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And preferably, name someone who has announced their candidacy.
A list of people you'd like in the job isn't as relevant. I would've accepted almost any of the names people had floated, had any of them publicly shown interest.
But here we are with people often demanding Jon Stewart and Michelle Obama throw their hats in the ring, and that's two people who keep saying they aren't interested.
Edit: the shit people downvote here.
Whining about being downvoted (BY ONE PERSON IN THIS CASE) is a great way to ensure that I downvote you.
Fair, and I expected that. But it's frustrating as hell sometimes.
It's a valid criticism. I rage deleted my 1.5 year old lemmy account for this reason just a few weeks back. Lol
Then I got randomly banned on reddit so I'm back here.
It's a lot better to just turn off downvotes in the settings. I wish it was like that by default because I think it's the biggest factor preventing lemmy from growing right now. It doesn't really matter what you say, people downvote here, it's basically just leftist 4chan
honestly dunno where to even begin. like, you know when you're just in absolute fucking awe of something & you feel like you should be communicating your feelings, but you just can't? yeah, that's where i'm at.
You can read my thread about the completely random ban lol. I prefer reddit greatly over lemmy, it's just way more chill.
I was banned because I was on reddit for 12 years via adblocker/script blocker without ever spending a dime or installing the app. Accounts like this get flagged by reddit admins and they'll just wait until you break the TOS in any way and claim that's the reason for the ban. Reddit admin are certified morons and it's just sad. I mean you won't believe me but I was actually one of the good guys lol
I firmly believe lemmy in its current form is leftist 4chan. As soon as I get a new public IP I'll just go back to reddit, it's basically zero fun to post on lemmy