I might get hate because of my instance here, but in an attempt to better understand Lemmy I’m wondering if some of you can shed a light on why you chose this instance, what’s great about it, what could be better, is the instance rivalries something that affects your use of the platform or is it just background noise?
I’m not trying to start a fight or mud slinging, it would be good if several people could say their piece and nobody shame or attack them for it no matter how much you disagree.
I wanted an actual leftist instance, not Libs pretending they’re left while upholding the worst parts of capitalism and imperialism. I wanted viewpoints outside of the colonial center. I feel like I got what I wanted. They’re pretty up front about what you’ll find inside.
I’m not trying to start a fight or mud slinging, it would be good if several people could say their piece and nobody shame or attack them for it no matter how much you disagree.
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(for those who don’t get it: this emoji-combination is miming the children’s saying “liar liar pants on fire”. sorry if i am ruining it or being too obvious)
The stuff that gets banned on .world news gets posted to .ml news and the stuff that gets banned on .ml news gets posted to .world news.
You need both to get everything, otherwise you end up with too much of a bias from one instance.
Why I chose it? I liked the general political leaning.
What could be better? The more nuanced political leanings… I’m talking about the leftist infighting. I pissed off a ton of people, including myself, the last couple of times I commented on some posts. You say the wrong thing and you don’t get polite discourse, you go straight to mudslinging. And yes I’m including myself in that.
It makes me want to interact with the instance less and less.
You getting criticised for being a liberal genocide apologist isn’t “leftist infighting”
“the wrong thing” and its genocide denial and strawmanning
You know we can see your history right?
lol, just now noticed them saying shit like “This is a rather neurodivergent absolutist approach hoping for a utopia any smart person know is not achieved within the parameters of today’s power structure.” and “You don’t even need a tinfoil hat to see that if .ml is indeed russian made, trump is a russian plant (buy russian oil), then it all makes perfect sense.” and basically accusing all of .ml being Russian bots and/or paid actors because some of us are extremely opposed to voting? There’s a difference between having a discussion about the effectiveness of voting in helping to stop the genocide in Palestine, and starting to throw about dehumanizing shit and baseless accusations.
edit: oh yeah, and:
I understand this viewpoint. I think it’s less an opinion and more a neurological condition
yes, because we are all autistic and stupid we can’t see that the entire instance is controlled by the russians who put Trump in power, and all of this is evidenced by the actions of the mod of a single community and a few strong words, and by the fact some of our users refuse to participate in bourgeois elections in the imperial core. nice.
I understand this viewpoint. I think it’s less an opinion and more a neurological condition
What the fuck is wrong with that user? Or I guess I should have expected ableism from a lib… just like the rampant homophobia or racism (it’s against the right targets after all!!)
I joined because I wanted access to a reddit-style place that wasn’t part of the neoliberal echo chamber that is culture in the imperial core, but I had gotten tired of the bear site.
I like the instance, I like the moderation, I like how its widely federated. I wish it did not have downvotes like hexbear does, but I find the .ml community to be much better in general, though a bit too sectarian at times.
I prefer .ml to hexbear because hexbear has big time “midwestern covid conscious lesbian bar” vibes at times.
My main issue with .ml is how other instances act. It’s pretty common to see ridiculous lies about .ml with a bunch of upvotes and the OP is never able to provide any proof when asked for it. But people still believe it because it’s .ml
Same with how a lot of users’ brains will shut down when they see anything they disagree with posted by someone from this instance. All rationality goes out the window and they retreat to a frustrating ad hominem of “you’re using this instance, thus I dont have to take it seriously” - “ml detected, opinion disregarded” it’s so sad to see people be so scared.I also see users from other instances cry about .ml moderation. Personally I feel like it is pretty evenhanded and fair, but moderation will always skew against outsiders. I’ve been banned from some communities due to incivility while the equally uncivil person I was replying to was not. That’s just how it is everywhere, I dont go about pretending like thats some special feature of .world.
So all in all I like it and my issue with it is mainly other instances.
“midwestern covid conscious lesbian bar”
It sometimes amazes me, the incredibly specific descriptions people will conjure up for reasons to justify not liking something 😆
It’s a reference to a specific thing
at times
though? 😅
I do not understand your question
You said that very specific thing, followed by “at times,” as if to say that incredibly specific thing happens every now and again. 😁
Yes? Sometimes the vibe of hexbear is similar to the vibe of the thing I referenced. I don’t really understand what the confusion is.
