The Fediverse can be pretty toxic
drewdevault.com

Social networks are not good for you. The Fediverse brought out the worst in me, and it can bring out the worst in you, too. The behaviors it encourages are plainly defined as harassment, a behavior which is not unique to any ideological condition. People get hurt on the Fediverse. Keep that in mind. Consider taking a look in the mirror and asking yourself if your relationship with the platform is healthy for you and for the people around you.

He's not wrong tbh, I wonder for how much longer I'll stick around this place, seeing as its the last form of social media I actually use

  • KermitTheFraud [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Proposal for a sufficiently anticapitalist Lemmyverse:

    • Establish an internal and external community on a per-instance basis
    • Internal comms act as a Community of Practice focusing on keeping members up to date on leftist news, hosting educational resources for organizing, reading theory, and maintaining a party line.
    • External comms are agit prop, memes, and more generally consumable/engaging content. Self-organized events like cytube gatherings are excellent.
    • External comms are heavily gamified. Internal comms are not. Alternately, internal comms can alter design to encourage consensus building rather than competition and group reputation.
    • Admins and moderators should be routinely pruned on an ideological basis. The broader community should not have purity requirements. The leadership should be largely on the same page.
    • ass [he/him,comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      i like these ideas a lot, but how is the barrier between exterior and interior managed? who's allowed into the interior, and how do they gain access? is the exterior community aware of the interior?