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laverabe

@ laverabe @lemmy.world

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  • YSK: The vote counts on reddit are completely made up.

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  • It's impossible really to say. This was their official code citation:

    Over the past few months, we have carefully recomputed historical votes on posts and comments to remove outdated, unnecessary rules.

    I mean on the face of it, maybe they were telling the truth?

    But they are a for profit corporation, and that year forward was when the enshittification really began. I guess I just have little reason to believe that they didn't just alter the algorithm to make it look like there was more engagement than there was.

  • YSK: The vote counts on reddit are completely made up.

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  • This recalculation happened shortly after reddit went closed source. I don't think we should trust their word that they had all of a sudden 'fixed' the problem, whose fix just so happened to really drive their stock value.

    It's not misleading, it's the reality of what happened. Their public post was PR justification. It was about that point on that every decision they made was for $ and not for transparency.

  • YSK: The vote counts on reddit are completely made up.

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  • I figured most people here knew about it, but also just as many probably forgot about it, at least deep in the memory banks. ;)

  • You Should Know @lemmy.world
    laverabe @lemmy.world

    YSK: The vote counts on reddit are completely made up.

  • The US is collapsing

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  • It has not collapsed yet. Democrats are electing a new chair RIGHT NOW (I don't know the date, but in the next few weeks).

    They are going to elect a centrist. We can stop them. Now is the time.

    If the new DNC is progressive and inspires people, it will prevent reluctant Republicans from going full scorched earth.

    A progressive platform will win Democrats the white house for the next 20 years. Ask FDR how I know.

    This, right now, is the final chance we have to prevent collapse.

    Spread the word, share & cross post.

    https://lemmy.world/comment/13487524

  • Temporary rule added: no US politics

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  • Community for political discussion: [email protected] , mods please feel free to post this anywhere if you'd like to avoid the political posts/questions :)

  • NEW RULE: added on an appropriate day

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  • Community for political discussion: [email protected] , mods please feel free to post this anywhere if you'd like to avoid the political posts :)

  • Temporary rule added: no US politics

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  • Temporary rule added: no US politics

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  • Temporary rule added: no US politics

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  • Temporary rule added: no US politics

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  • We might be living the final moments of not being terrified what the US President is going to do

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  • House and Senate matter far more than the presidency, without them the president has very little influence on policy with exception of veto power.

    With 2/3 control, the president wouldn't even have veto power and would be entirely powerless.

    Vote for your congressional representation! This is the one day that the little guys can determine the policy direction of the country.

  • Trying to build viable third parties by voting for them in presidential elections is like trying to build a third door in your house by repeatedly walking into the wall where you want the door to be.

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  • Because there are more effective forms of protest that don’t guarantee with 99.9% accuracy that a fascist is elected if people vote for an alternate party (literally the case this year with the margins, and “dictator day 1”).

    Voting should be pragmatic. There are a million other ways to protest/lobby, but honestly the Democrats of today are far more progressive than 20 years ago, because of people who understand the system and change it from the inside, like AOC/Bernie.

  • Trying to build viable third parties by voting for them in presidential elections is like trying to build a third door in your house by repeatedly walking into the wall where you want the door to be.

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  • Why is Kamala Harris being held at such a higher standard than Trump this election?

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  • It's simply tribalism at this point. Most people who still support Trump are simply supporting their tribe, whereas on the left most people still believe in the virtues and merits of democracy.

    I still feel like democracy will win the day. Most of Trump supporters are 50/60+ and his message doesn't seem to resonate as well with younger people.

    Feel free to post any political stuff to [email protected] if you'd like. You're welcome to crosspost this there too if you'd like more discussion on it.

  • Why is Kamala Harris being held at such a higher standard than Trump this election?

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  • I think they were just correcting the number in the post text block that should have read about 1 million dead under COVID during the Trump administration in the US alone, rather than only 200k.

  • Why does the USA have so few legal protections for ordinary people, and how can we change that?

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  • I'd argue it's because citizens have no voice. The media has there corporate narrative, but the public interest has very few organizations in advocacy of it.

    Support local journalism (financially), work to break any media control on the narrative.

    The first thing people could start doing is stop providing free labor to the media. It's all over Lemmy.

