This isn't true, it's never been true, and it's just homophobia. source
TL;DW: down detector is based on user reports, all of the articles that report on this bullshit rely on down detector for "proof". It's just people trolling and we've been falling for it for years.
As you can see from grindr's official status page there have been no outages yesterday (the start of the RNC) or today
There have been plenty of cases where pols voted for anti-LGBTQ+ laws, and then been abrubtly outed.
In June 2007, Larry Craig, a Republican U.S. Senator from Idaho, was arrested at the Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport on suspicion of lewd conduct during an undercover police sting in a men’s restroom
.According to the officer’s report, Craig entered a stall adjacent to the undercover officer, tapped his foot several times, moved it so it touched the officer’s foot, and waved his hand under the stall divider — actions the officer interpreted as a coded invitation for sexual activity
Larry gained fame when he blamed the incident on his 'wide stance.'
Yes, the prominent association between 'Republican" and "closeted gay man," is homophobic. No, there does not have to be 0% gay Republicans for it to not be homophobic. You are not pointing out "hypocrisy," you are reasserting that it is in fact gay people always hurting themselves and hiding amongst us (not even to mention the literal pedophilia and child sexual violence that this admin is obviously participatory in and the association between "stranger danger" and gay men).
Even beyond that, to focus on the "hypocrisy" of gay Republicans for being gay and that being the problem obscures the racialized and class dynamics behind queer political representation, and queer history. These institutions unsurprisingly privilege property-owning, white people who have always been more insulated from the consequences of homophobia. It is not even remotely new or republican for wealthy gay men to be conservative or exhibit zero solidarity with the queer community because, guess what, they understand that they benefit from the subordination of those groups (and make no mistake, Dems who do vote for "pro-LGBT" laws are by no means doing so in solidarity with queer people; we are subjects of another genocidal wave in the US for a reason).
Even beyond that, no, making jokes about how Donald Trump is a bad guy because he sucks Putin's cock or whatever is not pointing out "hypocrisy," it's just calling someone gay because it is synonymous with "weak," or "submissive." If the joke is indistinguishable from "real" homophobic jokes, then that's just what it is. Liberals have had a hayday getting to express their bigotry with perceived righteousness now that they finally have a "deserving" group of people to channel it through.
It's the same shit with the rampant ableism, fatphobia, queerphobia, and ageism that have become commonplace in liberal discourses that emphasize the "hypocrisy" of these people. What vulnerable group do I get to make fun of instead of you for how hypocritical you are?
Edit: anyone else notice Lemmy getting markedly more conservative over the past few months?
Best of both worlds, right? You get to be homophobic and righteous, and you don't even have to worry about being canceled thanks to these guys.
What exactly is your problem with cons if this is the way you think? What, it's the dropping the performance you take issue with? What are we meant to do about your hypocrisy then? Make fun of gay people even more? If it's always right, and you don't have to think about how it's right, what's wrong about me pointing yours out? Is it, perhaps, that you don't actually subscribe to any of the values you are pretending to care about?
Nice internalized queerphobia bud. Super cool how you used that redditor-ass meme to say you don't read about how your community is subject to genocide. So like, you're different from these guys?
Ok, so a closeted republican was caught cruising in 2007. What does that have to do with the (demonstrably false) claim that "republican events cause grindr outages"? And how does your single example from nearly 20 years ago prove that the claims about grindr aren't false and homophobic?
Another good one is gayhomophobe.com, but it seems to be inactive for the last five years. In its heyday it was a genuinely good resource for political hypocrisy tracking.
I'm bisexual and agender, I have legitimate reasons to not be ok with it. What now? You also don't speak for the entirety of the LGBTQ+ community, and there's plenty of us (myself included) that think this isn't ok
Genuine question: what part isn’t okay? That gay republicans exist? That Grindr crashes where they congregate? That people like me refuse to feel shame over something they have decided is a problem? What?
I feel if they decided that’s shameful, they can experience that shame. I’m not going to be embarrassed over their Victorian bullshit.
Sometimes you have to rub their nose in it. If it’s easier to oppress the gays, guess what they are going to do? Fuck that.
I’m totally fine being called a removed. Republicans are scared of the label and there are plenty of them. So if they decided it’s shameful, then they get to feel shame.
We shouldn't engage in this, to be sure. But it does serve as good propaganda for homophobes(I think), if we're to find a silver lining.
If suddenly their political identity is associated with "self-hating gay person", and they desperately do not want to be perceived that way, they have to distance themselves from that political identity somewhat or defend themselves which will invariably look desperate and keep the story going.
