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Could we please maybe not run our own "ironic" Cointelpro comms for the rest of the fediverse? (hexbear.net)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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We're just posting anti-union propaganda on the fediverse now?

Are y'all at least getting paid for it? fedposting

How many times does satire and irony posting have to backfire on us before we realize that shit only works if the person is smart enough to be in on the joke; otherwise we're just propagandizing against ourselves.

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[–] [email protected] 75 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's only a level above an ironic racist or ironic transphobic comm. Irony is fine on a post or comment level, but ironic comms really shouldn't exist.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago

That's a great point. I think there actually are effective forms of irony and satire, but a whole irony-only forum is not one of them