Dodecahedron December @ rarely @sh.itjust.works

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I am going to guess they did what I did and assumed the domain name had to do with the great replacement theory.

I thought the same and it may be the case still, but skimming the site's content doesn't suggest overt rhetoric. There may be that bias in the agenda somewhere but it seems to focus on human rights issues and not the great replacement theory. Unfortunate domain name, I guess. See my other discussions with op on this link.

Do far-right things, get called far-right. Doesn't matter where the overton window is, my dude.

I didn't call it a nazi site. I was referring to the great replacement theory, which is a nazi theory. Clearly the domain name collided with that theory but it isn't the meaning of the site.

1. It is, however, a graph of the world population. I see your point though.
2. Not agreeing with pronatalism but it is interesting comparison in domain names. Pronatalist on it's cover sounds nice, like 'prolife'. Who isn't for life?! And births are life! So, hey we found the solution to the population decline, let's all start making babies, pronatalism! Meanwhile I can quickly google and see that wow, population isn't declining, just look at the graph! So, as a visitor to the site who doesn't know anything about it, "pronatalism" "prolife" and "pro-candy" all sound like nice, safe, easy things to get into. Stop population decline sounds like trying to stop a thing that isn't happening until you understand that it's a more nuanced view of population - that decline is happening but on the scale we see in the graph you can't really detect it. (Note:i don't support prolife or pronatalism agendas, i just wanted to do a thought experiment to show my point).
3. Fair point. It's hard to convey that in a domain name. Maybe stoppopulationdecline does that to most people already.

Ok, then why the domain name? Why the name of the site? Where is this decline?

I mean, at some point in this chart, the admin of the site decided “stoppopulationdecline” was the brand they were going to go with.. and yet, I see no point in this chart where the population was declining.

The only folks I hear talking about the decline of population usually refer to the decline fo the white population.

From what I’ve seen, population decline is usually discussed in terms of birth rates, and less so on the current population declining due deaths. If this site is refering to an increase in deaths as population decline, we would think we would see it on the graph.

It just may be an unfortunate name chosen. It certainly raises my BS alarm.

Nope because I am not interested in the article, I am commenting about the site itself. I did visit the site and click around a bit.

That's ok, I am not commenting on the article. I am commenting on the site itself, trying to determine the sort of agenda it tries to push.

Yep

Nope

Stop the population decline? Is this some nazi-centric great replacement bullshit? Our population and birth rates are fine. What the hell kind of propaganda is this?!

edit: maybe this is just a poorly-choosen domain name.

Don’t ask. It makes things more exciting that way.

In that case, adding a “block instance” button would resolve that specific issue. I use Connect, and I just click “block instance” if I see something from an instance I don’t like. No need for me to even see the name of the instance, connect knows it so it just uses that when blocking.

I see. I am sure there will be greater support for blocking instances in the future in more apps.

My developer spidey-senses (I am a web developer) tell me that the name of the instance may still be an issue becausesomepeopleliketopurchaselengthlydomainnames.com. If that’s the case, maybe a comprimise could be to show the instance icon (assuming that’s a thing) next to the community with an option to click to get the full instance name? just spit ballin’

i don’t use voyager but i would think it would be a standard feature. maybe not implemented yet.

you aren’t entering an instance so much as you are reading a post from another instance mirrored to your instance.

have you discovered our lord and savior the block button?

are the rules really all that different, though, really?

well if you find an instance you dislike you can simply block it.

Not the dev, but i am a dev, so I'll just say that this will be a challenge with longer names.

Why does this matter? If it's a community about cisco routers, who cares what instance you're seeing? It's still the cisco community.

Think decentralized.

(This kid is still learning, be nice to him)