This is actually an interesting take.
And, I almost tend to agree. They're awfully tough to digest, even with empathy. Their tactics are.. bad?
It's almost like an abused animal that you'd like to help. But, it's such a threat that you kinda have to leave it be. Every time you try to feed it, it bites and scratches you,and everyone around you.
At some point, despite the empathy, you just let it starve.
You'll find no shortage of irony in the Lemmygrad scene, I assure you.
That's why I came here too. Then, it was infested with tankies. Been a strange experience so far.
Sigh... Nevermind. Thanks for trying. You and I live in two different realities. God speed
Kind of, yes? I've commented on it more than once here.
This is the point you're missing. Although, I guess I'm glad you've stuck around... For some reason...
A place where you have a variety of well vetted sources. A place where you don't have to wade through a sea of "Hunter Biden's laptop", "lizard men" and Infowarriors.
Does news have a slant? Yes. Am I well aware of that? Yes.
The difference is, there's no longer a "both sides". I'm not interested in what some qanon blogger thinks about the Senate. And, here on Lemmy, that goal is achievable. And, I would argue, close.
However, the problem here is that you have bad actors operating unchecked. That is a problem of an immature platform, not an inherent problem with news in general as you've spent a lot of time and words intimating to me.
So, as we bring this bad boy around full circle and I put this behind me; the question is, is there a place for reliable news and politics? The answer to that question is, apparently, not yet. But, I'll hold out hope that it happens because Lemmy is a promising platform that has a lot growing up to do.
Honestly, this entire thread has been a bit of an eye opener for me
What does that even mean? If I want to understand the world I need to study it?
Lol, wtf? I'm looking for current events. What level of prerequisite historical knowledge would I need where I could bipass what is happening right now all over the world?
And shit... All of Reddit is bad except askhistorians? What?
So, if I understand you correctly, your advice is that I shouldn't trust news and I should study the world? What source should I use to study? Are all sources bias? I'm fucking confused
Ha, man, finally, 20 comments in and someone understands the question.
Based on all the responses so far I'm assuming a well moderated place doesn't exist on Lemmy yet, which is disappointing. I was hoping I just hadn't discovered it yet.
But, isn't that sort of the point of Lemmy? Link aggregation?
I've been going to all the individual sites as well since leaving Reddit. But, only because the news and politics culture in Lemmy is so atrocious.
Despite its faults, Reddit did an okay job of moderation. It's a shit show here. The posts are all either bots or edgy 8th graders from troll communities. It's a mess.
Old? Just check most places on Lemmy. The amount of tankie alts is huge. They're everywhere on Lemmy. I've only been here a month and it's clear as day.