This is about open-source being open. I'm a very non-tankie, and I think this is bad- though a bit better if its only people working for sanctioned companies.

Seriously, the hexbears just moved one over to keep getting exposure.

That instance's mods blocked me this morning lol.

The amount of people simping for Russia in that other thread is insane. Apparently calling Ukraine a country of Nazis is fine, but saying Russia is a dictatorship is not lmao.

If you see a tankie or pro Russia comment, 99% of the time it's a lemmy.ml poster

Save your sanity and do Settings -> Blocks -> Block instance -> lemmy.ml

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Yesterday I accidentally commented in .ml and mentioned that voting third party in our current voting system is playing with fire to get a worse candidate in office. I was told I must therefore start a grassroots movement for ranked choice voting, because apparently I can't have an opinion without a movement.

Normally I let a few downvotes get under my skin more than I care to admit, but in this setting it was kind of a badge of honor. Honestly it was kind of "fun" to see what people were saying.

improved my lemmy experience ten fold just blocking that instance.

Some of us are actually normal

Please stip blocking people, please stip talking about blocking everyone

Yes, i gettit. Different opinions can be annoying but if we don't all participate in. A similar environment.we all just disappear in our little echo chamber pillars, unable to hear or understand the others, which leads to more extremist opinions on all sides.

We NEED to hear others, if not just for the fact that others may NEED to hear our voices too.

I honestly this echo chamber crap is squarely caused by the Internet, the tool that promised to bring humanity together, and instead ended up dividing us more than ever because anyone hearing an opinion they don't like immediately bans that voice. Can't have anyone disagreeing now!

I get it, there are some stupid opinions out there, dangerous ones too, but the more we ban them, the more they will only be able to talk eachother into extremism and the WILL be back, with more people, and more extremist opinions.

FFS, we need to learn to start listening to each other again. An entire generation has grown up with "if you don't like to hear that opinion, just have it banned", and it's not helpful.

Early Internet was a wild west crazy town for sure, loads of assholes lurking around, but it was better than what we have now, where EVERY space is curated and hawkishly guarded against those that might even look in the wrong direction.

I've spent quite some time on right wing subs back in the day in Reddit, discussing whatever topic with hard line conservative right wing types and when you do you find out they are human too, usually with a lot of fears, and you actually get to understand why they feel the way they feel, and you can get them to understand that yeah, maybe it's not the best solution. You find common ground and got somebody a little closer to the light. Yes, I'm a big fan of that black guy (forgot his name) who goes out to talk to KKK members to convert them away from the KKK.

I know this isn't for everyone, but a lot of us can and should step up and start talking, start listening. I'm not saying st all you should agree with a neo nazi, but you can listen to him or her, understand where they're coming from, and have them do the same. Once you both see the humanity in each other you can actually make everyone be a little better.

It's better than the alternative where the inevitable outcome is that we'll start having civil wars everywhere and just kill those we oppose.