• MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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    4 days ago

    Say what you want about John Oliver, he’s not always right, and doesn’t nearly cover everything about a topic ever, but he’s out there doing good work for the people.

  • dirtycrow@programming.dev
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    3 days ago

    For purely political reasons. These users will join and then forget about it after a week because the platforms are different.

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      5 days ago

      My guess is the writers are here among us and don’t want it to become a cesspool. It’s their safe haven. Just a guess though.

      • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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        5 days ago

        If we’re strictly speaking about “Meta alternatives” that means we’re looking specifically for replacements for Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram and Threads. “Just don’t have Facebook”, Signal, Pixelfed and Mastodon/Bluesky are direct replacements for those. Lemmy is a Reddit replacement which doesn’t have anything to do with Mark “I am actually a lizard” Zuckerberg.