• Jesus@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    25
    arrow-down
    9
    ·
    4 months ago

    IMHO, calling people shills is just going to make people defensive and not listen to reasonable arguments.

      • Jesus@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        11
        arrow-down
        4
        ·
        4 months ago

        I mean, there is that Lemmy dev with a git repo of self published communist manifestos, but who doesn’t have like 8 of those laying around.

      • Drusas@kbin.run
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        11
        arrow-down
        9
        ·
        4 months ago

        To be fair, there is an unusually vocal tankie minority here.

        • Kedly@lemm.ee
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          4
          arrow-down
          3
          ·
          4 months ago

          Look at their tag, it’s .ml, they’re a Tankie trying to dilute the term

          • Drusas@kbin.run
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            4 months ago

            I can’t see their tag without taking the time to pull up their profile. Not sure if it’s different on Lemmy, but I’m on mbin. It would be a nice feature to be able to see which instance a commenter is coming from without pulling up their profile.

            • Kedly@lemm.ee
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              2
              ·
              4 months ago

              Basic mobile Lemmy with the lemm.ee prefix lets me see instance next to username (no instance means they are on the same instance as me). And man, with how much gaslighting and server hopping the Tankies do here, I dont think I would have survived on here as long as I have without it. I already get suckered into to many arguements that decrease my mental health, having a huge red flag that a user may be arguing with me in bad faith helps nudge me into just blocking and not engaging. Lemmy is a double edged sword for me, I get far more tools for curation than reddit ever gave, but because of some of the more extreme “factions” that hang out here, I actually have to use them far more often

              • Drusas@kbin.run
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                2
                ·
                4 months ago

                Oh yeah, that’s definitely better than how it’s done on kbn and mbin. Hopefully we’ll get that feature someday. I do really prefer the UI here overall.

      • Kedly@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        arrow-down
        5
        ·
        4 months ago

        Lmao, you .ml hexbears really cant think of more than one talking point

    • Crikeste@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      4 months ago

      Calling people tankies does the same thing but you aren’t criticizing those idiots.