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  • /c/politicaldiscussion is open to any political commentary, ideas, or random thoughts you may have related to politics. (self-posts are allowed)

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  • I'm not sure if this is allowed but I just wanted to put the updated address here: !politicaldiscussion@lemmy.world . I changed the name from what it was originally as this seemed like a better description.

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    Why are political discussion posts ("self posts") not allowed? I get the megathreads, but yielding the narrative to only media organizations is a public disservice.

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  • The sidebar states that only links to articles are allowed, and as there does not appear to ever be self posts, I take it that they are being removed?

    Not trying to be incendiary, just generally curious what the purpose of the policy is.

  • Lemmy devs are considering making all votes public - have your say

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  • What happens when foreign actors intent on influencing public policy decide to harass everyone critical of their issue? People will just stop being critical of the foreign narrative to stop the harassment, and you'll wind up with posts that are completely against the public interest and for the foreign narrative.

    You can already see this effect to some degree in comments, it'll only get worse if everything is made public in the UI.

    As counterintuitive as it is, regulated secrecy is necessary in all democratic processes, and I would argue that includes online forum debates.

    It would actually be nice if community mods had the capability to turn the community to anonymous for comments and posts as well. Is knowing who posts the information more important than the information itself? If it's worthwhile to share from one person, it's worthwhile to share from everyone else so identity isn't all that important.

  • Lemmy devs are considering making all votes public - have your say

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  • The source code for Lemmy is free for all to view and modify, there will be no authoritarianism... And if it were to happen all of Lemmy administrators would either refuse the upgrade and stay retrograde, or quickly fork. The devs don't really have total control of thousands of servers to have free reign to do stuff like reddit corp does.

    I'm all for vote privacy in the UI. There are just too many downsides to public votes, and not as much weight to the positives in my opinion. People should not be afraid of backlash from down voting if a post does not contribute, it'll only create echo chambers/ unchallenged groupthink.

  • Lemmy votes ARE public, should they be anonymous?

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  • Nothing4You commented Aug 14, 2024 •

    mods can already see votes in communities they moderate since 0.19.4, so this would be reducing what is visible today:

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    Dessalines commented 5 days ago

    I'd like to clarify that mods should only be able to see votes for the communities they mod only.

    Admins can see all votes.

    I dunno, we're on 0.19.3 so I don't see it but I guess it's there.

    https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/4967#issuecomment-2289596923

  • Lemmy votes ARE public, should they be anonymous?

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  • yep, tyranny of the majority is still tyranny. It's worth defending the 3% who disagree with the majority opinion cause, more often than not, sometimes the majority is wrong...

    Defending the secret vote is the key to a functioning democracy, without it you just get cliques and in-groups who bully the outsiders. No one wins in that scenario, as critical thinking and critique are actively discouraged.

  • Lemmy votes ARE public, should they be anonymous?

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  • someone commented on github (I think it was Desallines) that the vote viewing feature has been available since 0.19.4 . Lemmy world is still on 0.19.3 .

  • Lemmy votes ARE public, should they be anonymous?

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  • Yes they should, unfortunately I don't think that's technically possible with the fediverse model as the servers have to communicate that info over Activity pub, at least that's my understanding of it.

  • Lemmy devs are considering making all votes public - have your say

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  • Yeah there is already too much of a hivemind already, we don't need to make votes public, it would only enshrine a permanent 100% groupthink. It is a very bad idea.

  • Lemmy devs are considering making all votes public - have your say

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  • That must have been an admin, mods can't see votes as far as I'm aware. Only domain administrators can see votes

  • Is it just me, or does it feel like Lemmy is being hit with a wave of political spam?

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  • I mean it's in /asklemmy too. I suggested voting for Kamala a few days ago is better than Trump if we want to move closer to universal healthcare and apparently I'm a murderer of 70000 people because of a pragmatic view of voting for her is better than Trump.

