Why do they consider racism, orientalism and lies disputed long ago “valid criticism”. Not even mentioning the lack of humility or a will to learn, just constant snarkiness, smugness and an unrelenting feeling of superiority. Just please, engage with us on equal terms and don’t be dismissive.
Edit: Don’t go into the comments if you value your day…
Yup, seen that thread. I reported some users calling Russians “orcs” and i was actually chastised in PM by mod who apparently think it is normal exchange of political opinions.
EDIT: And while the dehumanisation, bigotry, racism, orientalism etc. etc. comments still stands, this happens:
BuGiJu was doing a great job of contributing constructively from what I remember. Absolute bullshit on the mods’ part. StalinsMoustache was correct but a bit low-effort and antagonistic, so it was to be expected (though I obviously don’t support it).
At least it was only two days for the former, but still bullshit
They are also doubling down:
https://lemmygrad.ml/post/729033
https://lemmygrad.ml/post/728499
Afaik that particular mod begged himself into modding today and immediately start banning ML’s, exactly what ultras always do on reddit.
I think it’s very telling that once they run out of talking points, they resort to throwing a tantrum, swearing at you and demanding to be banned like it’s a victory.
on the contrary, Lemmygrad is a great place to criticize the CPC if you have actual informed criticism, whereas most instances won’t allow that since genuine criticism requires acknowledging the many positive aspects of China’s leadership
It was always going to end with those losers setting up shop. But hey it’s great to see that MLs are making great strides in geopolitics for humanity, and all the bootlickers from reddit can do is troll on lemmy.
They genuinely think flooding lemmy is going to help stop the multipolar world. Think about that for a second - how stupid you have to be and how desperate you have to be to resort to that. So framed in this way, we know that they will go the way of history and that progress marches on, ignoring their tears.
I never understood why people thought this would be a good thing. Growth for the sake of growth is meaningless. The best way to grow the community is by attracting sane people who are capable of having adult discussions. Focusing on a number of users is misguided. What really matters is sustainability. The only things that actually matter are having enough users to create content, having sustainable development resources, and enough funds for hosting the community.
Having a bunch of radlibs swarm Lemmy doesn’t really add any actual value, and creates no end of problems. Thankfully, we can at least mitigate the damage thanks to federation.