Indeed. I happen to live in China, and everybody calls it authoritarian, especially the locals.
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slurpinderpin@lemmy.world 3 months agoI once wrote a comment on a lemmy.ml page about China being authoritarian and my comment was removed, with a note saying “China isn’t authoritarian, stop spreading misinformation” LMAO. Delusional people
viking@infosec.pub 3 months ago
awwwyissss@lemm.ee 3 months ago
They’re not delusional, they’re paid.
toastboy79@kbin.earth 3 months ago
certainly not all of them. some sure.
Blaze@reddthat.com 3 months ago
Why would they be paid for a software that can be used for free, to create larger servers than their owns, with completely separate communities they have nothing to say about?
Doesn’t seem like a very effective strategy
awwwyissss@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Because the Fediverse is a great target for propaganda, which is invaluable for some authoritarian countries.
Lemmy is an echochamber with relatively limited, uncoordinated moderation. 1,000,000+ monthly active users, and lemmy.ml is a flagship instance.
imaqtpie@lemmy.myserv.one 3 months ago
Not really. Lemmy is filled with skeptics, rebels, and independent thinkers, and there are only like 50,000 monthly active users.
You know what’s a much better target for propaganda? Reddit or any corporate social media site. The users are simpleminded and easily manipulated and you don’t even have to worry about moderators, you can simply run ads if you’d like.