I mean, downvotes are manipulation. Voting shouldn’t be allowed at all. That’s a gateway to ranking algorithms. Lemmy is a dumpster fire of alt accounts for vote manipulation.
By date only. No preferences in sort or filter unless you specify. No adjusting the results. Everyone gets the exact same thing by default.
I also think blocking a user should block you from them too. Not reddit/lemmy style.
Well, defed is just when they personally don’t like something. There are right wing run Lemmy instances that defed from lefty instances. And lots of content is removed in general.
Lemmy is just as manipulative as the corporations, just with their own topics.
I think we should conversationally separate “access to information” from “social media.” Although they sort of go hand in hand.
I actually only use ALL sorted by New. I don’t sub to any communities. I find it’s the best way to view lemmy. I will block communities or instances I’m disinterested in, as a way to make that feed less noisy.
So, free-world isn’t the problem. The content is the problem. People who distribute things like, for example, body shaming videos or videos that teach kids to hate themselves, are still available on mastodon.
So, it sounds like you just care more about crushing big social media than actually talking about the harmful content online?
Affinity Studio has no Linux binary. You would need WINE, etc.
That’s what I’m saying. It’s Mac and Windows only right now.