• Socsa@sh.itjust.works
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    5 days ago

    All that does is make them more powerful because there are fewer voices pushing back against them.

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      4 days ago

      If a tree falls in the woods and no one is around to hear it, what sound does anyone hear?

      I mean, if you want to “enjoy” pointless quarreling, go for it. The new recruits who still have a tiny bit of curiosity still left may benefit. But for me it’s like arguing with a blender going full throttle. Fuck that.

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        4 days ago

        The problem is that it kneecaps the experience for people who newly join, because they get faced with an unopposed blender of fascist propaganda, and may be immediately turned off the whole platform.

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          4 days ago

          Would they not see all the posts though? Intelligent conversational threads interposed with little eddies of tankie spew?