Alright man, it’s okay. There’s no confusion, I’m just saying. 👍
It was the first instance.
I joined lemmy because I was a big proponent of federated networks. I had had accounts on other federated networks before this one, some of which died out entirely. (I think the first “reddit-like” network I was on was called prismo? Diaspora is more facebook-like and still exists.) I had no clue it was going to get anywhere near as big as it has, and I definitely did not forsee how fucking stupid the instance tribalism would become where new users don’t know so just pick one and then seem to be judged for their decision when other members of their community are jackasses in one way or another.
I think overall I’m happy lemmy caught on, but it definitely felt more like a community before the redditors came over. On the other hand, I do think part of the reason it was able to catch on in a way the others weren’t was how much it felt like a friendly community here. There was already something with a good culture to migrate to.
I love lemmy.ml
It’s a Lemmy server where you can talk about any brand of cat food that interests you. I love the smell of freedom in the morning.
does .ml support old.?
it’s the instance made by lemmy developers, i don’t think they host any third party frontend
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To me it was a matter of getting tired of imperialist and bigoted stuff, before that I used one that styles itself as apolitical, naively thinking they’d be at least somewhat better than Reddit. But nope, same reactionary, racist shit.
Politically I fit into .ml but they do not tolerate dissent. I was temporarily banned for saying it’s in poor taste to celebrate the deaths of US soliders. I get it, anti-imperialism. I’m anti-imperialist too, but it seems like the place is full of angsty edgy teenagers trying to outdo each other. It’s not a good look when people are watching your instance specifically to flag shit like that to show how crazy .ml is.
Would you celebrate the deaths of Nazi soldiers in WWII?
Generally I would not, however I would make exceptions for those that enjoyed cruelty.
Well…
Tell the other instances they were Russian soldiers, they’ll get over it
Yeah I know, that’s gross too
I respect your consistency
It’s good there are less murderers of black/brown innocent people worldwide. Unless one sees those black/brown as lesser people. If you feel patriotic about the US then you don’t belong here
Ffs here we go. I’m not patriotic but it’s a really bad PR move to broadcast that opinion online. You’re not going to win hearts and minds of the opposition with that.
Also, not wanting to celebrate deaths of soliders does not equal patriotism. Wtf?
What are you running for office? It’s morally consistent, lol.
it’s a really bad PR move to broadcast that opinion online.
what the fuck is this mentality
Okay if you’re not going to sway hearts and minds then what’s your plan?
The conscription of those murderers wasn’t forced, they signed for killing poor innocent people. Liberals, ffs.
You think so? I guess you’re right, I’m not forced to participate in this vile capitalist system because I can live under a bridge.
The whole fucking system in rural America all but coerces their enlistment.
You’re putting some lives above others, in this case the lives consciously doing the path of mass murderers.
Not celebrating the death of pawns does not mean I condone what those pawns are doing. I’m not putting their lives above the people they’re killing. You’re making a lot of assumptions about me if you came to that conclusion.
I’m not celebrating the deaths of working class people who have been coerced/manipulated into carrying out the imperialists’ and capitalists’ objectives. Am I sad when they get killed? Perhaps a bit.They shouldn’t be where they are and doing what they’re doing (They probably didn’t even think they’d see combat when they enlisted, nor have they considered what role the US military actually plays in the world). Am I enraged when brown people are killed for absurd reasons? Yes, extremely. It’s disgusting that is allowed to happen.
So yes, when an American solider dies, it’s still a tragedy, and I’m not going to celebrate that (especially when there’s some freaks in .world looking for bad .ml behavior to put on display).
When my child’s school enrolled them in rotc with neither my knowledge nor permission, I raised immortal hell and made them take them right TF out and I was a liberal, then.
Anglos patting other Anglos on the back as always. 🙄
besides nazi content, the admins of lemmy.ml don’t decide what i can and can’t see via de-federation meanwhile the admins on lemmy.world and most other instances allow the same sort of brigading that reddit does to make content they don’t like go away into obscurity.
It’s a nice place. I’ve never had any issues with it. I like that I have a space to be with like-minded people after spending most of my time around people who very much aren’t. I like that I don’t often encounter racism and while I do encounter misogyny it is less common here than other online spaces
this about sums up my experience.
more often than not when i do encounter misogyny or transphobia it’s coming from someone off-instance and it’s taken care of when pointed out.
Didn’t even mention the transphobia but places like this and bearsite are such an oasis. Even when I do see transphobia it is at least subtler. I’m not seeing slurs thrown around
Bearsite?
Hexbear
