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[–] NinjaJoey209@lemmy.ca 181 points 1 year ago (21 children)

Oh there's plenty of propaganda here, pretty extreme as well...

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 63 points 1 year ago

There can't be propaganda if everyone agrees with me! I think we're in good shape!

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Extreme? Like Tony the Tiger who is the mascot of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes cereal. They're grrreat!

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[–] Laticauda@lemmy.ca 171 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you think there's no propaganda on lemmy then I have news for you.

[–] nixcamic@lemmy.world 95 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

And fake internet points.

And I'm sure top men are working on monetization.

[–] RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I've already seen plenty of posts and comments that look suspiciously product-placementy.

[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You look like you like rigatoni. Perhaps you'd be interested in trying SmellFresh Fabric softener. It helps keep your knees bent while you use the tobacco masher.

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[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 141 points 1 year ago (31 children)

I see propaganda all over the place on here.

[–] stewsters@lemmy.world 74 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Here, take a fake Internet point.

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[–] kool_newt@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago

that's amateupaganda

[–] Zekas@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Posts like this are it, even. Hurrdurr we're so much better circlejerk is grossing me out.

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[–] tygerprints@kbin.social 104 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I've been around since 1959, and back then people were up in arms about the partisan divide in this country and the Vietnam conflict and the oppression of black and other races. Back then, domestic abuse was sort of commonplace, no man could be sent to jail for beating up his kids or his wife. Alcoholism was rampant back then, and drug abuse shot up dramatically. Since then, I've seen so much of the same play out over and over. Things have changed somewhat for the better in some ways, but to be honest - there never was a 'good old time' when everyone felt happy and equal and safe and protected.

[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 63 points 1 year ago (4 children)

In my experience people who talk about the good old days are white and male.

It was a time when they got their way 100% and everyone else could get fucked.

[–] DreamerofDays@kbin.social 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

More likely it was when they were kids and without adult responsibilities, or narrow/whitewashed views of the past(as from stories and shows from before their birth)

[–] ReplicantBatty@lemmy.one 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I look back at my childhood as the 'good ole days' mostly because of the no responsibilities thing. The more I learn about what stuff was really going on in the 90's/2000s, the more I see there was no good ole days, just times when I was insulated from the harsh realities of the world.

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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've been around since the 70s and I mostly agree ... but on one point I disagree ... the ability of humanity to wipe itself out with a nuclear exchange. Back then, even 20, 30 years ago there were a lot level headed leaders who (although we may have disagreed with them) were less radical and would be less likely to consider launching a nuclear weapon for any reason. Back then, we also had a lot of actual war veterans in the public and in government who understood the nature of war ... now there are fewer of them around. Most people including those in government now don't know what war is any more, other than to see it glorified in history books, movies and pop culture.

So the combination scares me ... a society that is complacent to war yet has the weapons to cause world wide destruction if someone disagrees with them.

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[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I feel as though there was a "good old days" of the internet. Don't get me wrong, it was a complete shit show, but it was anonymous, anyone could say anything that they wanted, and there would be few if any consequences. There were ads, but they were generally garbage animated GIFs at worst.

It wasn't perfect, but we were free to do what we wanted on the internet, with little to no bearing on our daily lives.

Now, it's almost expected that your online activity will be tied to you specifically. In most cases, your legal name is attached to it for everyone to see. If you try to go around without your legal name on everything, then generally you are either severely limited, or outright removed from the platform. Sigh

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[–] Underwaterbob@lemm.ee 61 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Yeah, and it's people arguing about cars, Trump, rich people, work, Linux distros, not pooping, and communism.

[–] Luisp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We need memes, Spiderman memes

[–] Vyllenor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bring me funny pictures of Spider-Man!

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[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 51 points 1 year ago

Great post. I give you my fake internet point up arrow.

[–] darkevilmac@lemmy.zip 49 points 1 year ago (22 children)

I'll have you know that the fake internet points are still here and I will continue to use them to determine my worth in the eyes of my peers.

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[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 48 points 1 year ago (6 children)
[–] h3mlocke@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] caesaravgvstvs@feddit.de 10 points 1 year ago

They probably mean advertising, it's a close word in other languages

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[–] Luisp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 1 year ago

Make the internet nerd again

[–] Limit@lemm.ee 41 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (22 children)

There is plenty of propaganda on lemmy. You just have to realize you will always be fed propaganda and understand there is propaganda on each side of every issue...

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[–] 50_centavos@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I liked the fake internet points, but it definitely leads to karma whoring. So I'll do without.

[–] BigBlackCockroach@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You could create a plug in that states your and everybody's total karma. Karma is one of the worst ideas on the internet. A tool to enforce conformity and obedience

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[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I like the absence of cumulative fake internet points. I do think it lends a healthier perspective to the community

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[–] socsa@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Lemmy is just as much an information warfare platform as anything on Reddit. The Israel/Hamas coverage has confirmed that pretty conclusively.

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[–] knobbysideup@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Usenet and IRC were the good ole times.

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

00s internet before corporations colonized it was beautiful. I'm deeply sad that it's gone but thankful that I got to participate.

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[–] MargotRobbie@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Speaking of monetization and propaganda, for your consideration, "Barbie", now available on Blu-Ray and streaming services everywhere!

[–] statist43@feddit.de 17 points 1 year ago

Please give me an affiliate link! I need my dayly dose of trackers!

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[–] sexy_peach@feddit.de 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's pretty cool, even though it not even 1% of the size of the big social media monopolists

[–] alignedchaos@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago

Perhaps because it’s not

[–] Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

Who's Line is it Anyway had the right idea, the rules are made up and the points don't matter.

[–] SuperSpruce@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago (8 children)

This might be a hot take here, but I'd be open to instances running a limited number of ads with minimal tracking to generate enough revenue to keep the instance afloat.

It's why I did use the official Reddit app at first when I started using Reddit. They can't bleed money forever. But when they kept making the app worse and worse and worse that's when I switched to third party apps. And after they killed those, I didn't have any sympathy for Reddit because I was sick of their continued greed.

[–] dauerstaender@feddit.de 13 points 1 year ago

I don’t want any ads. But I’d pay money to a small Verein or something similar to keep a community instance running. Being a profitable customer to a social network works against the best interest to any mental health.

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