Following the other thread (550 upvotes and 366 comments at the moment: https://lemmy.world/post/16211417), one of the complaints that people had what that some communities only exist on lemmy.ml and don't have alternatives on other instances.

Let's discuss this and see if we can organize together.

I suggest to have one topic per comment so that is is easier to discuss.

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[–] freeman@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I just pointed out “the old times” to respond to your idea that “it has always been this way”. It’s funny how young people think that the world has been invented the moment they were born. Everything that came before that can be simply erased.

I was born way way before reddit existed. Voting is even older. People may claim they are unbiased etc, use fancy debating terms etc, but in the end they vote (whether via explicit voting mechanism ala reddit/lemmy or +1 posts) based on their opinions. In a lot of cases such as discussing nazism for example it makes no sense.

that it skews too much to the right.

You can't read? The actual full quote is

The issue with Nazism is not that it is extreme, that it skews too much to the right.

maybe you think you saw a 'it's' after the comma, maybe you think that the negative ('not') does not apply to the sentence after the comma (incorrectly) but most likely you are again being dishonest.

My position is explicitly that I do not care about left and right. I do not abhor Nazism because of it's position on a left-right axis but because it considers people vermin that have to be exterminated.

Thank you very much for showing your true colors.

'The pot calling the kettle black' was never more appropriate. Though I suppose a pants-on-fire liar would be mostly red.

You can go now…

Thanks for your permission your highness.

[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Don't mean to be a dick, but that was genuinely a very satisfying little internet spat. It was like watching a tennis match with you two volleying back and forth, and even the insults were pretty classy.

I think you each made several solid points, and I was brought slightly closer to forming an opinion regarding the public upvote/downvote system. This is likely to become a significant point of contention in the future, when Lemmy competitors will potentially seek to differentiate themselves by obscuring the visibility of votes.

Anyway, just remember that there are other people reading the thread who got something out of your contribution, even if you couldn't come to a personal understanding with each other.

[–] Blaze@reddthat.com 2 points 5 months ago

Nice one indeed

[–] freeman@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think most internet arguments are like that, the opposing parties are trying to argue their case for the neutrals, people who have not really made up their mind on the issue.

After all nobody likes to be 'corrected' by random strangers. Additionally it's clearly an important issue for rgullis, he has written some software for lemmy (think a migration tool), has his own instance (with communities, not just to keep track of downvotes). You would expect him to have though his position out (according to his beliefs) and thus not be easily swayed.

I am just stubborn, perhaps it would be better to ignore being 'called out' but... no.

[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

Like I said, it was a good healthy discussion, you have differing opinions on the topic and you expressed them clearly and respectfully. Nothing wrong with that. I'm also a stubborn mfer