does anyone else feel enslaved?

When I was growing up the internet was a place to be liberated from the world say what you want to say, be whoever you want and form genuine communities with shared interests. Now the internet feels like a tool to enslave the mind with identity echo chambers and any deviation leads you to being banned and blocked shunned and silenced within a void that is inescapable. Novel unique websites coded manually by hobbyists running servers for free in the commons allowing people access to the free flow of information under the banner of “information should be free” has largely gone away with corpratisation. I miss the days when the internet was populated largely by nerds aiming to make a better world not this controlled censored hell hole of profiteering.

socsa,

Only to the sweet siren’s call of Casamigos Brand Tequila!

gaytswiftfan,

“enslave”

??

are you serious with thos wording? and if everyone agrees with your opinions would you have still made this topic?

Foresight,

I still would of posted regardless

Foresight,

You know the more intimidation you try to shut down discourse the more I want to throw it in your face.

AnarchoYeasty,

They said elsewhere they are tired of being called out because they hate the LGBTQ flags. It’s a troll looking to claim to be a victim.

ricecake,

Regardless of your opinion. Don’t be afraid to stand up for what you think is right, even if it means disaproval or social pressure.


<span style="color:#323232;">The Man in the Mirror
</span><span style="color:#323232;">by Dale Wimbrow
</span><span style="color:#323232;">When you get all you want and you struggle for self,
</span><span style="color:#323232;">and the world makes you king for a day,
</span><span style="color:#323232;">then go to the mirror and look at yourself
</span><span style="color:#323232;">and see what that man has to say.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">For it isn't your mother, your father or wife
</span><span style="color:#323232;">whose judgment upon you must pass,
</span><span style="color:#323232;">but the man, whose verdict counts most in your life
</span><span style="color:#323232;">is the one staring back from the glass.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">He's the fellow to please,
</span><span style="color:#323232;">never mind all the rest.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">For he's with you right to the end,
</span><span style="color:#323232;">and you've passed your most difficult test
</span><span style="color:#323232;">if the man in the glass is your friend.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">You may be like Jack Horner and "chisel" a plum,
</span><span style="color:#323232;">And think you're a wonderful guy,
</span><span style="color:#323232;">But the man in the glass says you're only a bum
</span><span style="color:#323232;">If you can't look him straight in the eye.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">You can fool the whole world,
</span><span style="color:#323232;">down the highway of years,
</span><span style="color:#323232;">and take pats on the back as you pass.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">But your final reward will be heartache and tears
</span><span style="color:#323232;">if you've cheated the man in the glass.
</span>
teawrecks,

Have you tried to post something that was censored? I haven’t run into that, though I’ve heard a lot of people complaining that they’ve been censored. The worst I’ve gotten is downvoted, which is not the same as being censored.

Whirlybird,

Have a look at the mod log for MaliciousCompliance on Lemmy.world if you want to see censorship and extreme mod abuse.

aussie.zone/modlog/917

If you dare say “biological sex exists and is different to gender” - a pretty factual statement that not even trans people would deny - you’ll have your comment deleted and be banned.

Have to hope those same power tripping mods aren’t also mods in many other subs, but unfortunately the most active one doing all the censoring and banning is.

Lemminary,

I have seen a couple of comments removed by mods that I thought were perfectly fine, so there’s that. 🤷‍♂️ I just hope it doesn’t become a regular thing.

vd1n,

100% at least by marketing and politics.

dotslashme,

For sure, I’m slowly quitting the www and moving more towards gemini instead.

toastal,

I like the idea, but Gemini lacks the accessibility & performance HTTP brings & the spec has issue too. I’d rather see like a new compliance suite for the non-shitty web because the last year’s tech is/was good, but some of the reigns should be pulled in—especially the web appification of web pages that have no business being anything other than just a static page.

Whirlybird,

Now the internet feels like a tool to enslave the mind with identity echo chambers and any deviation leads you to being banned and blocked shunned and silenced within a void that is inescapable

This so much. Go against the narrative and you’re banned even for breaking no rules. Reddit is in the endgame of this at the moment. The admins and their power mods decide on the narrative and if you don’t play along and circle jerk you get banned, often from subs you have never even been to.

Unfortunately in my short time here I’m seeing much the same, though at least the bannings aren’t at the same extent yet. Give it time though.

Foresight,

Yup exactly the word removed is censored, I could really do with a pack of fags and smoking a removed

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