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Lemmy is not immune to trolls, bad fait actors or propaganda - in fact, despite how bad reddit is, a lot of Lemmy instances are worse (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm done, I've been banned for expressing a different opinion (without insulting or personally attacking anyone), I've been accused of evading a ban with multiple accounts (this is my only account I've ever had on any lemmy instance), I've had people selectively ignore my comments and accuse me of things which I never said, and I've had people ignore valid criticisms and keep attacking me.

Reddit has many issues with trolls, one-sided discussion, and just general bullshit, but many Lemmy instances are way worse. The newfound freedom of Lemmy has attracted many extremists, from both sides, and many of them are moderators, who are more than happy to remove any contrarian opinions. This results in discussions being echo chambers

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Isnt that just authoritarianism, not specifically facism?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Sort of yeah, although authoritarianism doesn't have as much implication to a centralized autocracy or dictatorial leader.

I think one could argue that the mods are a centralized autocracy, but it'd be hard to argue there's a dictatorial leader, perhaps, unless there's some "main" mod. Idk. I'm fairly new to this whole Fediverse thing, just came in a week or two ago from Reddit.

Also, imo, political labels are just sort of... subjective. There's wiggle-room in definitions and practices. I think the reality of what is happening matters more than what label we use to describe it, but the label we do use helps people understand what we're talking about. Although, sometimes, it obviously also misleads, as the connotations and implications and definitions vary.

But I would agree with you that "fascism" is often too easily equated to authoritarianism that isn't necessarily far-right in the same way. It's just a convenient colloquial shortcut, essentially.