Musk, Trump and DOGE topics are all being flagged, even if they are relevant… The tech world has blessed this regime.
Despite that there has been a general interest in "tech" and clever things and intelligent discussion here that appeals to a reasonably broad community so the place works.
The massive wealth concentration and power amongst a very few, the Paypal mafia, Andreeson etc has led them down a path that puts them at odds with the rest of us. Regardless of our diverse politics regular engineers aren't going to have more individual or economic freedom in a world controlled by a small group of oligarchs. They care about us about as much as we care about ants.
I wouldn't say the tech world has blessed the regime but many unquestionably revere the financiers of the tech world. We (techies) for all our talk of individual liberties have a problem with cult like thinking. Most of us aren't stupid and we can justify our positions, any position. And while some flagging of discussions might be sock puppets or bots, the truth is a lot of people still thoroughly believe the hype.
>always promoted crypto and AI scams
is very accurate. In my experience it is pretty cynical about those
I guess you can conclude that a few percent here likes Trump etc, but far from a majority
https://bsky.app/profile/willhaycardiff.bsky.social/post/3lk...
Given this, we can reasonably expect hostile bots here, flagging according to agenda.
The best part of it all is that you can post like the above with no clear side chosen and the people whom it applies to will react to it negatively as well.
Humans are humans. Some humans are dumb and emotion-prone. Some humans who are dumb and emotion-prone think their bad behavior is justified because they're on the side of justice/righteousness.
It's not enough, in our current climate, to look the other way because someone is on a similar team...
Reinvigorating honest, fair discussion requires everyone interact more positively.
I think what's happening is that a lot of his constituents like him due to his personality, but they don't necessarily believe he is honest. So, they're betting on his dishonesty and using that as a justification for their support. Meaning, supporting Trump is really not so bad if you assume Trump isn't going to do half the things he says he is. Then, it's like you're supporting an almost normal candidate.
Could we at least elect someone likeable like Bill Nye if we're voting based on "personality"?
They want someone a bit stupid, who says stupid things. They want someone who’s an asshole because asshole is basically synonymous with badass protagonist.
(I'm not one of them, but I believe many are. I appreciate where they are coming from.)