• ramenu@lemmy.mlOP
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    141
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    3 months ago

    They have a large following on Mastodon so this doesn’t really make much sense. I’m inclined to believe that they left due to the hate they were getting because of the recent controversy.

    • irotsoma@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      39
      ·
      3 months ago

      Yeah. They can’t get Mastodon moderators to suppress negative publicity like they can on Reddit and other platforms.

      • stardust@lemmy.ca
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        7
        ·
        3 months ago

        They haven’t left bluesky but they got backlash there too and have stopped being active for the past couple of weeks compared to on Twitter.

      • Ledericas@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        3 months ago

        if they cant suppress on reddit, they will go to facebook, which give them ability to do alot more.

        • frozenspinach@lemmy.ml
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          17
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          3 months ago

          The reddit account has a username with the number 88 in binary, which led some to speculate its a nazi (88 = HH = Heil H*tler) dogwhistle, to which Andy Yen says its his year of birth 1988. Kinda weird, but he could just be that clueless, who knows

          I mean this part I give him a pass on. It was right for people reading him to raise an eyebrow, because political signalling like that does happen, especially in a context where he’s making comments like he made. But in this case it was just a nothingburger.

          It doesn’t make his “wasn’t intended to be a political comment” excuse any less gibberish though.

        • Telorand@reddthat.com
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          17
          arrow-down
          2
          ·
          3 months ago

          We unfortunately live in the world where saying “Trump is an idiot” and “Actually I was kidding. He’s the second coming of Christ” might only be a day apart.

        • Auli@lemmy.ca
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          arrow-down
          2
          ·
          3 months ago

          Never heard the 88 thing till now. Not everyone is tied to what shit bags are doing all the time.