I had not realised this before, that there are multiple versions of the same community on different instances. For example there are multiple meme communities on different instances.

I wonder how this affects engagement considering that although there might be one large community there are several smaller ones. Perhaps not everyone assumes that there's a larger community on a different instance.

Also how does this affect niche communities where it may be that due to high fragmentation these communities might seem unusually small.

Further, if these niche communities remain unusually smaller than there Reddit counter parts would users leave do to perhaps lack of content versus their Reddit counter parts.

This is kind of a chicken and egg - users migrate or engage the more activity there is and it may lead to discouragement if their first impression is that there isn't content.

I don't know I'm probably rambling and don't know what I'm talking about.

What?

I really don't understand why you're trying so hard to frame this in a rich versus poor issue.

In South Africa you can go to the middle of gangland which is easy to find because crime is so rampant, and you'll find security companies whose residents are their customers not some rich person whose decided to fund security for poor people.

I don't think you understand how serious crime is here that everyone no matter the wealth class is being affected to such a degree that private security companies in both rich and poor areas are the only effective combat against the wave of terror.

Oh dude let me inform you about the state of crime in South Africa - we've had instances where police stations have been firebombed by criminals raiding the weapons store, any property not being guarded being stolen from lawn chairs to vehicles, the unusually high rate crime: 21000+ murders per year, 42000+ rapes per year and that's officially reported stats from the SAPS.

I've seen people being kidnapped, I have even had family and friends who have been kidnapped, women raped and murdered in my locality, countless hijacking and aggravated robberies. I am part of the local CPF so I am on constant communication with police and security companies.

Often the police are completely reliant or heavily rely on security companies. These security companies are often the only people standing in the face of lawlessness. Not necessarily in the wealthiest areas either.

The lengths some people go to defend criminals is worrying. Dude proved he hasn't reformed by leaping across the bench and attacking the judge sentencing him, after pleading his case talking about how he is reformed, and you're still trying to defend him.

Perhaps consider the impact this clearly unreformed criminal will have on the impact of society and perhaps his other future victims.

Plant a vegetable garden. Build a rain catchment system. Build a solar power system. Read books instead of consuming other media. Buy only local. Start a consumer or retail cooperative. Don't participate in wanton consumerism.

Voting in the US doesn't yield desirable results because of the gerrymandering and the voting system; however most changes which directly affect people are made at a grassroots level so participate in activities at a grassroots level.

The prosecutor really bungled this case up.

I think America needs a dose of liberation and democracy their government always bangs on about.

Quite sad to see that this is happening over there. Is this a failure of capitalism or democracy? As those respective systems have not taken into account the invariable devolution into a violent unstable system.

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o7 be safe.