oh hai

I’m genuinely curious to see their metrics this autumn. It feels like so many old redditors came here!

Typical “product owner/manager” mentality to show percentages of engagement growth or whatever stupid KPI they came up with. And those shitheads are the most incompetent and the most high off AI. I just hope enshittification will be complete some day and everything will be brown and smelly (just like those Claude UIs).

I think Dugin gets too much credit, here’s a pretty good write-up from an outsider’s perspective. As a Russian, I think it’s one of the most accurate description of what’s been going on.

https://cscr.pk/explore/themes/politics-governance/aleksandr-dugin-and-russias-military-propaganda-machine/

Well, yeah, I agree that almost everything around us is either touched by or a product of capitalism. What I mean is that you can’t just say “everything is shit because it’s capitalism”.

it honestly feels like a psyop at this point. in russia there was a particular focus on making people “apolitical”, which is a different direction but still was focused on reducing opposition turnout.

Asking as a non-American, did it change anything for the good? I mean, were there any improvements in approved medical cases, or anything like that?

VK has its own infra in Mail.Ru datacenters. And because they’ve been serving the government in a larger extent (VK is basically your direct line to FSB), it’s pretty strange that Yandex was targeted instead.

Won’t help, they don’t really have an incentive to host their shit on Yandex anymore. Even if there was anything in the first place, I’ve yet to find a good proof of bot activity being disrupted during those bombings. Don’t get me wrong, it would be a very good story, but SWEs in Russia can be pretty competent.

Protest in cars! Block the roads, enjoy the music, grab some snacks.

It still doesn’t mean you shouldn’t vote. All the other things you’re talking about are political actions that need citizens’ involvement. It’s a start, not a solution. After you vote, you don’t stop your political life.

This is really why I keep commenting. I’m usually lurking on any platform but it’s so easy to manipulate the narrative with bots, I feel like I have to voice those OBVIOUS things out.

Dude, are you for real? Touch some grass, not everything in life is capitalism.

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Exactly. People can’t just fix everything in one go. And having a “left” majority will at least give a chance to shift the narrative.

ML kid spotted

Some Americans will justify not voting by using Palestine as an example. Well, yeah, your dems suck too but it’s not a reason to not take action. Voting is easy enough, and at least it really works. Fantasizing about the Revolution won’t do shit.

Thanks for the good news, Serbia! And congratulations!

Yeah, I quit for good after comments about Spain and France. I got recommended subs I’ve never seen before and that look like they’ve been made to lure right-wing folks (with some bot comments and obviously framed posts).

It’s a mess, I don’t even know what’s real anymore and I fear it’s the people who are becoming so unloving to each other, and especially to ones who look different.

useful idiots, reposting Russian propaganda outlets