▲ 1043 ▼ The price of rice is skyrocketing, and it's pushing millions more people towards starvation (www.abc.net.au) submitted 3 years ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 182 comments fedilink hide all child comments The Indian rice export ban, the war in Ukraine and El Niño are combining to create a "doom loop" for the world's poorest people, as staple food prices soar.
[–] astral_avocado@programming.dev 9 points 3 years ago (2 children) Where do you people come from permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) Lemmy.ml and lemmygrad instances are full of tankies. Way I see it it's only a matter of time before they defederate due to having to deal with sane people since the site blew up or people defederate from them as they're just bloody annoying. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vagrantprodigy@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) I'm ready for that to happen. It's getting old already. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) They're fun to troll at least. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UFODivebomb@programming.dev 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) While true, at which point does defederating make sense? Been wondering this myself. Reality is full of bad actors so we should be capable of countering these threats without purely relying on censorship. OTOH that takes time and energy best spend elsewhere. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago I think it all depends on user levels. At present the activity isn't that much that mods can't deal with any arguments the difference in opinion creates. When you get to Reddit user levels that becomes a lot more difficult. permalink fedilink source parent [+] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) Lemmy.ml and lemmygrad instances are full of tankies. Way I see it it's only a matter of time before they defederate due to having to deal with sane people since the site blew up or people defederate from them as they're just bloody annoying. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vagrantprodigy@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) I'm ready for that to happen. It's getting old already. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) They're fun to troll at least. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UFODivebomb@programming.dev 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) While true, at which point does defederating make sense? Been wondering this myself. Reality is full of bad actors so we should be capable of countering these threats without purely relying on censorship. OTOH that takes time and energy best spend elsewhere. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago I think it all depends on user levels. At present the activity isn't that much that mods can't deal with any arguments the difference in opinion creates. When you get to Reddit user levels that becomes a lot more difficult. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vagrantprodigy@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) I'm ready for that to happen. It's getting old already. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) They're fun to troll at least. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UFODivebomb@programming.dev 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) While true, at which point does defederating make sense? Been wondering this myself. Reality is full of bad actors so we should be capable of countering these threats without purely relying on censorship. OTOH that takes time and energy best spend elsewhere. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago I think it all depends on user levels. At present the activity isn't that much that mods can't deal with any arguments the difference in opinion creates. When you get to Reddit user levels that becomes a lot more difficult. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) They're fun to troll at least. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UFODivebomb@programming.dev 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) While true, at which point does defederating make sense? Been wondering this myself. Reality is full of bad actors so we should be capable of countering these threats without purely relying on censorship. OTOH that takes time and energy best spend elsewhere. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago I think it all depends on user levels. At present the activity isn't that much that mods can't deal with any arguments the difference in opinion creates. When you get to Reddit user levels that becomes a lot more difficult. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UFODivebomb@programming.dev 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) While true, at which point does defederating make sense? Been wondering this myself. Reality is full of bad actors so we should be capable of countering these threats without purely relying on censorship. OTOH that takes time and energy best spend elsewhere. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago I think it all depends on user levels. At present the activity isn't that much that mods can't deal with any arguments the difference in opinion creates. When you get to Reddit user levels that becomes a lot more difficult. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago I think it all depends on user levels. At present the activity isn't that much that mods can't deal with any arguments the difference in opinion creates. When you get to Reddit user levels that becomes a lot more difficult. permalink fedilink source parent
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