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I feel like Fediverse users are nicer to each other and more generous with upvotes than reddit. (lemmy.world)
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i’m doing it because I want to make the fediverse more friendly place, in hopes of making it more welcoming for new users, and the nicer place in general. But I wonder how much is just less bots.

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[–] Robaque@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Ah ok.

Re Musk, it's about intent. He's been using "different opinions" under the pretence of "free speech" (and "democracy") as an excuse to boost fascist content on Twitter. It's cryptofash doublespeak.

But even fascism aside "you should be more open to debating differing opinions" still comes across as tone-deaf centrism.

In any case the implications aren't pretty.

As for defining fascism, with crap like "horseshoe theory" muddying the waters, as well as the general impression people have that fascism is some isolated evil from the past, there's ample room for doubt in online interactions.

[–] dsemy@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Let me make things clear - extreme opinions (like, in my personal opinion, supporting terrorism) shouldn’t be tolerated or accepted.

[–] Robaque@feddit.it 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sure but statements like that are kinda meaningless when there are people who believe that movements like Antifa and BLM are "terrorist".

[–] dsemy@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I guess you’re right.

I define a terrorist as someone who kills (or attempts to kill) innocent people publicly to incite terror due to ideological reasons (I’m not a native English speaker and this sentence was hard for me to write, hopefully this makes sense).

The vast, vast majority of BLM and Antifa aren’t even close to this definition, so while there are some things they do I disagree with, I will always defend their right to protest and resist.