As a not American, this a completely different spin from what I was expecting.

Fair enough, even if a far-fetched scenario in my opinion. There’s a bit over estimated sense of how much the community is worth to Meta.

I completely disagree that its not something worth voting, but I already seem to be in a minority ( or less vocal opinion), so…

Why can’t people vote for this?

Probably much older than your son, but I do the same. I don’t view an instant message as a call to action, if it’s indeed urgent, just call me.

I’m with you, already tired of this constant whining about Meta. I hope they don’t de federate until it makes sense, this is just scare mongering.

I feel like old people take most offense to being ignored in that case.

There’s a reason nobody has to publicly announce who their voting for in democratic countries, and that there’s no mechanism to check that. People can be grouped, ostracized, persecuted, canceled, or worse.

I’mma be honest, this might be the worst part of lemmy. NSFW, gray area topics, sports discussion, all that becomes completely radioactive.

I went for what I believe to be the bigger one, because it might get a higher quality of support from third parties, and still be here after a year.