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[–] hamid@vegantheoryclub.org 34 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I defederated lemmy.world because I don't feel like hosting and re transmitting US propaganda.

[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 15 points 11 months ago (3 children)

It is kinda surprising how much obvious propaganda makes it onto Lemmy, for example those memes that aren't really memes as much as "haha this opinion wrong"

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 23 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Lemmy itself is largely made up of Communists, Anarchists, and liberals fleeing Reddit.

As a consequence, there's a lot of Communist agit-prop, and a lot of reflective panic on the hands of liberals.

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 11 months ago

The cycle of a specific comm on world

we only allow memes here

points out posts that aren't memes

stop asking us to follow our rules

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This is a very political place, even compared to Reddit where there's a shitload of politics

[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

I think it's just as much a hivemind if not moreso than Reddit. Also, probably way easier to make bots for too