MeepsTheBard

This is the exact reasoning that Israel is using to justify their genocide in Gaza.

It’s like people get 90% of the way towards “genocide is bad” and then add the asterisk “unless we do it.”

Okay, I think the practical reasons you gave are sound. Pre-dividing a userbase into more chunks than necessary makes the site seem smaller than it is. And trying to “force” the same subs that were on Reddit into Lemmy prevents uniquely-Lemmy stuff from forming.

And the “need” for white people twitter is basically “if we give everyone but white people a twitter space they’ll get mad and say it’s racist” lmao. I 100% agree that it doesn’t talk about “white issues” anywhere near the same degree as other communities talk about what they face.

With that said, I’m still not seeing a reason why the sub shouldn’t exist. I might eventually agree that it’s not necessary, it’s redundant, or it’s not funny… But that just means micro blog memes needs to get better posts and drive interest. Both are silly little communities with silly little posts, and each can right for more users.

Sorry about the long post, it’s mostly quotes!

…we’re on Lemmy where none of those communities are big enough to necessitate separating them.

For now. Unless you’re assuming Lemmy will be small forever, in which case why are we here to begin with?

I also completely disagree that posts from other races don’t do well. People of all races LOVED blackpeopletwitter because it was funny as hell.

Yes, because there was an explicitly-carved-out community that was able to express themselves within the context of the black experience. Trying to introduce race-centric memes to a general audience is a recipe for disaster, as it’s really hard to judge intent.

The main dividing line on Twitter posts is political vs non-political.

Yup. And race has an effect on how one is affected by politics. This feels like the conservative mindset of “there are two sexualities: straight, and political”. (Mostly kidding, but there’s truth in there).

Plus, we’re talking about screenshots of tweets…not actual discourse.

Comments. Comments are where discourse happens. A screenshot is posted with a hot take, shared experience, meme, whatever, and people talk about it. It’s an echo of what goes on in actual Twitter comments, but here.

I’d respectfully disagree. The X people Twitter communities are for people who grew up within the context of their race to talk about things that are relevant to that race.

A lot of blackpeopletwitter posts wouldn’t “do well” (receive upvotes) if they are presented to a general (mixed race) audience, simply because the majority of people may not relate to it. Therefore, there is a demand for black voices to speak to black voices. This extends to all races–my wife is Mexican, so I’ll hop into latinopeopletwitter on occasion.

So why stop whitepeopletwitter? Unless there’s something exclusionary/ problematic/ Nazi-adjacent happening, it seems like a good way for stereotypical white peeps to make dumb jokes about meatloaf. Micro blog memes has a similar-ish vibe, but that’s mostly because the site is mostly white lol.

“But there’s no such thing as “white culture” in the same way that black culture in America developed from having their cultural identity taken away, and being forced to create new traditions to navigate slavery, civil rights, and modern America! They already have cultural traditions tied to their country of origin, like Germans or Irish celebrations!”

Yup! But the concept of “whiteness” is becoming a thing, and it’s fun to make memes about. That’s all.

That’s what the [sic] is for. It’s showing “here’s what the person literally said, to make sure we’re not misquoting them.”

It’s standard practice, as “stepping up and taking charge” would mean substituting someone else’s words for your own, which is a slippery slope. “Oh he said X, but meant Y, so I’ll write that instead” can very easily be abused by people actively looking to misrepresent other’s words.

Source: BA Journalism, who had to use [sic] when quoting non-native English speakers (was part of an immigration story). Whenever possible, I’d try to clarify/ correct mid-interview: “oh, you said A, but I think you might’ve meant B. Is that correct?” That way, you know for a fact it’s still their words.

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2001 + 19 = 2020. Typos can be overcome using context clues.

Gonna wait for performance info at launch, and grab if it runs well. There’s basically no point waiting for professional reviews, since it’s such a love-it-or-hate-it gameplay loop. I really liked the first one (doing a replay now), so unless it comes to light that it’s now a MG:Survive clone or something, I should be alright 🤷

Lots of tech companies saw huge growth during covid thanks to everyone having extra money to spend (see crypto and NFTs if you want clear examples that we just had too much laying around).

Many of these companies then saw their revenue and userbase increase month-after-month and thought the growth was going to continue forever (or, more cynically, they knew it was going to crash but acted like it was going to continue). This led to a bunch of hires to “drive growth.”

But obviously, pandemic spending habits have mostly stopped, and the money faucet is being turned off. Companies can’t afford all the workers they hired, so they’re “let go due to market downturns.”

TL;DR Companies either thought they were going to have unrealistic growth and made dumb hiring decisions, or knew the growth was going to end and thus made cruel hiring decisions.