SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
Can’t speak for others but I’ve learned more about politics on fedi than any other platform. Also, centralised platforma are no longer fact checking either and didn’t really do agood job of it when they did.
I think this is just the latest in FUD about the fedi for the most part, it has a few good points, but mostly it doesn’t really know what it’s talking about.
meyotch@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
I have an image of a certain mentally lazy older relative being confronted with anything slightly challenging. The degree of hand wringing and play acting to avoid a few minutes thought and perhaps looking ignorant was always over the top.
Since the world has many many people like that, there will probably end up being a handful of large ‘instances’ that seem ashamed of the fediverse’s ‘complexity’ (like Bluesky) and they will pretend to be their own thing, so as not to freak out the squares.
I am somewhat glad Lemmy instances get ignored in this discussion. I want to be surrounded by the better, smarter and more challenging voices such as I have found here.
Is it an information bubble? Damn right it is. Lemmy is my refuge from and group therapy for preparing to contend in vain against the daily grind of human cupidity and stupidity.