Blaze@reddthat.com to Fedigrow@lemm.eeEnglish · edit-24 months agoWe are now at 48,859 monthly active users vs 51,172 a month ago, decline seems slow but steady. Anything we can do about it?message-squaremessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up12file-text
arrow-up12message-squareWe are now at 48,859 monthly active users vs 51,172 a month ago, decline seems slow but steady. Anything we can do about it?Blaze@reddthat.com to Fedigrow@lemm.eeEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square22fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareawwwyissss@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoI think the extremist politics on here drive people away. I don’t even tell anyone I use Lemmy because of that. Hexbear is obviously the worst, but Lemmy.ml is also openly spreading propaganda.
minus-squareDefederateLemmyMl@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoNot just spreading propaganda, actively censoring anything critical of their Chinese overlords as well.
minus-squareawwwyissss@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoYeah, it’s a malicious instance that shouldn’t be federated.
minus-squareanon6789@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoNot just the politics, but the news threads I feel have degenerated into ragebait topics with shallow conversation. I used to find a conversation or 2 a day to participate in, but now I don’t want to touch many news or politics threads.
minus-squareBlaze@reddthat.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoI see where you come from, my usual advice to new joiners is to block hexbear and to avoid news and political communities
minus-squareawwwyissss@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoIt’s hard… when a user blocks an instance, the propaganda still shows up when the offending users comment on other instances.
minus-squareBlaze@reddthat.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoDoes it? I thought it muted every user of that instance
I think the extremist politics on here drive people away. I don’t even tell anyone I use Lemmy because of that.
Hexbear is obviously the worst, but Lemmy.ml is also openly spreading propaganda.
Not just spreading propaganda, actively censoring anything critical of their Chinese overlords as well.
Yeah, it’s a malicious instance that shouldn’t be federated.
Not just the politics, but the news threads I feel have degenerated into ragebait topics with shallow conversation. I used to find a conversation or 2 a day to participate in, but now I don’t want to touch many news or politics threads.
I see where you come from, my usual advice to new joiners is to block hexbear and to avoid news and political communities
It’s hard… when a user blocks an instance, the propaganda still shows up when the offending users comment on other instances.
Does it? I thought it muted every user of that instance