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Hopefully things change once lemmy.world updates to 0.19 with scaled sorting. And maybe you guys and gals have some advice for fixing my issue.

To keep my feed fresh I subscribed to all the big communities full of memes. They do have engagement beyond funny jokes, but I'm tired of how political everything is.

I'm not trying to bury my head in the sand, on the contrary, im highly aware how much fascism has taken its grips on the world. But I don't need to be reminded everytime I'm on lemmy.

So I'm hoping once scaled sorting is on lemmy.world, the lemmyverse will transform. I hope I start seeing my hobbyist community come to life.

Or if people have recommendations for large communities not full of politics that works too. Maybe memes and shitposts aren't for me.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They changed their business model. That’s not politics.

That's literally politics.

Reddit was able to change their API and essentially do whatever they wanted because they operate under a political system that gives power to corporations over individuals.

It doesn't have to be this way. At&t used to be able to require you to use their proprietary phone. That's not much different from Reddit requiring you to use their app.

We could have a different system. A system that gives data rights to individuals. A system that would require an API that allows 3rd parties -- and therefore more competition and innovation -- to exist.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

What you just stated doesn't refute anything I said previously. If you want to surround yourself with what you consider politics, be my guest. Just don't bring me into it. I'm doing my part in my community.