!funny@sh.itjust.works , for funny content, politics are forbidden
from Blaze@sopuli.xyz to newcommunities@lemmy.world on 04 Jan 13:22
https://sopuli.xyz/post/21047912
from Blaze@sopuli.xyz to newcommunities@lemmy.world on 04 Jan 13:22
https://sopuli.xyz/post/21047912
!funny@sh.itjust.works
Just remember a few weeks ago people complaining about memes communities being overwhelmed with political content, so thought this one could use some promotion
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Personally, I agree with the statement that politcs are invading a lot of memes communities. Just had a look at !whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works (also, did we really have to keep that name), one meme was about a nice joke with a “made my boyfriend a goblin keychain”, the top post is about Republicans claiming they supported Obama.
!microblogmemes@lemmy.world is right there. Should we consolidate?
I just had a look, third post is an Elon Musk tweet.
I feel like sometimes those communities aren’t really funny memes, it’s just screenshots of tweets to convey a message.
And that’s fine, but I guess !funny@sh.itjust.works can try to focus more on genuinely funny content.
If you want to suggest consolidation, feel free, but for reasons stated above I’m not that interested into microblogging communities anyway
I agree that c/funny should stay separate. But I don’t see a huge distinction between the content on whitepeopletwitter and microblogmemes. Might as well go with the name which is broader and less racially charged.
Yes, but on the other hand microblogmemes is on LW…
LW can have some communities, as a treat, no? :)
If not, someone can just create !microblogmemes@lemm.ee
Do as you wish, I don’t really care about this kind of communities that much 😄
Haha, neither do I, really. These kinds of communities fall into the category of “five big websites all posting screenshots of the other four”. I’d rather spend my efforts to grow more niche communities. :)
Indeed! :)
Politics are becoming more and more of the center of a lot of issues, of course it’s going to be everywhere. Just like if a comet is about to hit earth and you complain about all communities talking about it, even if unrelated.
Your stance is looking a lot like enlightened centrism at this point, and that’s definitely not a good thing.
I’m well aware politics are more prevalent than ever, but does that mean they have to be everywhere?
If a comet was about to hit earth, would you look at it non-stop or would you sleep from time to time to rest from the issue at hand?
And I’m not even touching about the fact that it’s US politics that are getting posted everywhere. A large size of the Lemmy population are not US citizens, getting flooded with politics from another country isn’t really something people are enthusiastic about.
This right here is most especially tedious to me: all the “politics” discussion really meaning “American political obsessions”. There’s only 350 million or so Americans and yet they act as if their politics are all that matters to the remaining 7.7 billion or so of us.
Oh definitely. !asklemmy@lemmy.world banning US politics discussions is a good sign.
Hopefully over time people will hear about !AskUSA@discuss.online
I’ve been tempted to go there a few times, but then I realized the only question I’d have is “WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK IS WRONG WITH ALL Y’ALL!?” and decided that would be unproductive.
At least you know it exists, so that’s a positive
“”““Memes””“”" that are actually just barely disguised political opinions.
I need some humor in my life that doesn’t blend with political current events.
Thank you. 🙏
Sorry but if you sweep it under the rug then your moderation is derelict of it’s duty / irresponsible or indeed potentially lethal.
slrpnk.net/post/16850620
How is this funny (which I assume is the initial goal of the community it was posted in)?
I am well aware of the issues you mention, but I’m suggesting to have a space where those topics are not the focus.
As stated in the sidebar, there are enough communities on Lemmy to discuss those issues
Nice try but again just because you dont like it, doesnt mean your censorship will result in anything other than silencing marginalized people’s perspectives, while allowing the status quo to go unchecked. Everything’s political.
Attached image addresses noone specifically, but rather that dynamic and faux-enlightenment.
roguenegro.com/wp-content/…/dear-white-boys.jpg
roguenegro.com/…/politeness-is-a-strategy-for-peo…
Lemmy.world top of the day (lemmy.world/?dataType=Post&listingType=All&sort=T…)
Out of the top 20 posts of the day, 11 are political.
Do you really think that having a single community that would not have political content can be considered censorship, and would impact the amount of political content available on this platform?
I skimmed though the article you linked, and I would agree we should avoid faux-enlightenment if applied to the whole platform. Here, it is only about one single community, which will definitely be dwarfed by the rest of the political communities.
Plenty of women, non-white and gay (and also trans, autistic, etc. etc.) people do not enjoy constantly being bombarded with politics, even if it relates to their immediate struggles.
Most people just need a chill place to have fun and distract for a second from worldly problems. Please, do not deny them that and let everyone choose their level of exposure to the political content.
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