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Hi friends, I’m a sex worker and a leftist. I’m brand new to this community. Sex workers are really taking it from all sides right now (no pun intended!) and due to Melon Husk’s hateful algorithm, there’s yet another viral “leftist” take that is essentially “prostitution bad” from some walnut who has never sold hole in her life. Meanwhile I, an actual prostitute, can barely get 200 views on my damn posts about my own goddamn experience. I would love to post it and scream into the internet abyss but I’m not sure if there is an appropriate place to do that now due to recent changes to the site. Is there a community here where this content is acceptable? I don’t really want to drag/dunk on the person who posted it in particular as there is a different random jackass posting the same take pretty much every day.

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[–] someone@hexbear.net 14 points 2 days ago

I would love to post it and scream into the internet abyss

There's a longstanding tradition on this site to have a new "general megathread" every few days which is basically all about screaming into the void. Sometimes crying into the void, cheering into the void, laughing into the void too. The current one is here. If you scroll through it you can get a good feel for the types of comments people make. It's probably the best way to get up to speed on the site's culture. If you don't see the general megathread on your front page, you can click "Local" in the "Subscribed / Local / All" boxes at the top of the home page and see it show up in the post list.

There's also a news megathread roughly weekly, intended for more serious discussions of current events. The current one is here. It's another good place to get used to the site culture.

One thing I love about this site is the incredible range of personal experiences and niche knowledge of the users. It's definitely not a monoculture. I think that's a sign of a healthy userbase.