Hi 👋

I am new to Lemmy, and was in the local Reddit version of this community. It doesn’t look like this community gets a lot of traction here, but it’s very refreshing actually. I’m used to Reddit where I get muted or banned for being critical of the Capitalist class. I’m used to so many more bots. And I am so relieved that this platform is not poisoned yet with whatever Reddit has become

  • Oh_Sheila@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
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    21 days ago

    Yeah, I mean I’ll pop back and forth once in awhile to catch local happenings around the city. But overall, and I can’t quite put my finger on it, the atmosphere has felt different. It feels like the engagement has significantly dropped, like Reddit did some algorith shift on the backend to over-control votes/downvotes. I was banned from the r/grapids one too from one of the rogue mods there, but whatever.

    Oh what I was going to say about the city comptroller thing is Max Frantz is baiting the public. His office was being investigated for misuse of funds There were allegations coming from his office about mismanagement before he started going around to the media. He’s had several court cases to prove that the City is doing something illegal, and he can’t get the proof. He’s also MAGA and wants to keep MAGAing in a city position.

    • aurion@piefed.aurionblack.comEnglish
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      21 days ago

      i know what you mean about r/grandrapids. It feels way off.

      I have no way to prove this, but being the 2nd largest city in a swing state seems like it would be targeted by trolls/propaganda groups.

      Where do you get your info about the Frantz situation? ive read some articles on woodtv, mackinac, and mlive…but they are all basically the same article. I didnt know about his MAGA tendencies, but that makes sense with how the media is portraying it.

      Heck, any recommendations on where to read up on the local elections in general?