So 1/3 of Americans are in a cult of hate and idiocy whether they know it or not.

The difficulty is getting 75% of the remaining population on board. 75% of a wide range of ideologies to agree that freedom and investment in America are better than submission, oppression, and chaos.

So, convincing 75% of people that allowing the government to deport innocent people (innocent until proven guilty and we know many of them are actually innocent) is actually really fucking bad.

Technically he’s barred from office per the 14th amendment.

Technically is great until it’s ignored.

That’s worse!

The whole point was to trim excess. If they really had fired almost nobody, that would mean they’re doing maximum damage with very little “benefits”.

Now, obviously doing damage is what Trump and co. want. But the initial claim was efficiency.

The two worst reactions that I saw were gaming and NFL. You’re right that most of the subs were fine. It’s the big ones that were addictive to a point I didn’t realize until something happened.

Some of my favorite subs would have a total meltdown, like end of the world shit, because it closed for 24 hours. Then when the app bans happened, there were the blackouts and once again, people were angry at the audacity of the mods not being submissive.

They want their content above literally anything else. Take it away for a moment and their entire world collapses. And when you see the all consuming, brain-dead, content they were viewing, AND THE IMPORTANCE THEY PUT ON IT, it’s no wonder why they have the reputation they do. That was very sobering.

I think even 10 years ago Reddit was a lot bigger. The niche subs still had some traction. Like, Morrowind there 10 years ago had more stuff than the Elder Scrolls community here does. (I could be misremembering, but that feels right.)

BUT you’re right that it wasn’t endless filler back then. There was an end, and then you were done.

What I hate about Lemmy is the lack of content in semi-specific communities.

What I love about Lemmy is that there’s so much less content overall. I run out of content and I log off. Reddit was a bottomless pit.

Banning 3rd party apps was the tipping point for me. Their official app is shit.

No. It could create a security breach. It DOES pose a security risk.

Just like the polls that show McDonald’s, Taco Bell, or Chic fil a as America’s favorite restaurant in X state. It doesn’t take too many idiots to outweigh everyone else.