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this post was submitted on 03 Apr 2026
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It costs next to nothing to include Lemmy in a social media astroturf and propaganda campaign, and is even easier and more effective because the small userbase means people's posts are viewed less suspiciously (case in point: Your entire "the userbase is too small lolol" argument here). I am absolutely certain a few people I interacted with during that time were astroturf, MAGA-in-disguise or propaganda accounts. Re-read the part of my reply about necessary but not sufficient causation, to address your "third party vote" argument (I said nothing about third party voters, note, but you also ignore depressed turnout).
But to get a little meta: I'm engaging in good faith discussion and giving reasons for my arguments. And you come here, respond to me twice (edit: three times?) with condescending derision when I wasn't even talking to or about you, and are making an illogical claim that a 50K userbase somehow means Lemmy is immune from propaganda (whether state or individual). You then downvote me, which I didn't do to anyone I disagree with here. It's childish and petty.
We are two people who probably want the same left-based outcomes and have disagreements on the method to get there, but you're ranting to me about random things in this thread that I didn't even say. You're being extremely unpleasant, unkind and uncivil. I stand by what I said.
Second edit: Seeing your profile and comment about being banned, here's a direct question: Did you go by the username UniversalMonk prior to the election? The MO, aggressive response style, and AI-generated profile stuff is almost identical.
Thread was under my comments in this thread, so I responded. No that was not my username. I had to change my username because of doxxing attempts and numerous KYS dm's I was getting. From searching just now, looks like your person is still an active current poster. I guess he didn't 'disappear after the election' either.
I don't use my old username anymore, and the instance it was on, closed. The person who told me to kill myself several times back then, and tried to dox me, is still around and still posts too. lol
I haven't been rude or uncivil to you at all.
My profile isn't ai generated. I'm here right now replying to you. I wrote my profile. Just because someone disagrees with you, it doesn't mean they're ai or that they're bots or that they're propaganda. Your comments are an exact snapshot of the time period I was talking about. So neither you or I left, and neither of us have changed our minds. Which means you believe in what you are saying, and I believe in what I'm saying. IMHO, neither of us deserve to be censored just because we don't agree.