I hope I will not get downvoted because I’m genuinely wondering
Lemmy almost has no users from neither Israel or Palestine, however most of communities filled with Anti Israel content, I even tried muting all news related communities, but now I see anti Israel content in completely unrelated communities, like !android@lemmy.world and !memes@sopuli.xyz
Is there a reason why Lemmy is so fixated on Israel/Palestine? Neither of other world conflicts get even close in terms of attention. It’s neither a case on my microblogging Fediverse account or my most “algoritmic” social media, even kbin part of the Threadiverse seems not as obsessed with it, what’s so different about Lemmy?
(Sorry for a bit clickbait-y title)
Edit: I actually might take down this post because half of people in replies completely misunderstood it
##tl;dr Because Israel is breaking international law.
Are you stalking my profile now lol?
Maybe. Why? Does it bother you if people call out Israel?
Not really, there’s a lot of propoganda online so it’s completely understandable to me
I do find it concerning tho when a person first says that I should stop saying “bullshit” and then goes on as far to stalk my profile for my past posts
Well, in my defence, a lot of what you are saying IS bullshit.
I had a look into it and have to say: you got a point. OP still has to learn some things, but where’s life there is hope.
It’s funny because in the post they said that anti Israeli content bothers them, but they claim it doesn’t. I think it bothers them a lot. But what should bother them more is apartheid in Israel and genocide in the name of the Jewish people.
What Hamas did was atrocious, and how Israel responds is even worse. Where I live, people are not against Israel or Palestine per se. They are against violence and genocide. And rightfully so. No matter who commits the crimes, or where they are committed, they are still crimes and it’d frankly be weird not to condemn them in the strongest possible way. Is it really that difficult not to think only in terms of us-them. black-white, good-bad and/or left-right? The level of discourse (or absence thereof) is quite disheartening.
Are you asking why Lemmy has a lean towards political activism? Why the political activism is so heavily focused on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict? Or why they’ve chosen the side that they have within that conflict?
All three are completely different questions, and all of them are complicated and also pretty much impossible to answer with any real confidence. But they’re interesting.
Anyways, which is the biggest thrust of your question?
I am talking about apolitical communities, or those that are supposed to be apolitical at least, i apologize if I haven’t made it clear enough in my original thread.
There is no such thing as an “apolitical” community - not here on the fediverse or anywhere else.
@masquenox
Prove it
@Fitik
Lemmy doesn’t have many enforced apolitical communities. Because even the meaning of apolitical is contentious and arguably political.
@JohnDClay
What is an example of a political aspect to defining “apolitical”?
@FitikIs being trans political for example.
@JohnDClay
No if you just happen to be trans. Yes if you’re doing activism about it.Is this political for example? People would say both ways.
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/42910186
Another example is fictional character relationships. Are the lesbian relationships in arcane political for example?
@JohnDClay
>https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/42910186
Political because it’s a caricature of trans reactionism.I have never read or heard of arcane.
This morning I read some statistic that approx 73% of all internet traffic is bots & shills.
So that might have something to do with this phenomenon you’re experiencing.
Most of that has got to be miscellaneous stuff though, like maintenance testing. How would that work out for business if more than half of us were bots?
I will say though, it brings some assurance to be able to say “I’m also ____ on another website” as bots cannot operate universally with uniformity. For example, if I were to mention here how I’m DollarGeneralKenobi on PsychCentral and vice versa, it would pose a challenge to the bot thing based on the stereotype that a bot is only made to be interested in one meeting place.
@shinigamiookamiryuu
I don’t think lemm.ee is a business. Is it a business? I’d be surprised if so.
@LemmyKnowsBest
Maybe it might because Israel is in the wrong? Maybe overreacting a bit and committing something awfully close to genocide? Just a thought.
What’s different about Lemmy compared to other sites? The Palestine/Israel conflict is the main topic point today. Everyone is talking about it everywhere, whether it be Reddit or Twitter. Are you up to date on the news?
