Right wing and free speech instances
There is more than one?
What is reactionary? And why is it bad?
Comment on Why this app is so political?
realcaseyrollins 2 years ago
I think it's just that the flagship instance yours is not only political, but run by the devs as well. Plus the hard coded word blacklist and whatnot lol
Right wing and free speech instances are merely reactionary since the flagship platform is political when it should be the other way around
420blazeit@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
realcaseyrollins 2 years ago
There is more than one?
Actually not that I know of, just wolfballs.com, but I assume there are far more lemmy instances that I just forgot about
What is reactionary?
Making free-speech instances in response to the main instance
And why is it bad?
A couple reasons, firstly, it solidifies Lemmy's reputation as a platform for leftists, and seconds, it unnecessarily divides and isolates right wing users and instances from most Lemmy users who abide by the mainstream Lemmy perspective.
masterofballs@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
I hope you don't mind me commenting here.
Making free-speech instances in response to the main instance
I didn't make that instance as a response to this instance. I made that instance as a response to ruqqus closing down. Which is where I previously spent every day shit posting. I chose Lemmy because the code base is better. And I'm better with rust than python. I also didn't plan to interact with anyone on this instance. One of the devs reached out to me.
solidifies Lemmy’s reputation as a platform for leftists
That is literally in the side bar. It says right there this is a community for leftest. I respect that and keep my shit posting on my instance unless its something I think someone here will find useful.
it unnecessarily divides and isolates right wing users
I don't think this instance wants right wing content at all. Or users.
MerchantsOfMisery@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
A couple reasons, firstly, it solidifies Lemmy’s reputation as a platform for leftists
This website literally describes itself as
A community of leftist privacy and FOSS enthusiasts, run by Lemmy’s developers
Are you lost? I really don't get people like you.
realcaseyrollins 2 years ago
I'm not lost, just mentioning that making your software partisan (either by design or reputation) will limit success and utility of the software in a way that's unnecessarily harmful
mekhos@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
The blocklist only removed some slurs that were racist or nasty AF.
Anyone who feels their ability to express themselves is restricted by not having those phrases available should just fuck right off outta here.
realcaseyrollins 2 years ago
That sort of attitude being mainstream is why Lemmy is probably the most divisive piece of Fediverse software out right now.
I literally got censored once for trying to post an article about Ted Cruz being called the b word, because it had the b word in the title.