Comment on Why do .ml users get a bad rep?
cabbage@piefed.social 4 days agoI think instances with ideological underpinnings is fine, and maybe inevitable. The crucial thing is that they need to be honest about it, so that those not interested can go elsewhere.
The problem with lemmy.ml is that it pretends to be a catch-all instance when it’s in fact very much not, and that it doesn’t tell users up front what it’s all about. Both Hexbear and Lemmygrad are better in that respect—at least they’re honest.
echolalia@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
Part of the sign up process I went through was to copy a line from something Marx wrote (can’t remember now I’m a bad communist) to be approved for an account.
Maybe it wasn’t like that in the past but it was made clear in the sign up processs that the admins are ML communists and run their instance with those beliefs informing their moderation decisions.
Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
Technically it’s Engels, in The Principles of Communism, last I checked.
echolalia@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
Much appreciated. Haven’t found any time to read anything, regrettably, but I have bookmarked your lists!
Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
Awesome, thanks! I hope they’re useful for you!
GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 3 days ago
🤓
Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
It is true though, users should be able to pick up on that the instance that makes copying communist theory a part of the sign up process might have communists.
bigkahuna1986@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
I joined during the Reddit exodus and I didn’t have to do that. Was a little shocked to learn that later.