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Why did you stop paying for MeWe? Just the lack of pseudonym introduction?

by Grimm1 5y ago

CRConrad 5y ago
Either that, or perhaps the huge influx of far-right sympathizers.
- skinkestek 5y ago
  I saw no such influx but then again I was only into chili growing, general gardening, photography and that kind of stuff. I'd like to discuss mental health issues as well but personally I don't feel like posting to ADHD or anything when my family or my boss or my future boss can trivially easy (two clicks, no mental gymnastics) go from my post there to my professional profile. Besides, the term "far-right" is so utterly abused now that it doesn't mean anything except "people I don't like".
  - CRConrad 5y ago
    Well, good for you that you didn't see that. I, OTOH, definitely did. And, hey, would you have been happier if I'd called them Nazis?
    - skinkestek 5y ago
      I'd be happier if we sometimes, once in a while, called nazis by their full name: National Socialists. Fun fact: Hitler wasn't a right wing guy in any way. He's not known for suggesting Germany introduce a second amendment like law: he was a gun grabber. He's not known for his contributions to (actually) liberal politics or for deepening the theory of the invisible hand or anything. He started as a mad socialist and ended as a mad politician in the center. His "legacy" except millions upon millions of dead (only toppled by fellow madman Stalin?) was gigantic public infrastructure projects, centrally planned, created with the help of private enterprises. Framing nazism as "right wing" is the most brilliant thing the left ever did. Now I am not a Republican either, they have their own issues. But don't use right-wing as a slur that means nazi. And don't call people nazis because you don't like them: nazism exist today and people who call Republicans nazis do us who oppose actual nazism a great disservice I think.
    - CRConrad 5y ago
      Replying to myself for technical reasons: People who bring up how Hitler and the Nazis were "actually Socialists"... are usually actually Nazis.
skinkestek 5y ago
No, I never needed the paid features in the first place. I only paid to support a good cause and in the hope that it would become a replacement for Google+. After a year or two where they never responded to feedback I just gave up. I don't need another place to worry about leaking my identity connected to deeply personal issues.

Why did you stop paying for MeWe? Just the lack of pseudonym introduction?

by Grimm1 5y ago

Why did you stop paying for MeWe? Just the lack of pseudonym introduction?

CRConrad 5y ago

Either that, or perhaps the huge influx of far-right sympathizers.

skinkestek 5y ago
I saw no such influx but then again I was only into chili growing, general gardening, photography and that kind of stuff. I'd like to discuss mental health issues as well but personally I don't feel like posting to ADHD or anything when my family or my boss or my future boss can trivially easy (two clicks, no mental gymnastics) go from my post there to my professional profile. Besides, the term "far-right" is so utterly abused now that it doesn't mean anything except "people I don't like".
- CRConrad 5y ago
  Well, good for you that you didn't see that. I, OTOH, definitely did. And, hey, would you have been happier if I'd called them Nazis?
  - skinkestek 5y ago
    I'd be happier if we sometimes, once in a while, called nazis by their full name: National Socialists. Fun fact: Hitler wasn't a right wing guy in any way. He's not known for suggesting Germany introduce a second amendment like law: he was a gun grabber. He's not known for his contributions to (actually) liberal politics or for deepening the theory of the invisible hand or anything. He started as a mad socialist and ended as a mad politician in the center. His "legacy" except millions upon millions of dead (only toppled by fellow madman Stalin?) was gigantic public infrastructure projects, centrally planned, created with the help of private enterprises. Framing nazism as "right wing" is the most brilliant thing the left ever did. Now I am not a Republican either, they have their own issues. But don't use right-wing as a slur that means nazi. And don't call people nazis because you don't like them: nazism exist today and people who call Republicans nazis do us who oppose actual nazism a great disservice I think.
  - CRConrad 5y ago
    Replying to myself for technical reasons: People who bring up how Hitler and the Nazis were "actually Socialists"... are usually actually Nazis.

skinkestek 5y ago

No, I never needed the paid features in the first place. I only paid to support a good cause and in the hope that it would become a replacement for Google+. After a year or two where they never responded to feedback I just gave up. I don't need another place to worry about leaking my identity connected to deeply personal issues.