• JoeKrogan@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Oligarchs control the network for their benefit. Free and open souce alternatives are the only option.

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    11 hours ago

    My wife just checked. Its now showing some pretty heinous things on the demo crat side…I dont think prior to the election that would have been tolerated. They definitely changed the “algorithm”.

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      2 hours ago

      Yeah the unspecified “issue” is probably that the blocklist was not a shadow ban but blatantly obvious. They probably only unblocked direct searches for these keywords. Wanna bet posts containing any of the listed keywords are still either removed from all other feeds or at least deranked in the great algoritm?

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        8 hours ago

        YouTube is now showing nothing but (tr)ump stuff…I have not looked at dump stuff on YouTube. It’s all positive on him too.

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      8 hours ago

      Hahaha, the Fediverse has very little tolerance for “wrong” opinions. As if opinions can even be wrong

      Also, the obligatory: *dissenting (sorry)

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      8 hours ago

      tolerant

      Really? Try making a post supporting conservatism or attacking socialism and see how that goes for you. Most likely it’ll get down voted to oblivion, and in many communities mods will remove it. And it doesn’t really matter if it’s a high quality post either with tons of scholarly sources and whatnot.

      The Fediverse is tolerant of leftists and progressives, and a bit less tolerant of libertarians. If there’s any hint of conservatism or centrism, the veneer of tolerance disappears.

      I don’t know the solution here, but I think allowing users to choose their moderation is a piece of it.

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        It’s the paradox of intolerance.

        Conservatives are generally intolerant nowadays, towards marginalized people.

        It’s ok to be intolerant of intolerance.

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        They can start their own instance. Away from ours. No need to tolerate intolerance. We don’t need that shit here. Just because its open does not mean we want right wingers to wipe their shit on the walls. They can start their own instance in the fediverse and wipe shit on the walls there in their own little community. 🤷

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    13 hours ago

    “Instagram blocked searches related to a number of political hashtags, including #democrats, #democrat, #jan6th, #republicans and a number of other terms Tuesday.”

    It’s not just democrat

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      1 hour ago

      It’s not just democrat

      It was. Searching republican yielded results, searching democrat yielded a sensitive content warning and no results. They “fixed” it later.

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      Interesting. The screenshots shared with me by a friend:

      Given the corporate media sane-washing and general kissing of the ring, I choose to believe what has been shared with me directly over the “actchually, it was an awkward gesture of exuberance” milquetoast media.

      Especially when the list looks like this:

      Hastags that have also apparently been blocked from user experiences. Will keep updating. Range is worldwide.

      “#berniesanders”

      “#queer”

      “#obama”

      “#voteblue” (#votered remains unaffected)

      “#dnc” (#rnc remains unaffected)

      “#fucktrump” (#fuckbiden remains unaffected)

      “#democrat” (#republican remains unaffected)

      “#kamala”

      “#prochoice”

      “#constitution”

      “#reproductiverights”

      “#jan6th”

      “#insurrection”

      "#14thamendment "

      “#republicans” (with an s)

      “#fascism”

      “#liberal”

      “#rightwing”

      “#georgeconway”

      “#domesticterrorist”

      “#jacksmith”

      “#drumpf”

      “#johnoliver”

      That is not a “glitch.”

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        Amazing. /s

        The ban list seems a little bit incosistent, but is really obvious on where the bias goes. Not that Instagram were good ever.

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          Interesting posts being served up:

          • “This isn’t a fight between republican and democrat. It’s between communism and freedom.”

          • A map showing Republicans as an overwhelming majority.

          • Photo about Democrats being more likely to call white people terrorists, while Republicans are more likely to call every other race terrorists.

          They’re not in the majority, but not subtle enough to avoid worming their way into peoples opinions.