I saw that a post was made in !main@sh.itjust.works about defederation about a month ago, an admin commented to make a post here to discuss defederation, but the post was never made.

https://maga.place/ is very obviously a small community with no real substance to it, but I saw an antivax post to !science_memes@mander.xyz and was surprised it still exists.

Anyways I don’t really have a lot to say but uh, I recently hit a full year on this great instance 😊 (old account @TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works)

  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
    21·
    7 days ago

    Yup, my mind was changed around the time I found Reddit and was exposed to new ideas. Before that point, I considered myself conservative because I thought they actually wanted smaller government, but then I found I’m closer to libertarian, specifically Penn Jillette’s flavor, and found communities on Reddit to that extent. Since then, I’ve probably voted more Democrat than Republican in my red state, at least for contested offices.

    We need more discussion across political lines, not less.

    • harmbugler@piefed.socialEnglish
      1·
      5 days ago

      If they are coming in good faith, willing to discuss and empathise, engagement is good and everyone can learn from each other. If it’s in bad faith, then block or mock.

        • matlag@sh.itjust.works
          22·
          3 days ago

          You know, for a lot of us, the title MAGA is just as good as Fascist.

          They could have called themselves “conservatives”, “right-wingers” etc. But they chose “MAGA”, the fascist’s branch of the GOP.

          I don’t need to engage with them to figure anything more than I would engage a nazi.place or fascist.place.

        • Jax@sh.itjust.works
          21·
          5 days ago

          I can go ahead and shut you all down now, there’s plenty of evidence suggesting that this instance is a Russian propaganda outlet.

          Others have explained in more detail above. Nothing that comes from this instance is in good faith.

          • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
            11·
            5 days ago

            I can go ahead and shut you all down now, there’s plenty of evidence suggesting that this instance is a Russian propaganda outlet.

            Others have explained in more detail above. Nothing that comes from this instance is in good faith.

            Are you about this comment where they’re claiming the admin self identifies as Russian?

            I don’t think that’s sufficient. Not all Russians work for or even agree with the Russian government, and a lot of Russians live outside of Russia. I grew up in the PNW and there were a lot of Russians in my school. That IP address seems to be in the US, so there’s a decent chance the admin lives in the US.

            If them claiming to be Russian is enough to label them a Russian propagandist, I guess the Japanese internment program was justifiable too.