An article titled “Decentralized Social Media Is the Only Alternative to the Tech Oligarchy” hit the front page of r/technology and the top comment mentioned lemmy as a reddit alternative. Although the comment was removed when the OP later edited it to include a direct link to join-lemmy.org. Which probably indicates those mods have automod configured to automatically remove links to that site. But the good news is, it still got a lot of attention. It’ll be interesting to see if any instance admins will be able to verify an uptick in account registrations over the next few days.

That man and all the hype he is raising needs to be ignored.

That’s the relevant part my comment was addressing. Burying your head in the sand is never the appropriate course of action. This should not need to be explained to you, or the original commenter.

Let us know how burying your head in the sand works out. The rest of us will be over here dealing with the unfortunate reality of our circumstances.

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Weird.

Yep, Trump’s going to fuck over everyone but the rich. Just like he did the last time. It’s gonna be a long four years.

“I don’t care about you, I just want your vote” - Trump June 9th 2024 in Las Vegas

He wasn’t kidding you braindead morons.

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Is it true though?

Yes. AG William Barr sought to force backdoors in encryption in 2019. You can read all about it in the article I linked to.

People forget that the current antitrust actions against Big Tech were started under the first Trump admin.

And you seem to have forgotten that Trump’s Attorney General William Barr tried to force backdoors in encryption.

So shut the fuck up Andy, you’re out of your element.

Mark Zuckerberg is a dork.

“I feel liberated,” said a top banker. “We can say ‘r*tard’ and ‘p*ssy’ without fear of getting cancelled … it’s a new dawn.”

Imagine how pathetic you’d have to be to say this statement unironically. But I guess that’s why this loser didn’t let them use their name.

Anyone appearing on Newsmax should be disregarded. And Andy Harris is a great example as to why. The man practically goes out of his was to avoid finding himself on the decent side of an issue. He’s a clown and an embarrassment to the state of Maryland.

I don’t know about any of you, but I will never trust or respect a doctor that spent the pandemic pushing plague rat bullshit.

I’ve blocked it already but I would support an instance wide ban as a matter of principle. I’m not using Lemmy for Reddit bot spam. I’m here to share content and chat with people.

I get that the point was to provide Lemmy users with more content in their feeds but I think, though well intentioned, the idea of using bots to provide content from Reddit was misguided. It’s okay for Lemmy instances to be a small little corner of the internet. Anyone that expected activity levels comparable to Reddit was in for disappointment and have probably already left. So I’m not sure what value it ever really served.

They’re referring to HMPV

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/07/health/human-metapneumovirus-hmpv-cases-china-us/index.html

I don’t click Facebook links.

Yep, the last time a Canadian team won the Stanley Cup Final was in 1993 when the Montreal Canadiens beat the LA Kings

Sign me up! We get healthcare, and Canada can finally end its 30+ year Stanley Cup drought. Turning the US into Southern Canada is the only way either scenario is going to happen at this point. Everybody wins!

and push for reform in the profit-driven U.S. healthcare industry.

There’s nothing to reform. We don’t have a healthcare system we have a health insurance system, which is operating exactly as intended. The only solution is to burn the whole fucking thing down and start over.