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Online culture and censorship have broken the ties that once spurred protesters.

Today, June 4, marks the 36th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre—a moment of both tragedy and hope. It was the bloody end to a nationwide democracy movement that brought together workers and students, the most promising push for political reform in the history of the People’s Republic of China. But despite the courage of many individual Chinese who fought for democracy and the solidarity of their international supporters, there has not been a comparable movement since—and it’s hard to imagine one arising anytime soon.

It wasn't paywalled on my phone, but apparently it is when viewed elsewhere.

One of the key factors mentioned in the article: the erosion of the "the middle ring" from many societies (not just China): "close-ish" but not intimate/familial face-to-face relationships (neighbours, coworkers etc.) that are key to growing a social movement with real world activity.

I've been using Lemmy a couple of months, and now trying out Piefed.

Questions about community subscriptions:

1. So by ticking the "topics" boxes during registration, I am now subscribed to a bunch of communities, right? Or am I subscribed to "topics"? Or "feeds"?

2. What's the difference between Lemmy-style communities and Piefed's "topics" and "feeds"?

3. How can I see which communities/topics/feeds I'm subscribed to?
   (I saw a list once, I think on the home page, but for some reason I've never been able to find it again.)
   Ah, I found https://piefed.social/communities but not through the Piefed UI, only via https://join.piefed.social/docs/user-guide/

4. How can I find the Communities list in the Piefed UI?

5. Re importing my community subscriptions and community blocks from my Lemmy account, what file do I need? Is it Lemmy > Settings > Export Settings: lemmy_user_settings_dateandtime.json ?

• 5.1 And will that overwrite or supplement my existing Piefed subscriptions?
• 5.2 Wait, did Piefed already include my existing Lemmy community subscriptions??? Or is it just luck/topic-picking-on-sign-up that they seem to be included among all the others?