Free_Thoughts

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Why isn't Putin receiving the same level of hate than people like Trump and Elon are? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] Free_Thoughts@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah I couldn't think of a person responsible for more deaths than him untill you brought up George Bush. You made a fair point and I changed my mind. What's racist about that? I don't get where this hostility is coming from.

Is there any proof behind the idea that "reddit is filled with bots"? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] Free_Thoughts@feddit.uk 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Few days ago someone said reddit is mostly bots and when I said I went and checked the profiles of 10 different top commentors from the most popular subs and said that none of them seemed like bots to me I was then essentially told that they mimic real humans so well that it's impossible to tell.

So in other words it's not actually mostly bots but this is just a narrative the people hating on reddit want to believe in. If it was actually mostly bots it would be easy to verify by opening 3 random profiles. Atleast one of those should be a bot.

"How much does it cost?": Musk jokes about buying MSNBC from Comcast in c/news@lemmy.world
"How much does it cost?": Musk jokes about buying MSNBC from Comcast in c/news@lemmy.world
The Right Has a Bluesky Problem in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] Free_Thoughts@feddit.uk 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

So by same logic we can then also assume everyone who voted for Kamala also wants U.S. to continue delivering arms to Israel, right?

All the other brands went along in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] Free_Thoughts@feddit.uk 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

SD card reader is nice to have if you fuck around with cameras and microphones.

All the other brands went along in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] Free_Thoughts@feddit.uk 5 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah, props to Apple for bringing back the card reader and HDMI. When I bought my early 2015 MBP I specifically went with the older model because these ports were removed on the newer one which also came with the shitty butterfly keyboard as well which they've also since discontinued.

Why isn't Putin receiving the same level of hate than people like Trump and Elon are? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] Free_Thoughts@feddit.uk 3 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Or does it only count in your book when the people dying “look like us”?

No that totally counts. Why do you need to imply I have some racist agenda here?

"How much does it cost?": Musk jokes about buying MSNBC from Comcast in c/news@lemmy.world
If elon musk (or any far-right billionaire) bought Reddit, do you think there will be a mass exodus to alternatives like Lemmy, similar to the twitter exodus to Bluesky? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] Free_Thoughts@feddit.uk 17 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

I went thru the profiles of 10 different users whose comments were on top of the most popular subreddits and none of them seemed like bot profiles. I'm quite confident in my original statement.

In a more complex future world where media is tailored to you, how are you entertained differently? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] Free_Thoughts@feddit.uk 2 points 4 weeks ago

I don't think that being incorrect about something is bad in itself as long as one is not intentionally spreading disinformation. If one is confidently incorrect then they're probably going to get a reply from someone else who is confidently correct. I'm not so much imagining a tool like this to create a social media experience free of mis- and disinformation but rather just make it a nicer place for people to be while at the same time encouragining reasonability and intellectual honesty.

If elon musk (or any far-right billionaire) bought Reddit, do you think there will be a mass exodus to alternatives like Lemmy, similar to the twitter exodus to Bluesky? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] Free_Thoughts@feddit.uk 17 points 4 weeks ago (7 children)

I get that people don't like Reddit but to claim it's "mostly bots" is almost certainly false.

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Why isn't Putin receiving the same level of hate than people like Trump and Elon are? (feddit.uk)
 

I’d argue it’s an objectively true statement that, of all the people alive today, Putin has singlehandedly caused more death and suffering than anyone else. The gap between him and whoever is second is likely orders of magnitude. Yet, when I read discussions about him, Russia, or the war in Ukraine, I almost never see the kind of hateful, nasty, and mean comments directed at him that I regularly see aimed at Trump, Elon, or even ordinary Republican politicians. Why is that?

Bonus question: Why be so nasty about it in the first place? There’s nothing wrong with criticism, but I struggle to understand the need for such meanness. Even when I agree with the sentiment, reading comments like that feels toxic. It poisons my mind too. I don’t like being angry, and I avoid it for practical reasons as well. Anger clouds my judgment, and I think it does the same for others and thus should be avoided.

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