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[–] Kovu@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I’d rather want to know why we have 10 posts about twitter changing it’s name but the one post about grindr employees unionizing gets removed because it’s apparently not tech related

[–] sixtyshilling@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

This is a technology community, and (whether you like it or not) Twitter being rebranded to X is pretty big news in the world of tech.

Especially with the slipshod way they are doing with it, there is bound to be a lot of articles covering different weird tangential effects from the rush job.

[–] STUPIDVIPGUY@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

twitter isn't relevant in technological development, it's just a toxic social media site which hasn't changed in any significant way since its inception (technologically speaking)

[–] ChrislyBear@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Big news, yes. But not tech related at all. Those Elon news should be on TMZ.

[–] hoshikarakitaridia@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Yeah I don't like this. Can't we just use our upvotes to decide which news are important?

[–] MBM@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Most people on All don't check what comm a post is from before upvoting. That's why on Reddit all subs that regularly hit r/all are basically the same. I'm fine with the Twitter news here, but upvotes don't work as quality control.

[–] Hypnoctopus@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

The point is that news about Twitter rebranding is simply not related to technology. This is a technology community. These submissions should not even be posted in the first place to have the opportunity to be voted on.

[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Are you really suggesting that we take the low quality Reddit approach to high quality subs like /r/funny?

I suppose this is what happens when the lowest common denominator goes down coupled with ignorance of how the lowest common denominator affects community quality.

Communities lose their niche by catering to the lowest common denominator and become homogeneous with each other. This has been a long-standing phenomena on Reddit, one which I would expect to not be carried over to Lemmy since it's largely a symptom of a user base that has more interest in memes, funnies, and celebrity worship than discussion and real news.