To be fair I was replying to a thread that said LW/ML are equal and something about fascism in LW.
I just don’t think they are as problematic as you imply. Are there issues? Sure (I be have my own complaints), but generally those communities seem somewhat usable.
I don’t really see it. A lot of the posts in that community don’t even explicitly state what community is being discussed.
Some of the stuff is legitimate, some of the stuff feels more like bitching.
I don’t really understand how you can claim LW is the worst considering that on ML you get instance banned for opposing the russian invasion of Ukraine or having a critical attitude towards China.
Will need to try this. Grabbing the thumbnail via an external site is annoying.
Instances running 0.19.5 (I think) allow manually adding a thumbnail.
I extract them from https://youtube-thumbnail-grabber.com/ and manually add them in.
Really annoying.
I do follow this issue, but how is this US-internal topic relevant to the fediverse community?
I say this as someone who opposes oligarchs and has a rather critical attitude towards local perceptions of corruption in the US.
Don’t get me wrong, I recognize it’s a solid instance and I am going to continue engaging in their communities.
Just the admin reaction was a bit strange. I think mods/admins need to try and take a neutral position as much as possible (exceptions notwithstanding).
Why nearly? They are just as bad, if not worse.
That thread is wild. I had no clue slrpunk was like that (I only go to some non-political communities on slrpunk).
Could be :)