Similarly, if they know they aren't using Grindr at these conventions, but they believe there is massive Grindr traffic, then they have to assume tons of people around them are using Grindr - which breeds distrust and ties back into point 1 a bit.
We still shouldn't do this - if and when this is widely known to be false, it'll make the liberals/leftists who traffic in this misinfo, and by extension their views, less trustworthy. I just think that, if you look at it myopically, it's a good op.
There's a hotel room in Dallas where some young Republicans are all chuckling about how funny it would be to download Grindr to troll "the gays," but they're all secretly excited to check out the local scene.
Well you can see why those secret conservative gays picked that guy as their bigoted Liberace to lead them into a technocratic feudal hellscape where Christian evangelical shariah law is implemented so they can stay closeted ad infinitum, perhaps get hunted down by gay ICE. He’s stunning. Just a perfect specimen of manly men who totally got carried by beefcake firefighters against his will during 9/11.
I saw a comment somewhere saying that the grindr usage peaks that people associate with republican conventions are actually pretty common in all sorts of events of this scale that involve a large crew of people for organizing and running the event.
Which would indicate even republicans have their share of lgbtq, just hypocritical ones. It’s not like having the circus in town makes people horny, they’re horny for the circus folk in town
I'm sure there's plenty, but what I meant is that the grindr stuff is not necessarily proof that the politician themselves are gay, it could very well be their staff
I always read it as people saying the party in general has a big enough gay base and membership in general, including politicians and aids and attendees, that grindr always has issues when they gather in large numbers in one place. Which still seems true this week.
I find it very implausible that in a vast herd of horses, specifically the few zebras amongst them were the only ones causing the stampede damage.
Political views are often socially transferred and sexuality is not.
I don't believe for a minute that homosexuality or bisexuality were any less common when folks could get put in prison and beaten up for it, it's just that man on man sex happened much more furtively.
Why on earth would men who were gullible enough to believe trump or who happened to have been brought up in a conservative household be less frequently turned on by man on man action? It's screamingly unlikely to me. I think the gop has gay and bisexual men in different but genuinely similar proportion to any group, it's just that it's socially unacceptable in the gop to be openly gay or bisexual (or indeed to be part of any minority group).
Imagine you're a horny bisexual Republican and you're away in a hotel with lots of other people who have a vested interest in no one knowing you're into men, and away from all your nasty gay Democratic neighbours who would recognise you and would just love to call out your "guilty" secret. What do you do? I suspect you download the world's most famous gay hookup app as soon as no one can see your phone screen, and see whether you can indulge your fantasies.
I think it's obvious this is common when large numbers of closeted men get together in a fairly anonymous setting, and I don't know why people fight the evidence that it's happening, and happening repeatedly.
it's not, apparently it's just people trolling and media spreading unverified informations (not that a simple picture should be treated as reliable information)
On it's own it wouldn't, but Cloudflare/aws/gcp/etc. might try to locally rate-limit if there's a spike in traffic that could cause other service degradation.
As much as I think trump is a degenerate prick I bridle at this fake mudslinging. I think we have more than enough shit happening that we don't have to make up even more shit. Makes the opposition look cheap and tawdry, just like trump and his meme goons.
No, the sub isn't supposed to do anything that I want.
What the sub is supposed to do is remove content that is blatant misinformation, manipulation, and propaganda.
Actually, to be totally honest with you, I wouldn't even really be upset with manipulation and propaganda. It's really just the misinformation part that absolutely gets to me.
Stating untrue things as fact in order to propagate a political agenda is one of the most horrific things humans can do to other humans, because a lot of people will believe it. That's a big part of why we're in the situation we're in now in America.
I'm not asking for a subreddit that simply removes opinions I disagree with. I'm asking for one that doesn't allow demonstrably false claims to be presented as factual information, regardless of which political side they're coming from.
Whoever made this might counter that it's satire. Seems like satire is different than misinformation. Would you be opposed to the same image with mcdonalds logo saying "the mcdonalds restaurant next to the convention ran out of burgers all ordered by one customer, Trondald Dump"? Is that different? Am I supposed to believe that grinder went down because of closeted Republicans -- seemed far fetched to me.
This is a meme sub after all... Is a meme sub where I should seek facts?
Satire is a very interesting concept, and I applaud you for bringing it up because I honestly hadn't considered that angle.
