Every time I post criticism of the instance an admin goes nuclear.
https://lemmy.ca/post/26593917
https://vegantheoryclub.org/post/1125134
https://lemmy.ca/comment/14667151
https://vegantheoryclub.org/post/1125134/1730468
https://lemmy.ca/post/21312702/9225643
https://vegantheoryclub.org/post/1095942/1713872
https://vegantheoryclub.org/post/1033788/1695910
Elect: to select by vote for an office, position, or membership. by Merriam Dictionary
I thought voting “doesn’t work?” Are you telling his logic isn’t even consistent by his own standards.
This is the same instance sheltering the well-known troll Universal Monk.
https://vegantheoryclub.org/post/1129019
The tankies communities quickly collapse when challenged first Hexbear now Vegantheoryclub. It’s almost as if their foundation is weak.
I think there are malicious people on Lemmy who have learned to exploit tribal boundaries to get people on their side. People claiming to be vegan, or anarchist, or queer are three giant glaring examples of this. Once you’ve made the claim, you can come out of the gate with whatever bad-faith gibberish serves the purpose you’re trying to accomplish, secure in the knowledge that a sizable amount of the people in that same tribe will go to bat for you because you’re in the club.
(Also people claiming to be communist.)
I’m not saying that anyone professing to those things is a fake. Most people in all are clearly are being honest about it. I’m just saying that, even if someone’s in your tribe, you need to look at what they’re actually saying, and that it’s okay not to support them even if they are wearing being-on-your-tribe on their sleeve to tempt you into being a good member of the tribe and backing them up on whatever action or belief they are currently about.
Tribalism is the stupidest thing ever. I remember seeing posts about Reddit meetups, advertising something by saying “support them, they’re a redditor,” etc, like using a given social media site somehow implied trust. It doesn’t.
The same is true for political affiliations, gym memberships, or sports team preferences. Someone liking the same thing as you doesn’t make them “better” than someone else, it just gives you something to talk about.
Yet look at how many people cite influencers, famous athletes, or politicians for things they have no expertise in. It’s dumb. Why don’t people think for themselves?