• @halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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    -297 months ago

    I’m just pointing out that it’s a sudden and extreme change in commentary with no ramp up. The kind of thing that in other contexts, like politics, often comes from something like a coordinated attack or disinformation scheme.

    Real world testing of a new propaganda campaign system on a topic most users don’t give a shit about (Windows vs Linux), in a niche corner of the internet (Lemmy), isn’t exactly an unlikely scenario.

    • @Flatfire@lemmy.ca
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      337 months ago

      Nah, this is just what it’s been like from the moment Lemmy got momentum. The fediverse is pretty fundamentally aligned with the goals and interests of the same people who are part of the FOSS and Linux philosophy. From where I joined more than a year ago, it’s been more or less the same.

      • @halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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        -157 months ago

        If that’s the case and I’ve somehow managed to just never see any of those threads until recently…

        They might want to know that constantly saying “Windows bad, Linux good” in every thread doesn’t convert people, it just gets annoying. That in turn makes people dislike the group and dismiss what they say without a second thought, even if they’re right.

        • Baggins [he/him]
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          157 months ago

          Using Windows on purpose because of a couple annoying nerds is quite the self-own

        • @calabast@lemm.ee
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          107 months ago

          Actually, I saw enough comments about people switching to Linux that I finally said “what the hell” and took the plunge! Very glad I did, as I read more and more crap Microsoft is doing.

          And if you don’t like comments that won’t change anything and just annoy people…maybe you should reevaluate your bellyaching 😄

    • @OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca
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      157 months ago

      You’re in a thread about MS fucking up and you’re annoyed that people are… [Checks notes]… complaining about MS fucking up? What exactly did you come here expecting?

    • @Valmond@lemmy.world
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      57 months ago

      I remember the browser wars, that’s when microsoft exposed themselves how shitty they were to the world IMO.

      That’s a long time ago. Years and years.

      The ramp up started then, IMO.