▲ 1146 ▼ EFF is Leaving X | Electronic Frontier Foundation (www.eff.org) submitted 7 months ago by slothrop@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world 94 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 88 points 7 months ago (7 children) What the everliving fuck were they still doing there permalink fedilink source hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] cowfodder@lemmy.world 74 points 7 months ago (5 children) Trying to help people that didn't know about the alternatives. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world -7 points 7 months ago (4 children) Not sure the best place to discuss peace and love is at a Nazi rally. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Signtist@bookwyr.me 18 points 7 months ago (1 child) It's certainly the place that needs the message the most, though the chances anyone would listen is virtually zero. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] OctopusNemeses@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago It's one of the reasons I still keep a few reddit accounts but I've come to the same conclusions. Nobody listens. They'd rather mental gymnastic their way around the contradictions before their very eyes than see the plain truth that reddit is a hive of right wing troll jobs. permalink fedilink source parent [–] YetiBeets@lemmy.world 27 points 7 months ago (1 child) Yeah, everyone knows the key to popular Revolution is a small collection of insular ML reading groups /s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 10 points 7 months ago Marxist-Leninist are the most active IRL leftists. i know this to be true because they're always saying that. i find this to be odd given that all the IRL leftists i've ever known are anarchists or Trotskyists. the MLs i only ever meet online tell me this is because all the leftists i've ever known have been feds. i've always found this odd, too, since the only ML i ever knew in real life was an IRS agent who turned Trotskyist after her brother was killed by a soviet agent. the MLs i only ever meet online tell me this is because i'm a fed. i find this odd, too, since so many of my friends are in hiding, in jail, or out on bail awaiting trial and i'm powerless to use any of my fed connections to do anything about this. i wish i knew what we were ivestigating. until i find out i suppose i'll keep working to build a better world where i am however i can permalink fedilink source parent [–] shirro@aussie.zone 10 points 7 months ago How long do you stay on a platform before the outreach to new people is outweighed by implicit support of the platform? It's a tough call. It is difficult to reach out to outsiders and talk to them but it's the only way to have a conversation with them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cowfodder@lemmy.world 74 points 7 months ago (5 children) Trying to help people that didn't know about the alternatives. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world -7 points 7 months ago (4 children) Not sure the best place to discuss peace and love is at a Nazi rally. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Signtist@bookwyr.me 18 points 7 months ago (1 child) It's certainly the place that needs the message the most, though the chances anyone would listen is virtually zero. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] OctopusNemeses@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago It's one of the reasons I still keep a few reddit accounts but I've come to the same conclusions. Nobody listens. They'd rather mental gymnastic their way around the contradictions before their very eyes than see the plain truth that reddit is a hive of right wing troll jobs. permalink fedilink source parent [–] YetiBeets@lemmy.world 27 points 7 months ago (1 child) Yeah, everyone knows the key to popular Revolution is a small collection of insular ML reading groups /s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 10 points 7 months ago Marxist-Leninist are the most active IRL leftists. i know this to be true because they're always saying that. i find this to be odd given that all the IRL leftists i've ever known are anarchists or Trotskyists. the MLs i only ever meet online tell me this is because all the leftists i've ever known have been feds. i've always found this odd, too, since the only ML i ever knew in real life was an IRS agent who turned Trotskyist after her brother was killed by a soviet agent. the MLs i only ever meet online tell me this is because i'm a fed. i find this odd, too, since so many of my friends are in hiding, in jail, or out on bail awaiting trial and i'm powerless to use any of my fed connections to do anything about this. i wish i knew what we were ivestigating. until i find out i suppose i'll keep working to build a better world where i am however i can permalink fedilink source parent
[+] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world -7 points 7 months ago (4 children) Not sure the best place to discuss peace and love is at a Nazi rally. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Signtist@bookwyr.me 18 points 7 months ago (1 child) It's certainly the place that needs the message the most, though the chances anyone would listen is virtually zero. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] OctopusNemeses@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago It's one of the reasons I still keep a few reddit accounts but I've come to the same conclusions. Nobody listens. They'd rather mental gymnastic their way around the contradictions before their very eyes than see the plain truth that reddit is a hive of right wing troll jobs. permalink fedilink source parent [–] YetiBeets@lemmy.world 27 points 7 months ago (1 child) Yeah, everyone knows the key to popular Revolution is a small collection of insular ML reading groups /s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 10 points 7 months ago Marxist-Leninist are the most active IRL leftists. i know this to be true because they're always saying that. i find this to be odd given that all the IRL leftists i've ever known are anarchists or Trotskyists. the MLs i only ever meet online tell me this is because all the leftists i've ever known have been feds. i've always found this odd, too, since the only ML i ever knew in real life was an IRS agent who turned Trotskyist after her brother was killed by a soviet agent. the MLs i only ever meet online tell me this is because i'm a fed. i find this odd, too, since so many of my friends are in hiding, in jail, or out on bail awaiting trial and i'm powerless to use any of my fed connections to do anything about this. i wish i knew what we were ivestigating. until i find out i suppose i'll keep working to build a better world where i am however i can permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Signtist@bookwyr.me 18 points 7 months ago (1 child) It's certainly the place that needs the message the most, though the chances anyone would listen is virtually zero. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] OctopusNemeses@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago It's one of the reasons I still keep a few reddit accounts but I've come to the same conclusions. Nobody listens. They'd rather mental gymnastic their way around the contradictions before their very eyes than see the plain truth that reddit is a hive of right wing troll jobs. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OctopusNemeses@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago It's one of the reasons I still keep a few reddit accounts but I've come to the same conclusions. Nobody listens. They'd rather mental gymnastic their way around the contradictions before their very eyes than see the plain truth that reddit is a hive of right wing troll jobs. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] YetiBeets@lemmy.world 27 points 7 months ago (1 child) Yeah, everyone knows the key to popular Revolution is a small collection of insular ML reading groups /s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 10 points 7 months ago Marxist-Leninist are the most active IRL leftists. i know this to be true because they're always saying that. i find this to be odd given that all the IRL leftists i've ever known are anarchists or Trotskyists. the MLs i only ever meet online tell me this is because all the leftists i've ever known have been feds. i've always found this odd, too, since the only ML i ever knew in real life was an IRS agent who turned Trotskyist after her brother was killed by a soviet agent. the MLs i only ever meet online tell me this is because i'm a fed. i find this odd, too, since so many of my friends are in hiding, in jail, or out on bail awaiting trial and i'm powerless to use any of my fed connections to do anything about this. i wish i knew what we were ivestigating. until i find out i suppose i'll keep working to build a better world where i am however i can permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 10 points 7 months ago Marxist-Leninist are the most active IRL leftists. i know this to be true because they're always saying that. i find this to be odd given that all the IRL leftists i've ever known are anarchists or Trotskyists. the MLs i only ever meet online tell me this is because all the leftists i've ever known have been feds. i've always found this odd, too, since the only ML i ever knew in real life was an IRS agent who turned Trotskyist after her brother was killed by a soviet agent. the MLs i only ever meet online tell me this is because i'm a fed. i find this odd, too, since so many of my friends are in hiding, in jail, or out on bail awaiting trial and i'm powerless to use any of my fed connections to do anything about this. i wish i knew what we were ivestigating. until i find out i suppose i'll keep working to build a better world where i am however i can permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shirro@aussie.zone 10 points 7 months ago How long do you stay on a platform before the outreach to new people is outweighed by implicit support of the platform? It's a tough call. It is difficult to reach out to outsiders and talk to them but it's the only way to have a conversation with them. permalink fedilink source parent