I suppose the standard would have to be that the satire is either blatantly obvious or clearly associated with an account, creator, or community that is specifically known for satire. Beyond that, I'm not entirely sure how it should be handled. I think the moderators would have to use some degree of judgment and due diligence to determine whether something is genuinely satirical when the intent isn't immediately obvious.
The bigger problem, though, is that places like this are exactly where misinformation tends to spread. The people most likely to fall for misinformation generally aren't the same people who are going to seek out scientific papers or reliable sources to verify what they've been told. They're often encountering the claim through a meme, a screenshot, or some other highly shareable piece of content.
And that's exactly why I think these kinds of posts deserve scrutiny. It's not necessarily that every misleading meme is going to convince someone, but these formats are incredibly effective at giving misinformation exposure to people who may have no reason to question it. The combination of a false claim, an authoritative looking presentation, and massive exposure is what makes misinformation particularly harmful.
this didn't happen. grindr denies any surge in use connected to the republican convention. I really wanted it to be true so I could pile it on the mountain of corruption and other evils shat out by the gop, but alas.
That's not happening. At all. It's a complete fabrication. Shock jock sensationalism to be consumed by morons.
You, specifically, should continue to fall for grocery store tabloid news. I imagine you need that in your life. But reasonable people need to know this is fake.
The biggest recent Republican conventions were July 15-18 2024, August 24-27 2020, and July 18-21 2016. status.grindr.com doesn't have history back to July 2016, but for those dates in 2020 and 2024, there are no incidents.
People might report to down detector or things like that, but... that's amusing trolling, and part of the stunt, so it isn't relevant.
I don't know anything at all about grindr's infrastructure, but I'm really, really dubious that with 5.5 million daily users, they'd have more than 1 or 2 points of presence for the entire continental US. That means those POPs are sized for >100,000 users per hour, and 20,000 horny Republicans aren't enough to cause major issues, even if literally everyone at this convention is jumping on grindr afterwards. Also, modern infrastructure autoscales. Also also, the SREs for Grindr would notice if the app breaks every other year, and track when republican conventions are happening.
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BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.zip · 61 pts · 2d
This isn't true, it's never been true, and it's just homophobia. source
TL;DW: down detector is based on user reports, all of the articles that report on this bullshit rely on down detector for "proof". It's just people trolling and we've been falling for it for years.
As you can see from grindr's official status page there have been no outages yesterday (the start of the RNC) or today
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 49 pts · 1d
It's not homophobia to call out hypocrisy.
There have been plenty of cases where pols voted for anti-LGBTQ+ laws, and then been abrubtly outed.
In June 2007, Larry Craig, a Republican U.S. Senator from Idaho, was arrested at the Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport on suspicion of lewd conduct during an undercover police sting in a men’s restroom
.According to the officer’s report, Craig entered a stall adjacent to the undercover officer, tapped his foot several times, moved it so it touched the officer’s foot, and waved his hand under the stall divider — actions the officer interpreted as a coded invitation for sexual activity
Larry gained fame when he blamed the incident on his 'wide stance.'
From Wikipedia.
orioler25@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1d
Yes, the prominent association between 'Republican" and "closeted gay man," is homophobic. No, there does not have to be 0% gay Republicans for it to not be homophobic. You are not pointing out "hypocrisy," you are reasserting that it is in fact gay people always hurting themselves and hiding amongst us (not even to mention the literal pedophilia and child sexual violence that this admin is obviously participatory in and the association between "stranger danger" and gay men).
Even beyond that, to focus on the "hypocrisy" of gay Republicans for being gay and that being the problem obscures the racialized and class dynamics behind queer political representation, and queer history. These institutions unsurprisingly privilege property-owning, white people who have always been more insulated from the consequences of homophobia. It is not even remotely new or republican for wealthy gay men to be conservative or exhibit zero solidarity with the queer community because, guess what, they understand that they benefit from the subordination of those groups (and make no mistake, Dems who do vote for "pro-LGBT" laws are by no means doing so in solidarity with queer people; we are subjects of another genocidal wave in the US for a reason).
Even beyond that, no, making jokes about how Donald Trump is a bad guy because he sucks Putin's cock or whatever is not pointing out "hypocrisy," it's just calling someone gay because it is synonymous with "weak," or "submissive." If the joke is indistinguishable from "real" homophobic jokes, then that's just what it is. Liberals have had a hayday getting to express their bigotry with perceived righteousness now that they finally have a "deserving" group of people to channel it through.
It's the same shit with the rampant ableism, fatphobia, queerphobia, and ageism that have become commonplace in liberal discourses that emphasize the "hypocrisy" of these people. What vulnerable group do I get to make fun of instead of you for how hypocritical you are?
