People should be welcome and free to discuss just about anything, authoritarian governments and their propagandists should be kicked the fuck out.

Right, but when one of the communities has a reputation for authoritarian admins and mods dedicated to spreading propaganda it’s a bit different.

“Here” as in the fediverse generally, not “there” as in Hexbear.

The Fediverse currently has over a million active monthly users, and had more in the past. You think it’s not worth it for them to spread propaganda to a million people in an environment they can manipulate? Come on.

Connect and Boost

Nonsense, go take a look at Hexbear or Lemmygrad. There’s very little moderation here, why wouldn’t they target it?

I use two apps to access Lemmy and both allow me to save notes/tag users. Maybe if you click their username you’ll see the option.

If you see accounts pushing agendas, you can tag with a note about their bias.

Yes, DEFEDERATE LEMMY.ML

Linkerbaan spreading more lies. Glad I have you tagged as “shill” so it’s easy to recognize you.

They won’t get paid if they don’t effectively spread propaganda.

I’m throwing stones. Lemmy.ml is toxic and people managing communities there are partly to blame.

Lemmy.ml is a cancer on the Fediverse. If we want it to survive, we need to cut it off.

Welp, she’s definitely croaked. Oh well, no reason I can’t still give her the ol proboscidea…

Don’t expect unbiased learning about politics on Lemmy.

Yeah. I trust medical professionals but they’re far from perfect. They might prescribe you expensive pills for digestive problems before teaching you about the importance of fiber, or give you powerful psychoactive medication before introducing you to cognitive behavioral therapy.

Everyone’s worried about liability, which is fine if you’re giving paid medical advice, but stomping on people trying to learn about health issues isn’t the way to handle it.

Agreed, my experience supports what you’re saying. I’ve had dangerous advice and prescriptions from doctors, and great advice from online that’s produced long-term resolutions to health problems.

Yeah there’s a lot of nonsense out there, you have to be savvy, so yes, some people should just stick with visiting professionals.

Long term, I’ve had better results for a lot of issues when I’ve gone online and learned vs when I’ve gone through the process of visiting multiple highly rated providers, including specialists. I’ve also been able to develop a good understanding of how my body works which has allowed me to develop a better wellness-oriented approach to my health.

Sad to see so many people in this thread ignoring what you actually said and attacking you with straw man arguments and extreme edge case scenarios.

100% agree. Lemmy.ml is a cancer that will kill the Lemmyverse.

Lemmy.ml should be defederated at the instance level. It’s crystal clear the instance is designed to spread propaganda.

If we tolerate openly bad instances the fediverse will fail. People come here, see Hexbear and Lemmy.ml extremism and bias, then say no “nope” and walk away for good.

Sounds about right

I think the quality is better here, although there’s a shit ton of propaganda.

no u!!!