poLiCe bAD

I don’t think federal agents are using these scanners to find people carrying weed

Recreational weed has been legal in NY for years

Yeah well said. Looking forward to the day they try to force an “updated” privacy policy on users, or start charging 69.99/year.

I don’t understand.

Are you saying it’s a bait and switch like Google, where they suck people in with a good product then enshittify it once they’re hooked?

Yeah, I imagined basically exactly that happening and decided not to tell anyone about it, not yet anyway. Also, I don’t want them to get death threats from Hexbear like I did…

Same, I haven’t told a soul I use it despite being active here over a year. I still believe in it though (or just really hate the idea of accepting corporate social media).

I think they’re paid to spread disinformation (or run LLMs that spread it) that makes “the West” look bad and their authoritarian leaders (CCP, Kremlin) look good.

So if someone mentions Tiananmen Square they delete it or lie about it, or say “what about Mk ultra,” but not because they actually believe in anything other than getting paid.

Thanks! It’s already happening.

Welcome to Reddit Lemmy, where nobody reads the article

I wonder how many good, reasonable people have checked out Lemmy and seen all the CCP/Kremlin propaganda then just left.

Yes good point, I suggest we deal with it by defederating hexbear and the .ml instances.

The Hexbear and .ml instances aren’t really tankies/communists, IMHO. Some of them, sure, but mostly it’s just a facade for their propaganda.

Sounds like they are out of control

Can’t make a single comment without insulting me, how sad

Yeah, lots of propaganda on Lemmy. Not shocking since its relatively unmoderated, but I hoped it was small enough to avoid it.

McCarthyism is about the Kremlin, this post is about the Kremlin’s disinformation. Thanks for insulting me though, that part was very convincing.

There’s abundant evidence the Kremlin is doing exactly what I’m implying. Your condescending, facetious attitude doesn’t make your perspective convincing.

I hate the capitalists too. The difference is that the CCP is very authoritarian with much more control over things like TikTok, and they lean much more heavily on propaganda.

Yes, the other platforms also have government involvement. Yes, the other platforms also have propaganda.

And now even more hate, doesn’t it feel bad to carry around so much unfocused anger?