Edit: anyone else notice Lemmy getting markedly more conservative over the past few months?
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 4 pts · 1d
https://www.ranker.com/list/top-10-anti-gay-activists-caught-being-gay/joanne
orioler25@lemmy.world · -12 pts · 1d
Read the comment, bigot.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 12 pts · 1d
I did, and I think you're wrong.
Pointing out hypocrisy is always right.
I didn't put up a picture of Trump and Putin kissing, I put out a list of people who'd throw other gay people under the bus.
orioler25@lemmy.world · -6 pts · 1d
Best of both worlds, right? You get to be homophobic and righteous, and you don't even have to worry about being canceled thanks to these guys.
What exactly is your problem with cons if this is the way you think? What, it's the dropping the performance you take issue with? What are we meant to do about your hypocrisy then? Make fun of gay people even more? If it's always right, and you don't have to think about how it's right, what's wrong about me pointing yours out? Is it, perhaps, that you don't actually subscribe to any of the values you are pretending to care about?
davidagain@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 14h
Donnie couldn't have preemptively deflected any better.
Why is it that people like you only get cross when folks call out Republican hypocrisy?
Malica@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 1d
You're right
als@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 1d
orioler25@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 1d
Nice internalized queerphobia bud. Super cool how you used that redditor-ass meme to say you don't read about how your community is subject to genocide. So like, you're different from these guys?
CannonFodder@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 14h
Lemmy ain't getting more conservative. You're just being a dick. Stop playing a victim to cover for the right wing hypocrisies.
orioler25@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 3h
Stop playing hero to cover for liberal bigots.
CarrierLost@infosec.pub · -1 pts · 1d
You’re so wildly off the mark here that it’s reading as satirical.
orioler25@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 18h
Go on then.
BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 1d
Ok, so a closeted republican was caught cruising in 2007. What does that have to do with the (demonstrably false) claim that "republican events cause grindr outages"? And how does your single example from nearly 20 years ago prove that the claims about grindr aren't false and homophobic?
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 11 pts · 1d
https://www.ranker.com/list/top-10-anti-gay-activists-caught-being-gay/joanne
cokeslutgarbage@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1d
Another good one is gayhomophobe.com, but it seems to be inactive for the last five years. In its heyday it was a genuinely good resource for political hypocrisy tracking.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 2 pts · 1d
The sad fact is that there's nothing you can show them that will change their minds.
Donald Trump had 25 years to tell his story about being rescued by firemen. Suddenly he remembers it and none of his people call him on it.
green_goglin@thelemmy.club · 6 pts · 2d
lol
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1d
Homosexual here: we’re okay with it except for Kate.
BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 15h
I'm bisexual and agender, I have legitimate reasons to not be ok with it. What now? You also don't speak for the entirety of the LGBTQ+ community, and there's plenty of us (myself included) that think this isn't ok
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 12h
Genuine question: what part isn’t okay? That gay republicans exist? That Grindr crashes where they congregate? That people like me refuse to feel shame over something they have decided is a problem? What?
I feel if they decided that’s shameful, they can experience that shame. I’m not going to be embarrassed over their Victorian bullshit.
Sometimes you have to rub their nose in it. If it’s easier to oppress the gays, guess what they are going to do? Fuck that.
kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com · 0 pts · 15h
I’m lgbt and you do not speak for me
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 12h
Fine. Corrected post.
I’m totally fine being called a removed. Republicans are scared of the label and there are plenty of them. So if they decided it’s shameful, then they get to feel shame.
whoisearth@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 1d
You're trying to get us have the gindr status page in our history aren't you? 🤣
Pieisawesome@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 1d
Official status pages hardly tell the true story. They get tied to performance, so they become political to actually update with the real truth.
If you want to see a real example of this, look at the GitHub official status page versus the unofficial ones.
I’m not saying that downdetector is 100% perfect either
ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 16h
We shouldn't engage in this, to be sure. But it does serve as good propaganda for homophobes(I think), if we're to find a silver lining.
If suddenly their political identity is associated with "self-hating gay person", and they desperately do not want to be perceived that way, they have to distance themselves from that political identity somewhat or defend themselves which will invariably look desperate and keep the story going.
Similarly, if they know they aren't using Grindr at these conventions, but they believe there is massive Grindr traffic, then they have to assume tons of people around them are using Grindr - which breeds distrust and ties back into point 1 a bit.
