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Which really begs the question why a whole new platform is needed instead of simply implementing these features on Lemmy.

Technical reasons aside, there's value in having a variety of platforms, so not all features are gated behind the decisions of the Lemmy maintainers.

on ICE ICE baby · c/leopardsatemyface · 0 pts · 1y

What makes you think "handle the processing of people as they complete the immigration process" had to include anti-immigration police?

I get the feeling you don't disagree with the parent commenter at all.

on 2025-07-04 · c/thefarside · 2 pts · 1y

My childhood included my mother owning furniture that was decorative, but that we were not allowed to use.

Some was just because children are messy, but some was because the furniture was just old and couldn't handle abuse from people sitting too hard or putting stress on unexpected angles.

That's what this makes me think of

on xkcd #3109: Dehumidifier · c/xkcd · 3 pts · 1y

I want my washing machine to notify my phone when a cycle completes... But maybe not quite that much

The whole Lemmy approach to downvotes is nonsensical. They say "learn to curate your feed" when you downvote, yet upvotes are never called vote manipulation.

If you don't like downvotes, then run your communities on an instance that doesn't use them. Otherwise, accept the vote score. It's not like it's even used by half the sorting methods.

on *Permanently Deleted* · c/tenforward · 3 pts · 1y

Maybe I'm misunderstanding how grooming techniques work, but nothing about that chest looks waxed to me at all. It looks drawn on, heavily airbrushed, and it's all out of proportion.

And the hairy chest looks far more attractive

Eh, giving out a downvote isn't a stressor, nor it's it necessarily personal. It's not even an indicator that the content should be removed, just that a user doesn't think it's helpful/fun/or contributing to the discussion

It's bare minimum feedback where blocking is not. And honestly, we should encourage more of it, rather than encourage people to create their echo chambers (within an already somewhat echo chambery platform)

If anything is personally stressful, it's stressing over an anonymous user's opinion that has very little context to it. Downvotes don't even hide or reduce visibility of your comments or posts in most of the sorting methods.

on Introducing Lemvotes · c/opensource · 4 pts · 1y

This is already a thing that happens currently. Some admins/moderators don't like being downvoted and ban people for "vote manipulation" because they vote on things in their feed.

It is leading to exactly that, where people are worried that using the voting system as intended will lead to exclusion from participation in some communities.

on Nice people · c/politicalmemes · 2 pts · 1y

If you can set up a jury of their peers to convict them, then you're on the right track.

The main moral argument against it would be lack of due process. While that should involve the courts, morally or ethically it probably doesn't have to.