equinox [he/him, any]

A few comments down threw some sense into the mix saying it sounds like astroturfing is at least playing some role, and someone linked a very interesting web archive link: Reddit admins accidentally reveal "Eglin Air Force base as the most “Reddit addicted city”, from 2013. (and here’s a link to the web archive page if the original reddit post goes missing)

I found this paper that a Redditor said was funded by Eglin which shows how to influence conversations online and control majority opinion, but keep in mind I haven’t read the paper nor looked any deeper into the authors so take it with a grain of salt, unless you wanna look further.

Edit: apparently the official explanation is that Eglin is where military VPN traffic goes through, so everyone browsing Reddit on military networks does through Eglin. Kinda sus but seems reasonable imo

I migrated instances yesterday for this exact reason, lemmy.ml is a bit better than some others like world but it still gets pretty bad

i know this is cheap but does that pseudo-AK have a flintlock hammer

(he poisoned it)

I listened to the Deprogram episode with Lady Izdihar last night (she’s a muslim who specializes in USSR history) and she talked a little about her history as a worker for a Democratic candidate. Apparently the team she was with wanted to celebrate winning a lawsuit against an anti-Muslim Trump policy by… going to a bar.

i was chillin with the homeless homie

“New York City rejects this” idk man looks like nyc residents support it

Nice to see the younger ones polled favor Palestine’s struggle more

It references evergreen trees, the ones that don’t lose their leaves in the winter and are green year-round, in this case it says the essay is applicable to many scenarios and not just a few, like how normal trees are only green for parts of the year

started a job that actually doesn’t seem that bad after not having income for 2 months so thats cool 👍