My years on Reddit had me wishing for a moment that there was some equivalent of gold I could do to spotlight this post, but then I remembered I could just donate to the Piefed project instead.
It’s not much, but just wanted to say thanks for being you!
Why? Don’t you think it might turn many people off? This sends the message like “we are aware of policitcs on PieFed and we have strong opinions on a lot of topics here. You can speak, we let you speak. This site is all about politics”.
And it might end up being all about politics just like you wish. And I don’t think it’s a good idea. I think it’s better to create a chill space for people. Allowing politics disucssion of course, but this right here and what you just said sends “politics-first” kind of vibes.
This place is based on politics. You are on a decentralised, open-source space with mamy people being various kinds of left.
Without politics this place will probably become hollow and eventually die.
People tend to ignore politics in their life, while the system we live in destroys us. It is a good idea to talk about politics (and do stuff about it).
Haha no that’s boomer sensibility shit. Anti-authoritarianism is always good to see, and it is fine to meld it into every day life. The authoritarian fascists will be in your every day life if you try not to care about them anyway.
If the instance being anti-authoritarian turns people off, good fucking riddance. If it makes someone feel the need to get all political and start attacking people, then good fucking riddance to them, too 🤷♂️
That my friend is definition of manipulative comment.
Not anti authoritarian. Politics. When a completely neutral person that doesnt care about politics, and this is actally majority of society, arrives at this site, they dont have time to think what was the reason behind all the politics symbols on the site.
They just want good content.
I mean, speaking as an outside observer, it seems fine and unintrusive to me? And it doesn’t give me the impression that piefed is ‘all about politics.’
I mean… instances aren’t universal. Owners can do whatever they want, and it kinda works because there are other places to go, though this isn’t particularly dramatic anyway.
It’s politics. I’m super surprised Rimu does this. It’s super grey area. It’s constant war between people all around the world. It’s very diffcult to have absolute truths here.
For starters, there islam symbol right in the face. You say its some country flag? How average user would know that? They will think islam immediately. Many people would argue that islam religion and islam countries are kind of authoritarian as well, not like China authoritarian, but different kind of. Women in islamic countries have very limited rights compared to men. What about that? Are we condemning that? Are we condemning commie-like state authoritarism and Israel or also other kind of oppression? If so, why? Why not also show flags of social groups like LGBT who claim that they are also oppressed? There are plenty of social groups around the world who claim they are oppressed by other groups, by country they live in etc. And if rimu wants show love to all of them it will quickly turn into shitshow because many of them are actually also against each other and contradict each other, Like for example LGBT is banned in islam states like Palestine. They might walk next to each other in some protest here and there but thats jsut temporary, as soon as protest ends and they achieve their goals, they are on opposite sides because they don’t agree on fundamental level.
Seriously? Does @[email protected] know about this? Commies bad, I get it. But this is a slippery slope. This is too much politics.
Yesterday it was the flag of the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement, before that it was Palestine, before that it was Tibet, before that it was Ukraine.
It’s not directed against any one country, government or political party. It is against authoritarianism wherever it occurs and all it’s forms.
My years on Reddit had me wishing for a moment that there was some equivalent of gold I could do to spotlight this post, but then I remembered I could just donate to the Piefed project instead.
It’s not much, but just wanted to say thanks for being you!
You could post the post you intend to spotlight into other communities so it reach more people. Either Crosspost or take a screenshot.
Why? Don’t you think it might turn many people off? This sends the message like “we are aware of policitcs on PieFed and we have strong opinions on a lot of topics here. You can speak, we let you speak. This site is all about politics”.
And it might end up being all about politics just like you wish. And I don’t think it’s a good idea. I think it’s better to create a chill space for people. Allowing politics disucssion of course, but this right here and what you just said sends “politics-first” kind of vibes.
This place is based on politics. You are on a decentralised, open-source space with mamy people being various kinds of left.
Without politics this place will probably become hollow and eventually die.
People tend to ignore politics in their life, while the system we live in destroys us. It is a good idea to talk about politics (and do stuff about it).
Haha no that’s boomer sensibility shit. Anti-authoritarianism is always good to see, and it is fine to meld it into every day life. The authoritarian fascists will be in your every day life if you try not to care about them anyway.
If the instance being anti-authoritarian turns people off, good fucking riddance. If it makes someone feel the need to get all political and start attacking people, then good fucking riddance to them, too 🤷♂️
That my friend is definition of manipulative comment.
Not anti authoritarian. Politics. When a completely neutral person that doesnt care about politics, and this is actally majority of society, arrives at this site, they dont have time to think what was the reason behind all the politics symbols on the site. They just want good content.
If you’re bothered by anti-authoritatian symbols, you aren’t neutral
Who says I’m neutral?
Yes. We will return to our normal logo soon.
I mean, speaking as an outside observer, it seems fine and unintrusive to me? And it doesn’t give me the impression that piefed is ‘all about politics.’
Don’t rush.
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I mean… instances aren’t universal. Owners can do whatever they want, and it kinda works because there are other places to go, though this isn’t particularly dramatic anyway.
https://piefed.zip/ if you really want to avoid those flags.
I personally think they look cool.
Where would you say the slippery slope is leading to?
It’s politics. I’m super surprised Rimu does this. It’s super grey area. It’s constant war between people all around the world. It’s very diffcult to have absolute truths here.
For starters, there islam symbol right in the face. You say its some country flag? How average user would know that? They will think islam immediately. Many people would argue that islam religion and islam countries are kind of authoritarian as well, not like China authoritarian, but different kind of. Women in islamic countries have very limited rights compared to men. What about that? Are we condemning that? Are we condemning commie-like state authoritarism and Israel or also other kind of oppression? If so, why? Why not also show flags of social groups like LGBT who claim that they are also oppressed? There are plenty of social groups around the world who claim they are oppressed by other groups, by country they live in etc. And if rimu wants show love to all of them it will quickly turn into shitshow because many of them are actually also against each other and contradict each other, Like for example LGBT is banned in islam states like Palestine. They might walk next to each other in some protest here and there but thats jsut temporary, as soon as protest ends and they achieve their goals, they are on opposite sides because they don’t agree on fundamental level.