Because I’ve talked to people who say things like that and it just makes me lose my faith in humanity a little yea

But I have to remind myself that this tagline is some western Marxist (or maybe socdem?) verbal diarrhea and isn’t common among the people who matter

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[–] 11 points 2 months ago* (2 children)

Most taglines really are bad vibes. Sometimes they are sort of funny. I only like the ones that say things like "tocopherol needs to log off" or links to a good essay or book that sometimes appear. It would be interesting to see a straight yes no vote on the question "do taglines help your vibe?" Why should we encourage an irritating thought most times we look at the front page? Usually it's just a mild irritation and not very serious, but if someone wants psychically damaging takes on socialism you can go to basically anywhere else to see that.

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    I didn’t mean for the post to be a referendum on taglines, but I’m glad if it can open up a conversation. There are a few improvements that could be made:

    • opt-out in user settings
    • a “talk page” for each tagline (maybe exposed as a small info button) where users can discuss, give feedback, or even ask to remove the tagline
    • user-specific hiding of specific taglines so they dont come back (ideally this is not needed at all)
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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    I don't feel that strongly about it really, they aren't usually so bad and I did get a chuckle out of one just now. A talk page would be great though if that was feasible, some of them I would really like to know the context or comment on

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