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Ridiculous copy/paste reply. You're not making a good case for people leaving corporate media for Lemmy. You're encouraging them to stay where they are.
What's wrong about it though? The freedom lies in the ability to create your own community that is not regulated by one company/organisation owning the platform. You can go to the place where you agree with the rules and you don't have to live under the rules of someone you don't like.
What's wrong is fracturing. Lemmy is not so massive that it can sustain niche communities for every little topic.
I wouldn't consider US politics a small topic, especially on Lemmy
They’re just butthurt that they’re not being allowed to spew their hot takes all over this community as a captive audience that isn’t interested.
Nobody was doing that here, though. Have you even seen this community? It's super inactive to begin with.
Not every sub has to revolve around US elections all day/weeks/months long. That has nothing to do with corporate media.
If some other country had a historic election, I would HOPE to see open dialog spread in places like this for people to express themselves. Why ban an internationally relevant discussion when people have the choice to be members of the community. How about - if you don't like it, you can leave.