Blaze@reddthat.com to Fedigrow@lemm.eeEnglish · edit-28 months 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-squaremessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up138file-text
arrow-up138message-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-28 months agomessage-square57fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareawwwyissss@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·8 months 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-squareBlaze@reddthat.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·8 months agoI see where you come from, my usual advice to new joiners is to block hexbear and to avoid news and political communities
minus-squareawwwyissss@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoIt’s hard… when a user blocks an instance, the propaganda still shows up when the offending users comment on other instances.
minus-squareBlaze@reddthat.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoDoes it? I thought it muted every user of that instance
minus-squareanon6789@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·8 months 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-squareDefederateLemmyMl@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·7 months agoNot just spreading propaganda, actively censoring anything critical of their Chinese overlords as well.
minus-squareawwwyissss@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months 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.
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 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.
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.