I check all/comments/new, see what people are talking about and if anything catches my eye I may subscribe

There’s been some bad blood since when they were federated and the (old) 196 mods were particularly shitty, example: https://hexbear.net/post/363529/3762934

Since then there’s been new 196 mods because the old 196 tried to force-migrate the whole comm to .world.

This reminds me of Iran for some reason.

hey they made an aid pier that got used to distribute a tiny amount of supplies before it got used to launch an Israeli massacre and then broke apart under its own weight

you wish your eyebrows/eyeliner looked half as good

agreed, plus as it stands they’re actually somewhat on track for the “Russian disinformation” leaked 100 day peace plan

no worries, sleep deprivation can be quite taxing

Sounds like you have no reason to be defensive. Here’s some posts of yours if you wanted to edit the binary pronouns used for cis people to be they/them to be more consistent though.

https://lemmy.world/comment/16503438 https://lemmy.world/comment/16496354 https://lemmy.world/comment/16494651 https://lemmy.world/comment/16493799 https://lemmy.world/comment/16493764 https://lemmy.world/comment/16450566 https://lemmy.world/comment/16450226 https://lemmy.world/comment/16332934

And figuring out their preferred pronouns isn’t always easy.

usually the pronouns are listed somewhere or you ask

This isn’t as simple as a lot of people want it to be. Going neutral isn’t a slight. It’s not misgendering. It’s a way to avoid accidentally making an error even with the best of intentions.

There’s a reason many trans spaces in Lemmy require listed pronouns, it removes the guesswork and you can reference inline.

If you’re using gendered pronouns for most cis people but then specifically degendering trans people it’s going to eventually rub people the wrong way. People aren’t going to care if you make an error while being well intentioned, especially if you ask for more information and correct yourself going forward.

Point is that avoiding gendering text has been and will continue to be the safer option for general purpose writing.

I do the same, but if someone’s gender is known it’s really not hard to use one of their preferred pronouns.

I don’t think that’s being the ‘thought police’ and it’s certainly not something to focus on instead of hate speech, we can do both.

They had me in the first half not gonna lie

non-paywall link https://archive.is/2VmLa

Admins could, now mods can for the comms they moderate

throwback!

Not all of the countries problems can simply be attributed to ‘the enemy’ on the other side of the planet. The dysfunction I’m pointing out is home grown and enabled on both sides. The republicans are obviously worse, the democrats prevent anything better.

Russia is affecting those things in the us though.

People being unhoused, going hungry and without healthcare is bipartisan consensus in the US and Russia has nothing to do with that.

MS-13 or Russia

neither of those are real concerns tbh. Americans should be concerned about housing, feeding and providing medical care to everyone before worrying about external threats.

accidentally waste their time making mean comments that I can’t see

making comments people don’t see or acknowledge is one of my favorite pastimes

the people there are more stereotypical reddit than reddit, and lastly I get the feeling that people that are banned from reddit flock there for ‘freedom of speech’ - translated, they can make misogynistic comments or antisemitic comments without moderation.

yeahhhhh