OrangeSlice

Would be great to have other mobile apps fill the gap, so that the devs can focus more heavily on the main site instead of Jerboa.

They’re gonna move away from we sockets within a couple of weeks, from what I hear

So some people really not grasp that?

Actually, yes, the original FOSS movement had more right-libertarian roots than anything to the left, although nowadays some might see it as “common ground”.

the users flinging loaded language and spreading FUD about the platform.

Extremely dorky to do that on a federated site. Set up an instance and federate.

Nobody seems to give a shit that all major social media is owned by sketchy billionaires who actually have the power to fuck shit up, but one FOSS developer is an ardent communist (but not known to be a member of any org or party where he could actually do anything (no offense)), and all of a sudden that somehow is an issue for just using the software (as intended by the dev!)

Totally, and once you get there you can and should have criticisms of both countries and how they have operated and the decisions their leaders have made. It’s not that they are above criticism, but its exhausting to hear criticisms from people who obviously haven’t done their homework and they let the propaganda (seated in racism/orientalism/whatever Red Scare shit) do the talking.

It’s not that they “believe” it, but it’s a glaring blind spot that takes time to be acknowledged and contended with.

You can go out and be the biggest leftist of all and support LGBT rights, universal healthcare, whatever, but it’s not like people understand every page of socialist theory and worldview on Day 1. There are many Western leftists at this early stage who have not studied topics like the Chinese Revolution (for instance) from a socialist perspective. Naturally, they are going to tend to repeat liberal talking points until they’ve done that.

Sure they one can be a “leftist” who is fighting for “the right thing”, but for me, I know that I have grown massively in my understanding of the world (modern and historical), and continue to do so. I assuredly have blind spots of my own that I have yet to deal with.

I think a lot of us agree with you, but it’s a potentially missed opportunity to educate those who are oblivious is all.