Again, if I were conservative, then why would I post literally hundreds and hundreds of pro-socialist and pro-union artilces? What would be the point? Not money. Not love. Not promotion. So what why would I bother to post so many pro-socialist, pro-union, anti-capitalist articles?
And if I am so conservative, then why would I create an alt musk name to post conservative articles, since everyone thinks I'm conservatve anyway.
Yep. That brings up a great point though; I've posted political posts of all angles to that sub, including conservative articles.
So why would I create two personas that post from totally opposite sides of the political spectrum? If I were actually conservative, why would I post literally hundreds of pro-socialist, pro-union, pro-piracy, pro-anarchism articles? I have posted way more socialist articles than anything else. What would be the point of that if I were really conservative? Wouldn't that be counter-productive?
tl;dr: If I wanted to post conservative articles--and I have--I wouldn't create alt conservative personas to do it. Look up dates. This has been my main account for long time: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/u/UniversalMonk?page=1&sort=New&view=Posts
Ahhh! Ok, yep, that makes more sense. Edited my comment, and I'll edit my others as well.
you’re singularly responsible for turning this thread into a you-fest
I didn't bring my name up tho! I only started responding to people who started saying my name--you included. I didn't start any of this drama. I'm not even in main OP's post! He's not banned from any of my stuff and I've never even heard of him
you just need to not reply.
So I shouldn't reply to a bunch of people making up false shit about me and my motivations?! Nah, I'll stand up for myself. Thanks for the advice, anyway.
But yes, I'm happy to move on if people stop bringing up my name when I have nothing to do with OP, OP's situation, and OP is not banned in any of my communities anyway.
I'd say by new, or just "views." Like the more people view something, the higher it goes? Not sure, but I just see voting being too onery lately.
This isn’t the first career to get steamrolled by new tech. That’s just how society works: new tools replace old jobs.
Did you feel this bad when factory workers in the Midwest lost jobs to robots and outsourcing? What about when textile machines wiped out jobs in Alabama? Or when electric streetlights put out-of-work the guys who used to light lamps by hand?
Did anyone mourn the bank tellers who lost their jobs to ATMs?
My point is, artists aren’t more special than the folks who came before. Tech changes things. It always has.
I was a professional artist for 35 years, I did design, illustration, layouts for marketing companies. Now AI can do all of that faster and better. A company would be crazy to pay me what I used to make. And you know what? I’m fine with that. I embraced it. I love new tech.
People who still want to paint/illustrate by hand can. People who still wanna buy their stuff can. Probably not full time job doing it anymore. Just like anything else. They are not special. MOST people work at jobs they don't like to pay the bills, then do their passion on the side.
If ya have a family to feed, you don't cry about not getting a job to illustrate the latest Flash comic book or your favorite DnD dungeon guide. You go get a job and put food on the table. And draw on the weekends.
Welcome to life. And we still have it way easier than the generations before us did. I know. Because I'm old. As bad as you think things are now, it's better than when I was coming up.
Until we get UBI, we gotta deal with what we have. But the idiot capitalist duopoly here in the US that Lemmy worships, is very much against UBI, so that's gonna take a while.
Meh, I love AI, so...
Name-calling, nice. Notice I haven't called you any names.
Here's the thing: You're pro-censorship. I'm anti-censorship.
Disengage. We're not gonna agree. All good, friend.
Think about your words there. Let's say that you were getting banned by republicans. And they're reasoning was: "Good. Stop allowing the human filth to hide behind honeyd words and start punishing them for their actual opinions"
See how that works? I don't know if you are in the US, but here in the use, we do have freedom of opinion--even if it's an unsavory shitty opinion.
Either way, you should not be getting banned for expressing an opinion.
Lemmy is definitely moving in this direction though. More often now, I’m seeing users banned simply for expressing opinions that aren’t popular on the platform, even when those opinions are presented thoughtfully and without inflammatory language.
It used to be that only people using extreme or aggressive language combined with the unpopular opinion would get banned. Now, even calm, reasoned arguments are being removed.
To be clear, I’m not defending or attacking OP. I don’t have a stance on their views.
What concerns me is the growing trend of blanket bans just because someone holds a different opinion. That kind of environment isn’t healthy for open discussion.
Yes, but what I'm saying is that on Lemmy, unlike Reddit, you can start you own community on whatever instance you want. It's easier.
Preach, friend! 100 percent true!
What does this mean? I'm not being a dick, I genuinely would like to know what you are referring to. Can you explain that a bit more.
I think you're saying that it's already difficult enough for neuro-atypical people to process things, so that when you see someone you think is being intentionally annoying, it frustrates you. But I'm not sure how that relates to this thread. Are you talking about shitposting or something else?
You don't have to explain if it's upsetting to you or anything. Or DM me if you prefer to keep it private. (I'm being serious, not sarcastic)