@Blaze@reddthat.com to Fedigrow@lemm.eeEnglish • edit-21 month 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-square57fedilinkarrow-up137file-text
arrow-up137message-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-21 month agomessage-square57fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@awwwyissss@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish36•1 month 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-squareanon6789linkfedilinkEnglish11•1 month 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-square@Blaze@reddthat.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglish11•1 month agoI see where you come from, my usual advice to new joiners is to block hexbear and to avoid news and political communities
minus-square@awwwyissss@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 month agoIt’s hard… when a user blocks an instance, the propaganda still shows up when the offending users comment on other instances.
minus-square@Blaze@reddthat.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month agoDoes it? I thought it muted every user of that instance
minus-squareDefederateLemmyMllinkfedilinkEnglish8•24 days agoNot just spreading propaganda, actively censoring anything critical of their Chinese overlords as well.
minus-square@awwwyissss@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish4•24 days agoYeah, it’s a malicious instance that shouldn’t be federated.
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 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
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.