this post was submitted on 20 Nov 2023
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[–] [email protected] 181 points 1 year ago (21 children)

Oh there's plenty of propaganda here, pretty extreme as well...

[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 year ago

There can't be propaganda if everyone agrees with me! I think we're in good shape!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Extreme? Like Tony the Tiger who is the mascot of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes cereal. They're grrreat!

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[–] [email protected] 171 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you think there's no propaganda on lemmy then I have news for you.

[–] [email protected] 94 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

And fake internet points.

And I'm sure top men are working on monetization.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I've already seen plenty of posts and comments that look suspiciously product-placementy.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You look like you like rigatoni. Perhaps you'd be interested in trying SmellFresh Fabric softener. It helps keep your knees bent while you use the tobacco masher.

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[–] [email protected] 141 points 1 year ago (31 children)

I see propaganda all over the place on here.

[–] [email protected] 74 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Here, take a fake Internet point.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

that's amateupaganda

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Posts like this are it, even. Hurrdurr we're so much better circlejerk is grossing me out.

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Yeah, and it's people arguing about cars, Trump, rich people, work, Linux distros, not pooping, and communism.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We need memes, Spiderman memes

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bring me funny pictures of Spider-Man!

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 year ago

Great post. I give you my fake internet point up arrow.

[–] darkevilmac 49 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'll have you know that the fake internet points are still here and I will continue to use them to determine my worth in the eyes of my peers.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (20 children)

270 karma in 4 months. Cute.

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That's the main thing I hate about Lemmyverse is that the zealots and puritans came over too.

They always think you mean someone else when you say "please stop constantly trying to shoehorn your politics into everything"

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago

Make the internet nerd again

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (22 children)

There is plenty of propaganda on lemmy. You just have to realize you will always be fed propaganda and understand there is propaganda on each side of every issue...

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I liked the fake internet points, but it definitely leads to karma whoring. So I'll do without.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You could create a plug in that states your and everybody's total karma. Karma is one of the worst ideas on the internet. A tool to enforce conformity and obedience

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I like the absence of cumulative fake internet points. I do think it lends a healthier perspective to the community

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Lemmy is just as much an information warfare platform as anything on Reddit. The Israel/Hamas coverage has confirmed that pretty conclusively.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Usenet and IRC were the good ole times.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

00s internet before corporations colonized it was beautiful. I'm deeply sad that it's gone but thankful that I got to participate.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Speaking of monetization and propaganda, for your consideration, "Barbie", now available on Blu-Ray and streaming services everywhere!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Please give me an affiliate link! I need my dayly dose of trackers!

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's pretty cool, even though it not even 1% of the size of the big social media monopolists

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Perhaps because it’s not

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (8 children)

This might be a hot take here, but I'd be open to instances running a limited number of ads with minimal tracking to generate enough revenue to keep the instance afloat.

It's why I did use the official Reddit app at first when I started using Reddit. They can't bleed money forever. But when they kept making the app worse and worse and worse that's when I switched to third party apps. And after they killed those, I didn't have any sympathy for Reddit because I was sick of their continued greed.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

I don’t want any ads. But I’d pay money to a small Verein or something similar to keep a community instance running. Being a profitable customer to a social network works against the best interest to any mental health.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Who's Line is it Anyway had the right idea, the rules are made up and the points don't matter.

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