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this post was submitted on 24 Nov 2023
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I totally agree with the title's sentiment. I don't mind some free open source rough edges. Lemmy functions great. There's also a good deal of what looks like genuine interaction. However, I would like to point out that I think there's a LOT of corporate shills pushing agendas. Some notable ones might be pharmaceutical propaganda and corporate banking with cashless solutions.
I've even seen someone trying to shill the "Barbie" movie here, it's like, we get that it is a really good movie and the lead actress gave an Oscar worthy performance of a lifetime and is also like, really hot and really funny and all, but why would they want to shill this movie on this obscure technology forum, of all places?
Oh you
That's esteemed... generic Lemmy user who is totally not an award winning character actress to you!
So yeah, I've heard it was a good movie too. Like, totally an Oscar worthy performance for sure! ;)
It's also dangerous to dismiss the idea that propagandists from Russia, China and Co. aren't active on here. The way Al Jazeera, a Qatari state owned news outlet, is the most trusted source on here when it comes to Israel and Gaza news is kind of weak.
Hi guys, Im a propagandist from Russia, China and 'Co', how do you do?
Would you like to re-qualify as a propagandist for Ukraine? We offer free borscht!
No thank you im currently given prospects beyond being a crack head living in a tent city, thanks!
if by "most trusted source on here" u mean "most biased news source that reddit/lemmy love to echo" then I totally agree
We`re never going to escape it, but I hope it's not as prevalent as it is on Facebook and twitter etc. Last time I heard anything about the topic regarding those platforms it was some surprisingly unimaginable number of corporate accounts. Like 75%. What I mean by that is people being hired by corporations to join social media platforms and pretend to be legit users interacting with others while pushing agendas, attending to damage control or recommending product.
And China. I seem to see the same couple accounts everywhere talking about how great China is in totally unrelated threads.