It became the only reliable source of information I had. People posted links with a minimal amount of commentary, picking and choosing the best content from other social media networks. They’re not doing it to “build a brand” because that’s not a thing in the Fediverse. It’s too disjointed to be a place to build a newsletter subscription base.

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[–] auzy1@lemmy.world 19 points 3 hours ago (4 children)

The Australian Subreddits got overrun by extremist right wing people who tend to be 20x louder than anyone else, and exaggerate everything.

One even reported me for being racist (successfully) despite the fact that the entire time I was fighting back against the racism

Even worse, you now need to log in to even see it at all in a mobile browser. So f that

[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I was perma banned for calling someone "A fucking piece of human garbage" as they openly and brazenly advocated for the death of trans people.

I got banned, the person calling for Trans people to be killed did not.

[–] HrabiaVulpes@europe.pub 6 points 2 hours ago

The Australian Subreddits got overrun by extremist right wing people who tend to be 20x louder than anyone else, and exaggerate everything.

I don;'t think this is just Australian issue

[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Those same fuckers are on a roll now, winning one MP seat.

[–] mangobanana@discuss.online 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah and if you're IP banned your fucked

[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Waves