But that’s already the case? Swing states get to decide national policy far more than other states. Giving proportional representation would at least ensure that the states with a bigger voice have more citizens. Citizens in small states would still have an equal voice, unlike the current system.
I think universal equality in political power is far more compatible with federalism than the current system.
Why would ditching the electoral college require dismantling state governments? That makes no sense.
Sometimes but not always. Dominant males especially can be dangerously aggressive.
Interesting article—is this person saying that they or their colleagues had the idea for Reddit and they had the founders implement it?
Also, the second half of the article is pretty baffling. What ideas has Steve Huffman brought to the table?
My sense is that Reddit today is mostly the same as it ever was. Sure, there have been some tweaks: it has a sleeker interface, better algorithms, can natively host media now. But those are not really new ideas, just obvious extensions of what the site was used for. All those employees have to find something to work on.
The only thing objectively better about today’s Reddit compared to the past is that having a larger user base allows for more niche communities to exist. Otherwise most of the big changes the company has tried to enforce have been flops or largely neutral.
I’m not exactly sure what you mean by this but there are many different instances with many different rules. I’m sure you can find one that is close to your viewpoints.
Personally I don’t think it’s important to be exactly in line with your instance but I do find a subset of Lemmy.ml users noxious enough that I try to minimize my interactions with their instance.
I doubt most users care about the IPO directly. What does it matter if the platform is owned by a few scumbags or many?
But as we know, pressure to attain profitability may push Reddit to introduce increasingly user-hostile features. This is where the possibility for the next revolt lies.
I mean I am completely unsurprised by their misbehavior, I’m just slightly more optimistic about our ability to resist them.
That said, the one danger I can see is Meta gaining more authority over the activitypub developers. That is probably something worth being vigilant about.
That’s the secret real reason for the Panama Canal. Divide and conquer baby.
That’s just lemmy.ml. Most other users on Lemmy are not like that. I would strongly consider changing instances of you are not too invested in your current one.
I see. So functionally it doesn’t really work, at least in this direction.
It 100% works as long as you are making steady effort towards gaining the skills you need.