For niche topics yes, Reddit is 1000x the size of the fediverse. In terms of smart commenters and debates, not so much.

I’m not saying there’s a lot, just a lot more than Reddit.

Well, the smart people left Reddit.

Luigi is a hero. But not because he killed a CEO, or anyone. Because he was framed by the government, dragged through the mud, humiliated publicly, and held his head high standing 10 feet tall. Not guilty plea is nothing less than I expected. We should all take note of his example. They can’t beat us all if we resist.

I was at that bar too, great guy. I’ll testify under oath.

Really? I’ve seen Lemmings are much more competent, way higher debate ability, far less disinformation. Also I’ve seen this 10x so far in a month: “sorry, you’re right”. Almost never saw that on Reddit. And I’ve had to say it many times too.

Speaking of disinformation, here’s the underlying article: https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/one-third-of-americans-believe-russian-disinformation-yougov-survey-finds. In case you want to skip Forbes.

Now try this: mass edit all of your comments to be that post and watch how quickly you get banned from every subreddit, no appeal.

We’re coming here, but slowly. We each have our tipping point and for many who just scroll mindlessly it’s not any worse than insta/tiktok/Facebook. The commenter crowd has largely moved over.

It’s important because the rhetoric of “we only want useful people” isn’t true. It’s not just about her, it’s also about false rhetoric.

How so?

He’s a vampire so only if he leaves during the daytime.