So due to recent developments, are we still allowed to post and discuss tech-related topics? Or is the goal of this community now one of shitposting on LMG, given the recent name and banner changes?

The recent post on stubby screwdrivers was locked before even giving other people the opportunity to share their own thoughts on alternative brands that are specific to their country. As much as Linus and LMG fucked up, really sad to see this community degrading down a path of hatred (even if justified, based on community name change , banner, etc), instead of chatting about what we all love: technology, independent of the situation at LMG.

Really hate seeing a community with so much promise (especially as a Reddit alternative) getting destroyed.

    • Ace@feddit.uk
      203·
      1 year ago

      Lmao, I’ve just read the mod’s comments on that locked post. Oof. Yeah I’m out, I don’t want to be in a community modded by someone like that. And they’ve changed the title, logo image, and banner to the recent drama. They clearly have an agenda. I don’t want an echo chamber so I’ll join yours. Go the fediverse.

      • Puzzle_Sluts_4Ever@lemmy.world
        42·
        1 year ago

        Yeah… I very much have been “anti-LMG” since they tried to use sob stories to encourage consumers to actively not want what few rights we have.

        But the mod of this board is just batshit insane. Part of it is the very obvious “Linus was my best friend and now he BETRAYED ME!!!”. But there was also the REALLY weird need to be an openly misogynistic incel against Naomi Wu even while apparently building their entire being around #JusticeForMadison.

        Expect more and more stuff to be deleted and locked unless it very specifically matches whatever theo feels at any given moment.

        Which… accomplishes nothing. It just makes for a hate circle jerk that accomplishes nothing because even people who have been directly wronged by LMG will say “… I’m not with them”. A community that acknowledges the good and the bad leads to the kinds of discussion that encourage pivoting. A community that insists the font choice is actually a personal insult, at best, encourages a pivot to “Ugh, everyone is trying to cancel me” style content.