vvilld

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[–] vvilld@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 6 days ago (2 children)

We're 2.5-3 years away from the primary race even starting, and 3+ years away from the convention. This poll means absolutely nothing at this point.

[–] vvilld@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Also told all yall we need progressives to split from DNC and form a fresh 3rd party bruh.

This is a recipe to ensure Republicans fully sweep every election and progressives are ignored even more than they already are. American politics are so incredibly broken, but isolating yourself by breaking off into a party that has 0 chance of ever winning anything isn't going to fix anything.

[–] vvilld@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago

No. Lemmy is the best I've found, but there aren't nearly enough users to make it anywhere close to as useful as Reddit.

[–] vvilld@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 days ago (3 children)

did you use the same websites on brave that you normally use?

No. I exclusively have used Brave just for Reddit specifically for this reason. I also used Edge, which came installed on the laptop. Maybe data from Edge is used in Brave or Reddit is somehow able to track that? I never went to Reddit in Edge, let alone logged in, but I did log into my Google account (which has never been linked to any Reddit account, but I've been logged into it on the same browser as my older Reddit account in the past).

did you use a different operating system?

I've used Reddit with my old account on Android phones and my old laptop, which ran Windows 10. This new one uses Windows 11. I did log into Windows 11 with my Microsoft account. Maybe that's how they tracked it? That seems far-fetched, but maybe?

did you use a brave account on it?

No, and I only use Brave in incognito mode. I know that doesn't prevent anyone else from tracking anything, but it's supposed to not save local files after closing the browser.

did you verify that your vpn was using an exit point ip address that you’ve never used before every single time you accessed reddit?

I mean, I don't track every IP address I've ever used. As far as I know it's been a new IP address, but I really have no way of guaranteeing that. It seems incredibly unlikely I happened to stumble upon one I've used before, though.

most importantly: why bother using reddit?

Lemmy isn't to the point where it can be a Reddit replacement. Sure, for some stuff it's fine, but the user base is just too small. There are multiple subreddits for local communities around me that are very active which I like to check. There are communities for more niche hobbies, games, and books I like to follow. There's just WAY more content on Reddit that you can't get on Lemmy.

[–] vvilld@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Nope. It was a temp email account from one of those temp email sites that deletes the email account once you close the browser. I have no idea how they were able to track me, but it's kinda scary.

[–] vvilld@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 6 days ago (11 children)

No, I don't think so.

A few months ago I got permabanned from Reddit. I had an older account I hadn't used in a few years. I logged into that one and found it, too, was permabanned, with a reference to my other account. I tried to start a new account, and it got immediately banned.

A few weeks after that, for unrelated reasons, I got a brand new laptop. Without ever even going to Reddit on that laptop (let alone trying to log in), I downloaded a new browser I had never used on any device before which advertises it's focus on safety (the name of the browser is Brave). I connected my VPN. I created a new burner email account. Then I created a new Reddit account. Within 2 days it was permabanned referencing me trying to evade a ban on my other account.

I have no idea how they were able to know it was me. It was a new account, made from a new device, with a new email, through a new privacy-focused browser, on a VPN (so different IP address). There should have been no way for them to track me, yet they somehow still did.

I'd really like to know how they tracked it. Not even just to get back on Reddit. If Reddit is able to track you like that, then you know other companies and governments can.

[–] vvilld@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 6 days ago

Do you really need one at this point? AI images are really easy to notice.

[–] vvilld@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago

Well, we now know for a fact that Abrego Garcia is still alive.

And it's not about him lying. Of course a piece of shit like Bukele is more than willing to lie to anyone. The point is that he is benefitting politically from this arrangement and if he doesn't uphold his end he can suffer political harm. It's not just a promise, it's a two-way deal.

[–] vvilld@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You are really just completely missing the point here. Motivating people to get out and join me in the streets is exactly what all of this is about.

[–] vvilld@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

while ignoring the institution violating the prisoners constitutional rights

Who ever said anything about ignoring anything?

Freeing one guy is the start. It proves that getting sent to these concentration camps isn't a one-way ticket. And it gives him the opportunity to go public with the conditions there and how he was treated. That's going to motivate people organizing a hell of a lot more than a Senator giving a speech at a rally ever would.

Why are you pretending like this is about just saving one guy?

I feel like you’re trying to justify your own in action through declaring this meaningful action. Does that resonate with you?

No, that doesn't resonate with me in the slightest. I feel like you're trying to justify your own inaction by pretending like a Senator sitting in his office writing legislation nobody will ever read has some kind of impact on anything.

[–] vvilld@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I never said it would stop anything. But it's a hell of a lot more than sitting at home writing legislation that will never get a vote and pretending like politics as usual is how anything works anymore.

[–] vvilld@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago

Trump lashed out in the same way he does against everyone who does something he doesn't like and you take that as proof he's some kind of mastermind behind everything? Man, do you not understand Trump at all.

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