I just miss user generated content. Not just a porn thing. I get what you're saying. But you're essentially what I hate about the internet. What you're saying means mass commercialization. Everywhere must be a seller and we are buyers. I prefer the internet when it was regular people creating things.
I bet you don't notice it but they're mostly all tied to an onlyfans somewhere. It was an effort by the porn sites to remove them. Anything that wasn't verified is purged
Want wasn't it regean that made it a law you couldn't buy directly from the manufacturer because he was buddies with people who owned major dealerships. And it just stuck since then.
Maybe like forums where you need to be a member. But even the smaller sites are all mostly owned by the same company. They all pull from the same source it's just different categories. The days of user created porn haven't been a thing for a while.
Pornhubs parent company owns like 95% of all pornsites that host porn videos. When they scrubbed their content, everything trickled down. This video is in China. It's an entirely different system there.
That's some mental gymnastics. This is exactly why this generation of left failing everywhere. Like when you show MAGA the trump files and they just ignore what's in front of them so they don't have to admit the obvious. The right are the capitalist class. They're not some benign group. They are the ones changing the public opinion and taking every opportunity that gives them.
This isn't discussed nearly enough. He was 100% groomed to be the next president. Do any of you actually understand Charlie Kirk would have been the American president. That is not talked about enough. Fun to laugh at, sure. But it was an actual reality. There were a lot of eggs in that basket. I can't prove it, but the assignation of Charlie Kirk may have significantly saved a lot of lives.
What is response? Do you think people going into to the streets against armed forces should pack up because the authoritarians have total control over the streets and can kick in heads at their discretion. Fuck that, people show up to oppose them regardless what they control to contest them and at the very least make it harder for the authoritarians rather than making it easier for them.
Who gives a shit if they boost right wing content. That shouldn't stop anyone. That is a defeatist attitude that is spread all over the left and it needs to fucking stop.
If they boost their content, you go to the comments. It's a numbers game. You're not arguing with the chuds. You're playing the game. Same game most people are all aware of yet others are blind to. You need numbers. Humans are social. They change opinions slowly over time, but only if they see the herd moving. This is why they're attempting to control these platforms and convince the left to abandon them.
Regardless, the reality is they don't just boost right wing content. They boost content that sells ads. Engagement sells. So when you all leave, it rebalanced everything to the right and their content spread. Leftist creators tried to break through and failed without Engagement. Right wing propaganda spread further and faster than ever before.
Arguing with CHUDS online is the biggest industry there is. There's a reason for it. Call it whatever you like but it's undeniable fact. These platforms are critical to stopping fascists. Fascist rely on public displays of strength and power. It's the only place you can make them look like assholes effectively in front of the people that they're trying to appear strong to.
You talk about wasting time. The biggest waste of effort and time is posting the same fucking anti trump slop here on lemmy but can't be bothered to do it anywhere else. We all know he sucks and what they're doing. This content isn't created to hand to people who agree with you. People need to be flooding the zone with it.
What the fuck happened to "the pen is mightier" why isn't that quote "why bother trying to write for chuds"
Regardless if they own them. It's still where the most amount of social relevance is. Some lefties are there and numbers and influence is growing but that's momentum dies quick without increasing numbers and engagement. And trust me they're working hard to crush me voices. I just saw one say they're getting flagged at airports because they run a travel blog and they say fuck ICE.
The left cannot win anything going forward unless they beat the fuck out of the reich on these platforms. There is no protest that can succeed if we don't have a good presence on the platforms that people get their opinions from.
They might own it, but they can't just flip a switch saying censor lefties and allow their ideas to spread. We'd all know and it would wildly turn a lot of people away from them. They are forced to leave the gates open. Instead they convince us to self censor. Reality is we all should be there now, building groups and putting their ideas against the ropes. It's a numbers game. Play the game. Give them no area to spread bullshit uncontested. We need to be creating hubs and roads so that when the next election comes and they ramp up their presence that it's met with an equal force.
They're all full of stories and excuses because none of them can figure out how to do anything beyond going out for a walk every couple months.