Remembering to look for and ignore folks with that telltale indicator has made the fediverse so much more enjoyable.
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havent used lemmy in a while and dont get it, could someone explain the joke?
They're pro China and Russia
faux far left.
A lot of us are pro China and Russia. Not all of us, some of us aren't tripping balls. I'm just kinda here, and didn't realize I was defederated with some other instances...
Probably gonna make a new account in that case, if I ever remember to actually do so
That’s what I’m not a fan of. It feels softer than it is, the information bubble. The ml admins are too good at removing dissent and it translates to users unaware of the situation. Were there informed consent, I’d feel less aggrieved.
The fact they don't list dissent or criticism of China/Russia as being bannable in the rules is one of the bigger problems. They will just ban you for Rule 1 or 2, neither of which have anything to do with that and leaving banned users scratching their heads wondering what they did wrong. Meanwhile to the other .mls, it just looks like the devs banned someone for a "legitimate" reason because the devs will leave a comment painting the banned user's comment in that light.
Example: User "BillyBobJones" expresses a dislike of China's genocide of the Uyghur Muslims. Dessalines or Davel will quickly ban BillyBobJones under Rule 1 or 2 for, say, "racism". Then they will leave a comment under the deleted comment accusing BillyBob of saying something racist and saying that's why BillyBob was banned. Unless an .ml user bothers to check the modlogs, they won't know what BillyBob actually said and will praise Dessalines/Davel for removing a racist. Dissenter removed, echo chamber reinforced.
I literally just left Xinjiang again, currently in Kazakhstan.
If you want to criticize China, talk about existing policy, not silly shit the west made up.
Maybe even come over and make some friends and ask them about their experiences.
Also p sure its lemmy.ml policy to include the post you were banned for, unlike .world who will straight up lie.
ML mods have been caught ignoring their own policy and do straight up lie as well. Both of the teams are kinda crappy.
Supporting the current regimes in Russia and China comes across as decidedly anti Russia and China. There is nothing socialist about modern day Russia but .ml still lick their boot.
The ones I talked to were more like fans of the Sowjet union.
Don't forget North Korea
Isn't that lemmygrad.ml, not lemmy.ml?
It's unfortunately both from some of their most prominent users.
.ml stands for marxist-lenninist. One of lemmy devs literally posts his pro communist essays to github https://github.com/dessalines/essays
It's a pile of garbage and he seems to genuinely believe in it
https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/main/capitalism_doesnt_work.md
This is one of them, it's a list of fun facts about USA, and current state of capitalism.
Like UN study showing that 3% of USA military budget would end hunger world wide.
I honestly don't know how to help you. Take care of yourself, because you sound unwell
Lemmy.ml is the instance maintained by the creators of lemmy is believe. The have political leanings not shared by the majority of the fediverse. Far left by many estimates.
If you see something to left to believe, probably comes from there.
tankies are authright in left clothing
their takes generally have little to do with ideology however and more to do with loyalty to the state
Horseshoe theory in action
Yeah, so far left that the far right is intrigued.
lemme.ml is a politically "left" tankie instance, the opposite of a conservative one. and you can surmise any criticism against that form of thinking will get you astroturfed or banned.
hexbear, lemmygrad instance are the same.