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[–] 32 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Agreed, but Lemmy feels like the old Internet for the most part. I suspect that 90% ish of comments here are actual humans. The remaining 10% is pushing some kind of agenda.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I agree. There's also a pervasive feeling that lemmy is unaffected by manipulation and misinformation.

    If Lemmy continues to grow sooner or later it will become a large enough target for manipulation, and I wonder how federation will fare at that time.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Idk, hexbear content comes up in my feed and I feel that’s all manipulation and misinformation

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Alright. I been afraid to ask for fear of getting banned from other communities hosted on their instance, but what is the deal with hexbear? The chat community seems like satire, but it gives off the same kind of vibes as the_donald, just far-left instead of far right. Like, I consider myself a lefty, but their community just seems self-destructive and toxic. Maybe that's the point, though? Honestly unsure, and afraid to ask on their instance cuz I don't wanna get accused of "just asking questions" and banned.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    It really does feel like the_donald doesn’t it? I have no idea what they're about. They claim to far left but when you look at what they’re actually saying it’s all hate for any position on the left. Even the word “left” is a dirty word there. They're probably trolls trying to muddy the water. Maybe it’s some astroturfing or a space to experiment and generate new misinformation content. Idk, it sucks though, it feels all so toxic.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago

    Definitely more than 10%. The only really unbiased info I'm finding here is related to obscure coding stuff, or Linux tips.

    Reddit has a lot of shills, but that's their business model and they guard access cuz they want to get paid. Lemmy has no moat, and no filter outside of individual mods

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