I can sort of understand why tbf. Just playing the devil’s advocate here but the issue is that today it’s fine and shitposts are shitposts but Poe’s law will come into action at some point.
Oh I’m not saying the overall opinions there are ironic and will stay that way, they are very much communists (and a notable minority of anarchists), and that isn’t likely to change, just that there’s also a lot of shitposting, and the general jokey tone seems to be what convinced admins not to take the “hey guys you have to follow the rules of federated instances when you post there” seriously
I can sort of understand why tbf. Just playing the devil’s advocate here but the issue is that today it’s fine and shitposts are shitposts but Poe’s law will come into action at some point.
Oh I’m not saying the overall opinions there are ironic and will stay that way, they are very much communists (and a notable minority of anarchists), and that isn’t likely to change, just that there’s also a lot of shitposting, and the general jokey tone seems to be what convinced admins not to take the “hey guys you have to follow the rules of federated instances when you post there” seriously