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Cake day: July 14th, 2023

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  • Who do you think would beat the incumbent in the primaries? Who did you vote for?

    I’m of the opinion Biden was far better than I expected on many issues. I hope to see him steer the government in a better direction on Israel, but there is a long-term (alliance?!)/vested interest between America and Israel that isn’t just snapped away overnight by 1 man.

    He also represents a nation with a majority Republican government steering 2/3 branches of our government. The Republicans have been very clear with their intentions on this genocide.

    It will always be up to you if you want to provide solutions or empty criticism.







  • The breakup analogy falls short for numerous reasons, primarily because we are talking about communities rather than individuals.

    More like a divorce with kids involved than a simple breakup. Some people are happy to divorce and run from their kids, abandoning them to their ex, but some people want to keep as much of their family healthy and intact as possible, forcing them to go to court or other forms of confrontational discourse in order to achieve their goals.

    Many of us come from communities that have been split and the only way to rebuild and regroup is by engaging the missing community members where they are.


  • I respect the mental health boundaries you need, but not all of us have that conflict* (trying to find a word that does not sound demeaning, I am not a wordist sorry).

    For me, yes I’m upset that reddit is a burning shithole, but it weighs on my mind no more than leaving myspace, Icanhascheeseburgers, ragecomics, 4chan, Facebook, or any of the other numerous forums and social media sites I have split from.

    So I respect your need to avoid it, but I do not believe this is the same for the majority of people who are interested in taking action.


  • Do you expect to see the site die in a week?

    How far back do you think user engagement on r/place will stall reddit failing?

    Do you think not using the canvas would cause more harm than their favorite event being covered in language shitting on the CEO and making the pretty canvas not marketable?

    Personally, I strongly disagree if you do think so. Even if every Lemmy user drove 0 traffic to reddit, it would change very little of their day to day engagement.

    It’s important in the long term to move away from reddit and reduce engagement of the site, but the cost benefit ratio of fucking up the marketability of r/place strongly outweighs the effect users would have engaging the site.