cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24954593
It’s rough right now politically in the US. A lot of people around me seem like they’re ready to give up hope. It makes me incredibly angry seeing Zuck up there with all the other billionaires, and Elon is a parasite that has infected the government.
I often find myself wondering how I can make a difference. How can we regain control of our world?
Idk if I’m being dramatic, but the Fediverse really seems like it could be our response to these fuckers controlling the narrative on social media. It could be more than just an interesting decentralized social media platform. I really think this could be a key step in reclaiming our democracy.
Am I being dramatic lol? Do you all feel the same way? I was kinda getting emotional even. Like we could bring real change. That gives me hope, which is something we are desperately lacking right now.
It’s not just Lemmy. It makes me happy to see all the Fediverse platforms (specifically activity pub based) blowing up.
Friendly reminder if you have the financial means, donate to your instance, donate to the Lemmy devs, donate to Pixelfed or any other social media app fighting big social media. And better than a one-time donation, set up a monthly contribution even if it’s just $2/month. It really helps open-source developers when they have a steady income.
Lmao lemmy’s a super toxic place with a username worse than reddit for the most part. The further you get from world and ml, the better it is. Hard to say it gives hope when people can be so shitty.
seems wierd to hang out in a worse place though. like I find reddit worse so I went here from there. Im not saying toxicity does not exist but irc had trolls going into rooms in the early nineties. seems like more of an internet artifact if not a human one. Like you have that great place you hang out in till annoying people start hanging out there and then you find a new place.