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Not sure it’s possible to avoid entirely, as the community here grows we get more of all types, it’s hard to have a truly only-positive community when moderation is voluntary and the masses have full reign to submit literally anything.
Very true, hopefully by the time we get there we'll have more mods tools to allow to identify bots and trolls.
Do you think a technology solution would help? Sentiment analysis on posts and gently redirect people to other communities instead of outright blocking them?
I'm not too sure, I'm always dubious about technology solutions for psychological issues.
Maybe the only real solution is personal resilience and recognizing that we don’t need to feel negative feelings just because we received a negative communication
Yes, I guess so, also why I made this post. I feel better already.
This one is a good thriller (in Dutch): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Loft_(film)
This one is much more absurd (in French): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dikkenek
Thank you for your comment.
It features short user reviews, take those with a grain of salt
Are some movies subject to review bombing?
Picking up the vision pro today for work so that’s exciting!
Sounds cool! Hope you'll enjoy it!
I think it’s easy to be negative if a person doesn’t consider the human reading their anonymous posts, people feel empowered to take out their problems from life in general on random faceless internet strangers.
Yeah, definitely. Hopefully in communities like this we can avoid that.
On my side I'm going to meet a friend I haven't seen in a long time Saturday morning, and I might get some Lego later today.
Shout out to !lego@lemmy.world for people interested
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Argylle gets some mileage out of its silly, energetic spin on the spy thriller, but ultimately wears out its welcome with a convoluted plot and overlong runtime.
The core text of Harry potter itself has many ableist (Durdsley), racist (House elves enjoying slavery) , antisemitic (goblins) and transphobic (Rita Skeeter) themes even if it surface level against racism.
That's the first time I hear the treatment of Rita Skeeter is transphobic. James, Sirius and McGonagall are also able to shapeshift, and they are positive characters in the books.
For the house elves, the whole SPEW plot is designed to both make Ron (and the whole Wizard word as a whole) look stupid and bigoted, and Hermione a bit too self-righteous, as teenagers can be.
Relevant reference: https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/122283/why-did-rowling-seemingly-make-light-of-the-house-elf-situation
I've seen several times that the fact that the society isn't changed by the end of the last book as a critic, but do all work of fictions have to uphold their societies? Game of Thrones definitely isn't becoming a democracy during the books, and Brigderton is as classist as it can be.
Hello,
You can see some initiatives that take the books away from her, such as this one
A trans artist resells Harry Potter books with new covers that omit Rowling’s name. Canadian printmaker and book artist Laur Flom, who is trans, garnered major attention when they began a project of buying secondhand Harry Potter books and replacing the covers with redesigned versions that don't have J.K. Rowling's name. Flom then resells the books for £140, according to Yahoo! News. In a TikTok from February 2022, Flom said, “My aim with this project is to engage critically and give an option to people who do still want to enjoy Harry Potter without supporting J.K. Rowling.”
A link to the version from this person, they look quite nice: https://laurflom.format.com/harry-potter-rebind
You mentioned legislation, I think that is an interesting point. If the books (and the HP universe in general) are so detrimental, shouldn't they be condemned by countries court for xenophobia and transphobia? It seems strange to me that there are still 2 major amusement parks Harry Potter themed in the US, and a third one in London if you count the former shooting set, with thousands of visitors every year. That just seems so strange compared to the accusations the books face.
I don’t understand how you interpret this to think he approves. Twice now it seems like you are just reaching for “another person said it was okay” without really digesting what they said. Where exactly did they say they were okay with this community? It seems like they very much said the opposite.
I reached out to him in private, I wasn't going to copy our conversation as it is private.
I was very ready to move that community elsewhere, and I refrained from posting for a week before getting Gabe's approval.
Thank you very much for this suggestion.
I like the idea of having a community clearly dedicated to discussions too, but I guess that can be something we decide after we get a few more people active here. Maybe we can just keep this one and have clear rules on what type of content is allowed.
I might post to !movies@lemmy.world, but I'll probably have to contact the mods first as it might seem rude to promote a similar community on theirs.
One thing I will say about TV and movies in general though, is that I HATE how we see a scene where something significant happens, and then less than five minutes later they show a flashback of that scene. FFS, I’m watching the show/movie, and I remember this thing that happened mere minutes ago. I’m not that stupid that you need to replay it again.
I noticed this too, very annoying, seems like a cheap way to spare screen time.
Thanks for your recommendations!
Seems nice!
Would you like to share links in the sidebar with !casualconversation@lemmy.world ?
Yeah, !movies@lemm.ee is growing!
I'm open to discussion, let's see what their reaction is
Then you should find more than enough content
What are you interested in?
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