We still shouldn't do this - if and when this is widely known to be false, it'll make the liberals/leftists who traffic in this misinfo, and by extension their views, less trustworthy. I just think that, if you look at it myopically, it's a good op.
pachrist@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 1d
There's a hotel room in Dallas where some young Republicans are all chuckling about how funny it would be to download Grindr to troll "the gays," but they're all secretly excited to check out the local scene.
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 23h
And they might do some weird stuff together too. You know... just to troll the libs.
BoosBeau@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 20h
Gotta slurp some wrinkled hog to own the libs
Muscle_Meteor@discuss.tchncs.de · 18 pts · 2d
If gays cause hurricanes.. And republicans cause gays... Do republicans cause hurricanes?
bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 1d
Unironically yes. Simping for big oil has consequences.
green_goglin@thelemmy.club · 4 pts · 1d
logic is sound
BooBees@fedinsfw.app · 16 pts · 2d
Well you can see why those secret conservative gays picked that guy as their bigoted Liberace to lead them into a technocratic feudal hellscape where Christian evangelical shariah law is implemented so they can stay closeted ad infinitum, perhaps get hunted down by gay ICE. He’s stunning. Just a perfect specimen of manly men who totally got carried by beefcake firefighters against his will during 9/11.
Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 2d
I saw a comment somewhere saying that the grindr usage peaks that people associate with republican conventions are actually pretty common in all sorts of events of this scale that involve a large crew of people for organizing and running the event.
BooBees@fedinsfw.app · 10 pts · 2d
Which would indicate even republicans have their share of lgbtq, just hypocritical ones. It’s not like having the circus in town makes people horny, they’re horny for the circus folk in town
Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 2d
I'm sure there's plenty, but what I meant is that the grindr stuff is not necessarily proof that the politician themselves are gay, it could very well be their staff
ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip · 16 pts · 2d
Which wouldn't change the part where they're helping to advance hypocritical policies
BooBees@fedinsfw.app · 6 pts · 2d
I always read it as people saying the party in general has a big enough gay base and membership in general, including politicians and aids and attendees, that grindr always has issues when they gather in large numbers in one place. Which still seems true this week.
davidagain@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 14h
I find it very implausible that in a vast herd of horses, specifically the few zebras amongst them were the only ones causing the stampede damage.
Political views are often socially transferred and sexuality is not.
I don't believe for a minute that homosexuality or bisexuality were any less common when folks could get put in prison and beaten up for it, it's just that man on man sex happened much more furtively.
Why on earth would men who were gullible enough to believe trump or who happened to have been brought up in a conservative household be less frequently turned on by man on man action? It's screamingly unlikely to me. I think the gop has gay and bisexual men in different but genuinely similar proportion to any group, it's just that it's socially unacceptable in the gop to be openly gay or bisexual (or indeed to be part of any minority group).
Imagine you're a horny bisexual Republican and you're away in a hotel with lots of other people who have a vested interest in no one knowing you're into men, and away from all your nasty gay Democratic neighbours who would recognise you and would just love to call out your "guilty" secret. What do you do? I suspect you download the world's most famous gay hookup app as soon as no one can see your phone screen, and see whether you can indulge your fantasies.
I think it's obvious this is common when large numbers of closeted men get together in a fairly anonymous setting, and I don't know why people fight the evidence that it's happening, and happening repeatedly.
Crackhappy@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 23h
I use Grindr to determine if tbe Republicans are in town. Like a canary in a coal mine.
beejboytyson@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 20h
Suuuuurrreeee
green_goglin@thelemmy.club · 1 pts · 16h
Genius shit
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 2d
How does grinder go down in a specific location?
I’m sure the service is spatially partitioned, but I’m curious about the technical details
Varesti@lemmy.zip · 48 pts · 2d
Search, "How to go down on Grindr?"
TheLowestStone@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1d
Hmm... Those results could prove useful.
whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 2d
it's not, apparently it's just people trolling and media spreading unverified informations (not that a simple picture should be treated as reliable information)
possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 1d
and never has- Garrison Davis debunked the first "cpac grindr outage" as they were there and able to personally confirm that it didn't happen.
green_goglin@thelemmy.club · 1 pts · 1d
Omgpwnies@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1d
On it's own it wouldn't, but Cloudflare/aws/gcp/etc. might try to locally rate-limit if there's a spike in traffic that could cause other service degradation.
melsaskca@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 1d
As much as I think trump is a degenerate prick I bridle at this fake mudslinging. I think we have more than enough shit happening that we don't have to make up even more shit. Makes the opposition look cheap and tawdry, just like trump and his meme goons.
mechoman444@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 1d
Ya. This sub is terrible at removing posts like his. It's just the same kind of strategy the magas use just on the opposite side of the spectrum.
