lemmy.ml is actually pretty widely federated, but defederates most/all nsfw. hexbear is marxist/anarchist, not right wing lmao
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TheFogan@programming.dev 1 day ago
Pretty much it’s like an e-mail service overall. obviously for the “MOST” part you can join any instance and it will let you view content on almost any other instance.
Like say beehaw I believe defederates from instances that don’t have verification steps at the start.
instances like lemmy.ml, lemmygrad etc… are considered tankie, so a handful of places defederate them. and I believe a few like hexbear that tend to lean right and get defederated by most.
Diva@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
TheFogan@programming.dev 1 day ago
ah got it, kind of never really dug that much in, just see it mentioned as extremist, so admitted getting some flipped going off of vague info
Diva@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
just see it mentioned as extremist
from my understanding the community formed after /r/chapotraphouse was banned for people john brown posting a little too hard.
MichaeleanDouglasse@thelemmy.club 1 day ago
I’m sorry, but I don’t understand most of what you said.
TheFogan@programming.dev 1 day ago
The super simplified version of it is.
some instances block other instances. Either due to political differences or because too many spammers are in one etc… Bottom line, if it’s not linked or blocked, you won’t be able to see posts to them, and people on those instances won’t see posts you make from your own, (creates kind of a shadow ban, where you think you are posting, but no one over there can see it).
you can see if you go to
you can see a list of instances they’ve linked with, and blocked.
compare that to say beehaw
You’ll see there’s a big difference in what they do and don’t federate with. Which could be good or bad depending on how you look at it.
If you have a community or 2 that you really care about, it’s worth checking to make sure their instance you want to post to and read the posts of, is friendly with the one you don’t
MichaeleanDouglasse@thelemmy.club 1 day ago
I want to make an alt for music, video games, general television, and anime. Do I just search those terms and check their sidebars?
TheFogan@programming.dev 1 day ago
90% of instances should be fine, but, if in doubt while you are using this one, do a search for communities for the topics you care about, and either join the community that has the most of what you want, or check their linked/banned list to know which ones not to join.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 1 day ago
“considered” lol
Nobody would be surprised if it leaked tomorrow that they’re literally operated out of the Kremlin or military city Beijing.
MichaeleanDouglasse@thelemmy.club 23 hours ago
Wait, is “tankie” a synonym for fascist or something? I thought it meant durable. Lol
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 23 hours ago
Yup, Red Fascists who support Russian invasion of Ukraine and think China owns Taiwan and definitely aren’t committing multiple genocides within their territories. The pretend to care about worker solidarity while they promote Donald Trump and oppose NATO. They pretend to care about civil rights but they oppose liberalism and they think Trans people are a western psyop.
Here is a megathread detailing their behavior, hosted on lemmy.world but posted to the community !meanwhileongrad@sh.itjust.works
https://lemmy.world/post/29072279
MichaeleanDouglasse@thelemmy.club 23 hours ago
I think I should probably just keep the alt in this general instance. I’m not looking for political talk or niche interest spaces. I just want to find a consistent and dependable place for mainstream topics.
Lehmuusa@nord.pub 18 hours ago
Tankie is a word coined for people who support the idea of a country using its military against its own people. A person saying that there was nothing wrong about the Tiananmen massacre is a tankie.