Let’s compose a list of the all shortcomings so that we can address them and eventually hit 100k mau.

  • hendrik
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    528 hours ago

    Too much focus on discussing the news and politics. And rarely is it an inspiring and new perspective. (Sometimes it is, though.)

    • @[email protected]
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      258 hours ago

      this election is among the most important ones in the history of the country. if not the most. i am also looking forward to it just being fucking done with and having other things on the feed

      • @Doburoku
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        134 minutes ago

        2020 was the most important. Before that it was 2012. Then 2008. 2004 no more war!

        So yea. This is the one. The one election to vote them all for something.

      • @EtherWhack
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        136 minutes ago

        Aside from being important for the US, it could easily impact relations with other countries.

      • @[email protected]
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        56 hours ago

        One thing I’ve learned is that voting is a lot like breathing.

        Every time you do it, it’s the most important one of your life time.

        • @Screamium
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          I remember 2008. McCain vs Obama. I preferred Obama but honestly I wouldn’t have minded too much if McCain won, it was just Sarah Palin that was crazy.

          Contrast that with Jan 6th, 2021. The loser of the election incited a riot and attack on the US capitol and democracy. This individual is running again.

      • hendrik
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        I hope it turns out well for the people living in the country. We’re going to find out soon…

          • hendrik
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            57 hours ago

            I don’t live there, so it’s kind of none of my business… I just always hope people don’t need to reach rock bottom to find out what’s important and how to proceed…

    • @Soulcreator
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      158 hours ago

      I recall another thread a few weeks ago where someone suggested a no political discussion day, and everyone down-voted him and gave them angry responses. I recall one up-voted response saying “everything is political”.

      This place has become an echo chamber for cranky old Linux users and is really uninviting to anyone else.

      One of the things I miss about Reddit is the diversity of opinions and viewpoints on the platform. (I didn’t love the insane amount of reposts and bot traffic)

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        Hehe, btw, I’m one of the cranky Linux users slowly growing old…

        I can tell you this isn’t really an echo chamber for people like me. I’d say the majority of people here are more “normal” people. My take on things often gets opposed. And it feels quite different to the old school places where Linux users and admins mingle. Often times the mob mentality (if there is underneath a post) is against me. A Linux forum feels very different. Especially the way they talk to each other. Here, people argue about opinions, while the “proper” nerds discuss technical facts and then something is objectively right or wrong (or solves something). Which I don’t see happening here that often. So I’d say it’s not it.

        You’re right. Everything is kind of political. And arguing about politic sometimes is stupid and tiresome. And I also like diversity of perspectives and opinions. I wouldn’t need to talk to other people if I wasn’t interested to hear what they got to say…

        (And the downvoting here is just silly. I also think it’s way more pronounced than on Reddit. I regularly see urban legends getting upvoted. While nuanced and longer perspectives get punished. And being human surely includes ignorance. It just doesn’t help anything once it gets part of the dynamics.)

      • @[email protected]
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        57 hours ago

        Ha that was my shower thought post. I was not expecting to be hated on so much for a little idea.

    • @radiohead37
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      37 hours ago

      At least I feel like I’m heard here. I posted comments so many times on Reddit and I rarely get any engagement. It feels like talking to yourself among an absurdly large and loud crowd.

    • cbAnon0
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      48 hours ago

      Politics is big on instances like ‘world’ (which, despite the name, seems very US-centric), but others I have an account on its less of a thing.

      • @[email protected]
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        25 hours ago

        I have a mostly politics free feed that I’ve cultivated. Some always leaks in here and there, but if it’s an account that only posts that kind of content I just block them.

        I definitely can see how relentless the politics posting is when I go to all, though.