Even Duterte admitted his drug war failed:

https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/manila-times/20190404/281483572747957

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-drugs-performance-exclusi-idUSKBN2010IL/

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippine-president-dutertes-drug-war-an-utter-failure-says-vice-president

something like this perhaps https://piefed.social/f/movies

Wasn’t there some pop culture subreddit that closed down recently? What was the story/process there?

Nice one!

Today I added a feature which will help you invite people to join your community - go to https://piefed.social/community/movies/invite

It’ll send a message to fediverse users and emails to others.

As well as the algorithm, there are also structural things.

For example tweets limited to 160 characters favor simplistic solutions, which the far right provide. An endless stream of random unrelated nuggets of ideas create a fugue of confusion, perfect for injecting disinformation. Ruined attention spans can only grasp simplistic solutions. Video-based media means surface appearance matters more than substance. And so on.