Were this the ‘good ole times’ they always talk about?

Oh there's plenty of propaganda here, pretty extreme as well...

If you think there's no propaganda on lemmy then I have news for you.

I see propaganda all over the place on here.

Yeah, and it's people arguing about cars, Trump, rich people, work, Linux distros, not pooping, and communism.

Great post. I give you my fake internet point up arrow.

I'll have you know that the fake internet points are still here and I will continue to use them to determine my worth in the eyes of my peers.

Without propaganda ?

Make the internet nerd again

There is plenty of propaganda on lemmy. You just have to realize you will always be fed propaganda and understand there is propaganda on each side of every issue...

I liked the fake internet points, but it definitely leads to karma whoring. So I'll do without.

Lemmy is just as much an information warfare platform as anything on Reddit. The Israel/Hamas coverage has confirmed that pretty conclusively.

Usenet and IRC were the good ole times.

Speaking of monetization and propaganda, for your consideration, "Barbie", now available on Blu-Ray and streaming services everywhere!

I like the absence of cumulative fake internet points. I do think it lends a healthier perspective to the community

It's pretty cool, even though it not even 1% of the size of the big social media monopolists

This might be a hot take here, but I'd be open to instances running a limited number of ads with minimal tracking to generate enough revenue to keep the instance afloat.

It's why I did use the official Reddit app at first when I started using Reddit. They can't bleed money forever. But when they kept making the app worse and worse and worse that's when I switched to third party apps. And after they killed those, I didn't have any sympathy for Reddit because I was sick of their continued greed.

Who's Line is it Anyway had the right idea, the rules are made up and the points don't matter.

Now do it from Linux and you have an ultimate no-BS experience

Reminds me of the old WoW forums night shift.

When Lemmy replaces Reddit, I wonder what will replace Lemmy when Lemmy goes corporate.

It's so... Free.

oh you

Yah bub. This were the good ol' time.