Okay, yeah, I see now how it can be misinterpreted when taken out-of-context

2024-10-23 16:15:02

SatyrSack via Fediverse memes

SatyrSack@feddit.org

cross-posted from: lemmy.one/post/14589828

Based on a true story:

lemmy.world/post/15491338

fedimemes

2024-10-23 16:35:26

socialpankakemix

socialpankakemix@lemmy.blahaj.zone

goodness I thought I was having some serious dejavu for a sec there

2024-10-23 17:09:18

SatyrSack

SatyrSack@feddit.org

Some background of this incident:

I made a post with a meme about a TV episode in which some evil aliens pretended to be friendly and share a vaccine, but the vaccine turned out to intentionally render the victims infertile so they would not be able to fight back when they began being enslaved. Unfortunately, I did not consider that to an outsider, the meme just looked like your garden variety vaccine misinformation/conspiracy. I was able to edit the title and add some context to the post body, so the post was able to “recover” as more people were able to see what the joke was intended to be. But initially, it was (understandably) down voted immensely. Just a funny misunderstanding.

Image/photo

2024-10-23 18:46:58

OpenStars

OpenStars@discuss.online

Edit: for context though, my own downvoted posts tend to be genuinely unpopular. e.g. this one may arguably have the distinction of being the least popular post of that entire community, if you sort by controversial and see that it is the first one with double-digit total numbers. It doesn’t matter how that whole situation turned out - people just did not enjoy seeing it, like at all, though I indeed found it interesting.

2024-10-23 19:39:22

weker01

weker01@sh.itjust.works

I don’t like platforms that do not allow negative feedback tbh.

2024-10-23 23:56:35

Tejan Ausland

tejan@hubzilla.monster

It's like how people in an information bubble post something and get encouraged by all of the people who think that same way, but the majority of people are actually against the idea.

2024-10-24 00:01:55

/home/pineapplelover

pineapplelover@lemm.ee

This must be how tankies feel

2024-10-24 04:34:22

Kierunkowy74

Kierunkowy74@piefed.social

At least, db0's problem is solved

2024-10-24 08:24:45

.Donuts

donuts@lemmy.world

Oof, the context is rough. If you made the joke 5 years ago no one would have batted an eye.

2024-10-25 09:38:10

TriflingToad

TriflingToad@lemmy.world

yeah…

2024-10-25 12:18:19

AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet

Anticorp@lemmy.world

Displaying only up votes, or a combined score, is deceitful and misleading, and I’m very disappointed that Lemmy is following that trend. The big sites have chosen to do that because they’re more interested in profit than objectivity. Why is Lemmy following their example?