And we shouldn't allow this concept to go unchallenged here on Lemmy.

Commenting on an active post is not brigading

Posting a link to something is not brigading

Commenting on something you were linked to is not brigading

The only thing that might be brigading, but isn't because it isn't a real thing, is someone explicitly going, "Hey everyone, go here and harass this person"

It's all fine and good that we have some new rules to keep the peace with other instances but we must fight against reddit-logo brainworms

  • YearOfTheCommieDesktop [they/them]
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    1 year ago

    they thought the reddit wave would be bigger but it turns out redditors like feeling smug more than actually leaving the corporate walled garden. so they aren't thaaat big and a good % of those who did come here are at least vaguely leftist. That plus hexbear=no more unchallenged "ebil seeseepee" type circlejerks

    • GreenTeaRedFlag [any]
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      1 year ago

      we have literally spent hours talking about thought terminating cliches, ready to fight them

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        1 year ago

        yeah redditors are used to not having their ideas challenged

        Well they quarantined us, like, what, 4 years ago? And The Dickwads was gone before that. All dissenting voices were purged successfully for the most part.