    It was so quiet and nice a few weeks ago when everyone agreed for a short period Kamala was decent. Now the disinformation campaign has restarted, supporting her is supporting the "neo-liberal/pro-corporate agenda". So bloody tired of conservative/Russian bots.

  • ‘We should have better answers by now’: climate scientists baffled by unexpected pace of heating

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  • Aluminum oxidizes and no longer reflects after long term exposure to moisture. It would have to be painted white, which is really no different than current metal roofing.

    Which does bring up a good point though... all we need is some really environmentally friendly and long lasting white paint (that doesn't get dirty) and we could easily slow down climate change. Unfortunately white paint gets dirty real quick and the dirt absorbs radiation the same as a dark paint.

  • Harris to propose up to $25K in down-payment support for 1st-time homebuyers

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  • I'd argue we don't necessarily need more homes. I think what most cities need is really to end zoning.

    There is more than enough commercial and industrial vacant properties over the US that could very feasibly be turned into residential housing to house every person ten times over.

    Zoning really is the problem because developers are essentially being forced to build unwalkable communities. You're just not allowed in many cities to buy old warehouse space and develop it into housing or to build small businesses (groceries, shops, etc) in areas zoned residential.

    Ending/reforming zoning would solve so many issues... (I say /reforming because there are limits, most people don't want to live 10ft from a factory). But I hardly hear anyone talking about it whether on Lemmy or in the media... but it seems like it would fix so many issues.

  • How much do Americans actually pay for healthcare?

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  • And regardless of differing opinions, calling someone an asshole and moron is not at all condusive to productive discussion, and is downright rude and disrespectful.

    How does that help anything? We're both for single payer healthcare as a human right, and support for the neolib right now is quickest path to get there. I don't like it either, but infighting only helps fascists.

  • How much do Americans actually pay for healthcare?

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  • You do realize she literally cannot win, right? Check back here in mid November.

    Ok

  • How much do Americans actually pay for healthcare?

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  • You're the one telling people not to vote for her.

    That’s neoliberal gaslighting 101! Kamala loves to do it too! But yeah vote for her because she’s “one of the good guys” and certainly wasn’t...

    Until Nov 2024 she is the only option. She's not perfect but now is not the time to seek a perfect Bernie. Political realities matter. Criticism is fine but anyone saying "do you really want to vote for her" is either a Russian mouthpiece or very clueless.

  • How much do Americans actually pay for healthcare?

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  • In 2017, Harris was the first senator to co-sponsor Bernie Sanders’ bill, the Medicare for All Act of 2017. “Here, I’ll break some news,” she said that year at a town hall in Oakland, California. “I intend to co-sponsor the Medicare-for-all bill, because it’s just the right thing to do.” 15 other Democrats eventually joined her.

    That bill, if enacted, would have abolished private health insurance for all age groups (including Medicare beneficiaries) and replaced it with a government-run single-payer system to benefit “every individual who is a resident of the United States,” including undocumented immigrants.

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/johngoodman/2024/08/13/why-health-policy-problems-rarely-get-solved/?

    yeah too neolib, better to stick with Trump, he'll really get the single payer socialist healthcare going with the fascism and stuff, cause he really cares about people. /s

  • Jimmy Kimmel: “I Don’t Know If There Will Be Any Late-Night Shows On Network TV In 10 Years”

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  • as long as they don't pull that let that ATSC 3.0 bullshit. I fear nothing will be free in the future. Forced ads you can't block or fast forward through, no ability to mute, targeted advertisement and loss of privacy (yes with OTA). ref

    The worst part is I'm 100% sure the general public wouldn't give a shit since they get more and better channels with the "upgrade".

  • Fox host demands video of JD Vance having sex with a couch

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  • It's not a slur. The saying is from the movie Idiocracy where society talks like that.

    I was implying that Lemmy is in that state of Idiocracy where real issues aren't discussed but calling everyone a couch fucker who you disagree with is ok.