this post was submitted on 02 May 2026
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why, can't we spread the word to our friends? not like this is something only the OP should be doing
oh the so many negativity in this whole thread....
I would be surprised if that's the correct ratio, or anywhere near it. a while ago people were self professing they are also using other platforms. and how would people read about local news? Certainly not from Lemmy, as things stand today.
I doubt that. me, yes, but lots were coming who just had enough of reddit's general shitness. I have conversed with plenty people here who visibly did not care much about privacy.
and cut themselves off of the other friends who did not move. sounds a convincing strategy!
Because it's not to "friends" it's to people who already agree...
You're not changing anyone minds.
It's like deciding to protest with a "meat is murder" sign, but you do it by holding up a sign inside of a convention center for vegans who think meat should be outlawed.
If your goal is to get people to agree with you're in the exact right spot, be ause no one who disagreed would be there to see your sign.
Does that make sense?
The only way that "protest" logically makes sense is it's purely performative and only done so that people who agree with you, acknowledge that they agree with you.
It accomplished absolutely nothing, and if you want to waste your own time go for it.
But if you can't handle that critique on how to accomplish a goal with someone who agrees with you, how the fuck are you going to get someone to agree with you?
It's more likely every time you try to convert someone, you just drive them further away
You don't understand any of that?
Take a second to reflect on how many people you've ever convinced that didn't already agree with you.
I was about OP sharing it with us, and we can share it with our offline friends.
thanks for the downvote. I could have stopped reading after the quote, and avoided all the beration. you must be a nice person in real life.
good to know @givesomefucks@lemmy.world that you can't take your mistakes being pointed out. there goes the label.