I find it really gross that stuff like this happens.
FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 19h
The sub is supposed to remove content because mechoman444 thinks it's gross?
mechoman444@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 18h
No, the sub isn't supposed to do anything that I want.
What the sub is supposed to do is remove content that is blatant misinformation, manipulation, and propaganda.
Actually, to be totally honest with you, I wouldn't even really be upset with manipulation and propaganda. It's really just the misinformation part that absolutely gets to me.
Stating untrue things as fact in order to propagate a political agenda is one of the most horrific things humans can do to other humans, because a lot of people will believe it. That's a big part of why we're in the situation we're in now in America.
I'm not asking for a subreddit that simply removes opinions I disagree with. I'm asking for one that doesn't allow demonstrably false claims to be presented as factual information, regardless of which political side they're coming from.
FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 17h
Whoever made this might counter that it's satire. Seems like satire is different than misinformation. Would you be opposed to the same image with mcdonalds logo saying "the mcdonalds restaurant next to the convention ran out of burgers all ordered by one customer, Trondald Dump"? Is that different? Am I supposed to believe that grinder went down because of closeted Republicans -- seemed far fetched to me.
This is a meme sub after all... Is a meme sub where I should seek facts?
mechoman444@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 16h
Satire is a very interesting concept, and I applaud you for bringing it up because I honestly hadn't considered that angle.
I suppose the standard would have to be that the satire is either blatantly obvious or clearly associated with an account, creator, or community that is specifically known for satire. Beyond that, I'm not entirely sure how it should be handled. I think the moderators would have to use some degree of judgment and due diligence to determine whether something is genuinely satirical when the intent isn't immediately obvious.
The bigger problem, though, is that places like this are exactly where misinformation tends to spread. The people most likely to fall for misinformation generally aren't the same people who are going to seek out scientific papers or reliable sources to verify what they've been told. They're often encountering the claim through a meme, a screenshot, or some other highly shareable piece of content.
And that's exactly why I think these kinds of posts deserve scrutiny. It's not necessarily that every misleading meme is going to convince someone, but these formats are incredibly effective at giving misinformation exposure to people who may have no reason to question it. The combination of a false claim, an authoritative looking presentation, and massive exposure is what makes misinformation particularly harmful.
melsaskca@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 3h
Well stated!
twitchingbits@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 15h
this didn't happen. grindr denies any surge in use connected to the republican convention. I really wanted it to be true so I could pile it on the mountain of corruption and other evils shat out by the gop, but alas.
green_goglin@thelemmy.club · 0 pts · 3h
lol
Gaslov@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1d
Hook line and sinker. We really have suckers still falling for this stunt?
mrmisses@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1d
The stunt of gay republicans flooding an app for gay people whenever they meet up?
Gaslov@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1d
That's not happening. At all. It's a complete fabrication. Shock jock sensationalism to be consumed by morons.
You, specifically, should continue to fall for grocery store tabloid news. I imagine you need that in your life. But reasonable people need to know this is fake.
mrmisses@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 23h
Here, Daddy made this for you
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/8e5900ee5b50.mp4
beejboytyson@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 20h
Hate science eh
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1d
Stunt? This happens every time there’s a big Republican event. It’s been like this for years.
prime_number_314159@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 20h
The biggest recent Republican conventions were July 15-18 2024, August 24-27 2020, and July 18-21 2016. status.grindr.com doesn't have history back to July 2016, but for those dates in 2020 and 2024, there are no incidents.
People might report to down detector or things like that, but... that's amusing trolling, and part of the stunt, so it isn't relevant.
I don't know anything at all about grindr's infrastructure, but I'm really, really dubious that with 5.5 million daily users, they'd have more than 1 or 2 points of presence for the entire continental US. That means those POPs are sized for >100,000 users per hour, and 20,000 horny Republicans aren't enough to cause major issues, even if literally everyone at this convention is jumping on grindr afterwards. Also, modern infrastructure autoscales. Also also, the SREs for Grindr would notice if the app breaks every other year, and track when republican conventions are happening.
green_goglin@thelemmy.club · 1 pts · 1d
works everytime
altphoto@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 14h
Use sniffies.com it shows you a map and everyone has a picture of their penis and a description of themselves and how big their thing is.