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We would no longer be trusted

I'm afraid that damage has already been done, though we're trying to pretend like things are cool so that you won't bomb us or something.

Some Americans in this thread seems to think this will all blow past while they sit comfortably in their homes.

It won't. Your passivity is exactly what the Republicans depend on. Posting online won't save you. You need to take your actions out in the real world.

There's not one correct course of action, but don't get fooled into inaction. Whether you're a peaceful protester, run for local office, or do a Luigi I won't get myself involved with. Just don't mistake online activity for activism. And don't think you're powerless, that's how they win.

Good thing these four cops are surrounding him in handcuffs. He's obviously making up a huge threat here. Sane and normal.

At least the lawyer is calling them out for being weird as fuck.

I personally like being able to easily change the colour theme, but it's of course entirely optional. Each to their own.

If you press the cog in the top right corner you can choose between six different themes, as well as moving the sidebar around, text size, and a bunch of other tweaks. :)

It has gotten really, really good for photography. There's a bunch of incredible photographers posting their stuff on the Fediverse these days, and they enjoy the appeal of it that it's closer to what Instagram was before it became an influencer hub.

As for random cats and dogs, I guess some people enjoy that as well.

I wouldn't say mbin is awkward to use, but microblogging is included as a bit of a second thought. It's still nice to be able to communicate with the fediverse at large.

PieFed feels faster than the others to me. It has good support for various content (like peertube channels), allows for content filtering with keywords, has combined communities, and a lot of other clever stuff.

I think it's also a bit utopian to expect everyone to make an informed decision about which small instance to sign up for right away. It could be nice to have a little overview ready for whoever has been using lemmy.world or some other big instance for a while, understands how the fediverse works, and wants to migrate to a smaller instance for some reason or another.

Personally I wasn't really sure where to go after Kbin.social, and my decision on Kbin.earth was pretty random. Happy with my decision though!

Kbin.life is a neat domain!

A landing page of sorts for small instances could be neat - a list of small instances welcoming new users, what their moderation policies are, software, philosophy of (de)federation, and other basic stuff.

It's easy to find the big ones, but for those looking for smaller instances they can be harder to find.

1. I see little reason to doubt it
2. It means whoever hoisted it considers there to be a crisis, which is consistent with accounts of public offices being overtaken by random young white men who are rapidly taking control.
3. Speaking as a non-American political scientist having worked a little with rule of law and fascism, it seems a bit late to start worrying. Think about what you can do for yourself, your neighbours, and your country, urgently or in the longer term. It's going to be ugly for a while.

As one cannot view Twitter without an account there, I sort of tend to assume everybody have left it by now. It's crazy to me that this is not the case.

I would be worried that when the scammers in charge dump their holdings, the resulting turmoil will affect other currencies as well. Demand-based markets don't respond well nor rationally to panic.

That said, I also think the whole thing is a ponzi, and my understanding is of course affected by that. But I believe the logic above would apply in either case.