they jump to some racist theory that a foreign power has corrupted the US, and therefore whatever element they disagree with is un-American sedition. Conservatives insist it’s Muslim or Chinese infiltration. Liberal progressives think it’s Russians. Nobody wants to admit it’s just all our insanity coming to a head.
The greatest irony is that they’ll admit the government lies, big lies are told all the time, and we get tricked all the time. But introduce the concept that they lie about socialist countries, point out the consistency and pervasiveness of the lies, and that the US has everything to gain from lying, and they’ll call that a conspiracy theory. Even if you produce evidence, like CIA admissions to lying. I feel like I’m insane half the time.
Agree, I mostly use it for Linux stuff at this point, the Linux subs on reddit are somehow significantly better than the ones on Lemmy lol (helps that it has actual developers and people who know what they’re talking about)
Deleted my old account and made a new one with the rule of not joining any remotely political or country related sub. It’s a good enough side for hobby subs which is why I went to Reddit in the first place. Much better experience.
Deleting it is fine too of course.
Even the hobbyist subs will find a way to sneak in some “china bad”, but it is at least greatly reduced most of the time. Definitely avoid any of the bigger umbrella communities (i.e don’t join general gaming subs, join specific game subs. Same for most media)
I found the best strategy for reddit right now (besides not using it) is to go for tiny, less obvious subs where the average post has at most a double digit upvote count and a handful of comments. Anything bigger gets dangerous since it may get ranked higher in r/all
Same, I bookmark tabs and avoid going to the front page at all costs.
I left during the mass exodus, I miss very little. I recommend anyone divest themselves.
There were a couple small niche subs (like some of the hospitality subs I participated in or the dyson sphere program sub) I miss, but not enough to wade through the cesspool. There is about a 60% chance that any thread on that site, regardless of the original subject matter, will devolve to “Russia bad” or “China bad”. Sprinkling of “Kim bad” if they find a way to discuss world leaders.
same. i miss a couple subs, but i can get much of the same content on other social media sites, and there’s no point to being part of two or three websites i hate when one will do just fine.
I’m currently on my 2nd temp ban from Reddit for supporting Palestine lol
I absolutely support leaving reddit, it will help your mental health for sure, the social media landscape is by and large a hazard to mental health.
FRSO seems cool, how are you liking it?
Highly recommend! Everyone I’ve met seems serious and dedicated, but also are just fun to hang with
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Great summary of FRSO and their strategy. Thank you.
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Not a party, Comrade, not yet
Yes yes, I just was using it colloquially 😅
FRSO is brilliant.
Awesome. That whole site is a low quality op
I only use reddit when I search online for recommendations or answers to questions (usually computer related). Otherwise, I am not really using my account anymore. Because of the reddit exodus, most lemmy instances are filled with extremely toxic people. It makes me a little sick to my stomach when observing or interacting with them. I am siloed into lemmygrad mostly, using other instances and social media to spread info for a socialist cause, even if I don’t do it well sometimes. When I work with PSL, it’s a breath of fresh air.
Real as fuck. Organizing and touching grass beats rotting at the computer watching the world burn from your screen any day. Good job getting out there 👏
I only occasionally look at political subreddits, I usually just look at stuff like music instead and even then, I’m accessing Reddit through Libreddit because I don’t like the website at all
Greetings, FRSO comrade! 🫡
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Hello from just north of Milwaukee lol
Best wishes in pursuing cadre membership! I think it’s likely I will be doing that eventually as well
You are >6 years late comrade. You should probably spend some time in re-education.
Evil tankie trying to get me to touch grass ^ literal redfash
lol
Do it. I’ve never regretted deleting my reddit once.
