Not really.
Sports is the thing that would be blocked the most, since it's b&w - either you're into it, or not at all, and there are great many deal of branches of it.
This was proposed once before with Germany going open source. They eventually went back.
Germany's attempt at switching to Linux is a prime example of bad management, wrong decisions and, well, idiocy.
If memory serves: they chose Debian, instead of Ubuntu and didn't do enough research concerning hardware compatibility. When they were already in progress, it turned out they had craploads of office hardware like scanners, printers and such, that weren't working under Debian.
Support & community come to mind.
To a typical user/newcomer to servers it's easier to find some solution for Ubuntu, than for Debian. And boy, can Debian users be full of themselves... 😑
Well, to keep a user is way harder than to attract his attention.
I think that the key differences between this platform(s) and the more known alternatives are part of the problem - people are very dumb these days and lazy. Often the first reaction to something new and not working in the expected way is to skip it, or demand the solution, rather than look around, try different approach and such.
I feel like I'm witnessing Diaspora 2.0 effect...
If only people would respond with respectful "I doubt that, but ok".
These days, such a response is as scarce as an honest politician.
He used archaic form of English instead of contemporary, possibly for the sake of dramatic effect.
Imagine that it's part of a longer monologue filled with "thou"s, "betwixt"s, "harken"s and you're on the right track.
Consider these possibilities:
Neeva!
Jesus Christ, that was the biggest find for me in the last year, and the biggest blow to my online life, when it failed.
What's the worst is that it wasn't the cost of the subscription that ruined it. They simply couldn't reach enough people to build a required fanbase... Damn...
Not really. I mean that "because..." part.
Leftism is inherenty tied to technology, especially new. It's part of its lifestyle. EVERY new, massive social "site" (or online service) is expected to be left-leaning by default. It may later change its political viewpoint, but in its relative infancy it's left.
Rightism is more about actions taking place in real-world. As such, the technology isn't perceived as more than a tool, used for specific purpose only, rather than part of, or the foundation of a lifestyle.
...and of course there's a plethora of alternative political views, options and convictions that are a mix of either extremes of the spectrum - if you meet a person online, it shouldn't be surprisied to learn about "pro-life", but also "anti-Trump" and similarly puzzling approaches to various aspects of life.
tl;dr: it's not about bots. It's because Lemmy/Mastodon isn't popular enough to serve as a tool for right-wing politics.
If you're asking me, I'm banning all advertisers and karma-fishers on the spot.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Because a single label has little value, but they are bought in drums holding 1000s of them. And this means that many enterprises decide to lower the quality of the labels and thus cut some costs.
After all, who will complain? Some rando on the Internet? 😘
Eating sounds.
I could strangle a person who eats like a pig...