    Don't link to a corporate news outlet. Link to an .edu or PBS or NPR or a quality international publicly funded news organization. Or better yet build your own narrative, your own opinions. Discuss your opinions respectfully on [email protected] . Build momentum and take away the corporate medias control.

    Without a public voice advocating for the people, it will be very hard to change any legislation in the peoples favor.

  • Why does the USA have so few legal protections for ordinary people, and how can we change that?

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  • Excellent points and to add to that support local journalism, the smaller the better. The media is really the fourth branch of government when it comes to checks and balances. If media integrity was restored, they could use there influence to hold Congress accountable to the people.

  • Is it just me, or does it feel like Lemmy is being hit with a wave of political spam?

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  • I mean it's in /asklemmy too. I suggested voting for Kamala a few days ago is better than Trump if we want to move closer to universal healthcare and apparently I'm a murderer of 70000 people because of a pragmatic view of voting for her is better than Trump.

    It was so quiet and nice a few weeks ago when everyone agreed for a short period Kamala was decent. Now the disinformation campaign has restarted, supporting her is supporting the "neo-liberal/pro-corporate agenda". So bloody tired of conservative/Russian bots.

  • How much do Americans actually pay for healthcare?

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  • And regardless of differing opinions, calling someone an asshole and moron is not at all condusive to productive discussion, and is downright rude and disrespectful.

    How does that help anything? We're both for single payer healthcare as a human right, and support for the neolib right now is quickest path to get there. I don't like it either, but infighting only helps fascists.

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    laverabe @lemmy.world

    what is your favorite community on Lemmy? (not .world exclusive)

  • Cranes, trains, planes and excavators and stuff like that @lemmy.world
    laverabe @lemmy.world

    Bagger 293, heaviest land excavator in the world

  • Cranes, trains, planes and excavators and stuff like that @lemmy.world
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    man in small skyboat

  • Cranes, trains, planes and excavators and stuff like that @lemmy.world
    laverabe @lemmy.world

    World's fastest jet propelled aircraft

    ids.si.edu /ids/deliveryService
  • Cranes, trains, planes and excavators and stuff like that @lemmy.world
    laverabe @lemmy.world

    really big lifting stick with wheels

  • Keyboard Design @lemmy.world
    laverabe @lemmy.world

    Keyboard Simulator

    keyboardsimulator.xyz
  • Cranes, trains, planes and excavators and stuff like that @lemmy.world
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    really big dirt mover

  • Cranes, trains, planes and excavators and stuff like that @lemmy.world
    laverabe @lemmy.world

    603 kmh / 375 mph

  • Cranes, trains, planes and excavators and stuff like that @lemmy.world
    laverabe @lemmy.world

    World's fastest train

  • Cranes, trains, planes and excavators and stuff like that @lemmy.world
    laverabe @lemmy.world

    big lifting stick with bowl attached

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    laverabe @lemmy.world
    Followup post

    What small community do you wish was on Lemmy?

  • Cranes, trains, planes and excavators and stuff like that @lemmy.world
    laverabe @lemmy.world

    plane massage therapist

  • Cranes, trains, planes and excavators and stuff like that @lemmy.world
    laverabe @lemmy.world

    flying bus whose nose breaks off to fit more stuff

  • Cranes, trains, planes and excavators and stuff like that @lemmy.world
    laverabe @lemmy.world

    sinking bubble ship that comes back up afterwards

  • Cranes, trains, planes and excavators and stuff like that @lemmy.world
    laverabe @lemmy.world

    feel free to post images you have of cranes, trains, planes, excavators and other stuff

  • Cranes, trains, planes and excavators and stuff like that @lemmy.world
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    dirt re-organizer

    cnhi-p-001-delivery.sitecorecontenthub.cloud /api/public/content/4c90fc29fe484446a3344fe23a5e5b7e
  • Cranes, trains, planes and excavators and stuff like that @lemmy.world
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    large metal object that slowly glides on ground

  • Cranes, trains, planes and excavators and stuff like that @lemmy.world
    laverabe @lemmy.world

    lifts things up and drops them

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    laverabe @lemmy.world

    What small community do you wish was on Lemmy?