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This is literally just the r/nyt subreddit about The New York Times.

Given he apparently takes inspiration from Elon Musk, it's only a matter of time until u/spez starts adding post view limits unless you pay extra.

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[–] Kofu@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 year ago (14 children)

Hear me out.

Elon destroys twitter and eventually makes it a joke and no one can be trusted cause the process of verification for that is a joke now.

Spez destroys reddit. Shuts down 3rd party apps. The majority of people have to decided whether to stay or leave.

The SAG and WGA go on strike because of wage issues, now shows like Last Week Tonight and other shows that take deep dives into the problems of government can't make shows that inform people.

All of this is, in my opinion, to shut down public conversations about many issues and the timing is also coincidental since the 2024 election is coming up and in a time everyone is divided, there is no comfortable place to communicate. The curiosity is if trumps social media and other right leaning communities are facing the same disruptions. Not saying reddit and twitter are bastions of the "left" but twitter and in particular reddit have been a place for public good. Now twitter is a hallway that is almost completely covered in fecal matter and reddit is a poorly designed website that blinds you with advertisements and OF spam bots.

Elon I can see doing it maliciously, because he benefits from a Republican government. Edge Lord Jr has probably doing it because Senior told him it was a good idea. The survivability of these companies are not in their interest because why care if you can just close it down claim the sale and go make more money somewhere else.

But the biggest one is the "Late Night" shows. Most of them are the way some Americans get informed about some of the more deeply rooted problems in America. You can look at shows like John Olivers, Last Week Tonight and maybe Late Night with Seth Meyers. Shows very critical of Republicans and trump in particular, completely crippled by the SAG and WGA strikes.

In total the information delivery systems we are all used too, have been dirupted and I'm seriously questioned its timing.

[–] mrmanager 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I think the reason is something much bigger than the American election. Just not sure what yet.

The election is rigged anyway. Choose between turd and asshole, both of which are selected by the establishment.

Until people can vote with cryptographically safe identity control, there is no reason to trust manual vote counting in my opinion.

[–] Captainvaqina@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, it's a choice between an orange fascist traitor, and freedom, democracy and decency.

And nice job spreading twitlers "big lie" about the election. People like you are the enemies of democracy.

[–] mrmanager 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"Enemies of Democracy" :) That's a nice one. I want the membership card!

[–] Captainvaqina@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

You got it. It'll earn you a place in history, on the wrong side.

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