Will the results of the US 2026 mid-term elections help or hurt the Fediverse?
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@evan I couldn't pick an option. Neither brand Blue or brand Red in the U.S. has much to do with an international distributed social network.
For Canadians like you and me, it's nice to know that our close neighbour (and our fellow fedizens in the U.S.) will have an only slightly-evil party in control of both federal legislatures in 2027 after enduring a profoundly-evil party for 2 years, but otherwise, it doesn't really touch my own day-to-day life.
@david_megginson did the 2024 US elections have any effects on the Fediverse?
@evan will it effect the fediverse at all? how so?
@qkslvrwolf What a great question. What do you think?
@qkslvrwolf One way to frame it is, how did the 2024 election results affect the Fediverse? And how will the 2026 election results change those effects, if at all?
@evan Iβm actually not sure itβll have any impact at all, but I went with the optimistic help more than hurt. :)
@chris Interesting. Do you think the 2024 US elections affected the Fediverse?
@evan it will definitely affect the trout population!
@marty I don't understand what you mean.
@evan https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/this-will-affect-the-economy-trout-population
i don't really see the connection between US midterms and fedi, it just reminded me of this meme.
@marty was there any connection between the 2024 elections and the Fediverse?
@evan
my read of fedi is that most of us here still want it to be the small place to complain about corporate fashy platforms and the vast numbers who are still there, but not be welcoming to the majority of people over there who are nice but less progressive than ourselves.
so no effect I guess. we're not worth their time.