50501

1319 readers

51 users here now

50 States, 50 Protests, 1 Movement. https://fiftyfifty.one/ | #fiftyfiftyone
This is a community related to the 50501 movement. Find the main communities at https://50501.chat/.

founded 2 months ago

MODERATORS

BaldProphet@piefed.social

207

50501 on Reddit temporarily shut down over astroturfing (?); struggling on Facebook (piefed.social)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by cabbage@piefed.social to c/50501@piefed.social

29 comments fedilink hide all child comments

It seems the 50501 movement is facing some predictable problems on commercial platforms.

On Reddit, the 50501 subreddit has temporarily shut down over abuse. This comes after reports from users that the community is "obviously being astroturfed". No word as to when it will be back online.

It seems things are not much better over at Facebook, where there is apparently frequent calls to stop protesting this and that, with a Reddit user commenting that the group "feels like it's imploding".

This is hardly surprising given how commercial social media has repeatedly shown itself to be easily manipulated, but it's still fascinating that it's bad enough to shut down the whole Reddit community. Although we are certainly in a better place over here we are not immune: Make sure to be vigilant and to report suspicious activity.

If anyone is on Facebook, maybe now is a good time to give people there a few pointers towards Lemmy/PieFed.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 28 points 3 days ago (1 children)

any "movement" will never really gain traction and make things happen because of the vast majority of everyone's absolute refusal to ditch platforms run by oligarchs. and even if something did start getting off the ground, then guess who owns every one and every zero you've ever sent or received on that platform? hint: literally the people you're taking action against

"i would leave ________, but everyone i know uses it!!!! waaaaaah!!"

indeed...so here we (STILL) are

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Might be true on social media, but maybe it's a blessing disguised as a curse. If people felt like posting on social media actually solved anything, that would be even worse.

The only thing social media is good for is getting people into the streets. That's the only place a movement can actually make things happen.

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

getting people into the streets

which will come to a screeching halt the instant people start getting arrested for being "agitators," the movers and shakers within a given movement. people are still assuming the unlawful detainment will stop when they're done with brown people. nope. due process is gone. habeas corpus is gone. african americans have been living this reality for hundreds of years. and again, they know everything about you, from google, microsoft, facebook, and every other trump fluffing tech company who won't hesitate to hand over everything about you. actually best to assume they already have.

it's cliche at this point, but it's 1984 now. and people are shouting their plans directly into the telescreen

[–] grue@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I'm not quite as cynical as you, but you're certainly right about at least one thing. Trying to use fascist oligarch-controlled platforms to organize against them is terrible OPSEC, that's for damn sure!

[–] Umbrias@beehaw.org 5 points 3 days ago

if you give up before they even start then you lose without trying, and then they will still find ways to arrest you.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 4 points 3 days ago

“There will be no curiosity, no enjoyment of the process of life. All competing pleasures will be destroyed. But always— do not forget this, Winston— always there will be the intoxication of power, constantly increasing and constantly growing subtler. Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless. If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face— forever. ”

- 1984