[Meta] Currently 3 upvotes, 13 downvotes. Interesting.

What do up/down votes mean? On a post, I always figured an upvote to mean "This is relevant to the community and should be posted here.", and a downvote to mean "This is irrelevant to the community or should not have be posted here.". [/Meta]

I'm not really sure what to make of the linked blog post -- I think x-compasses are an oversimplification, that the fediverse has moved and diversified since the post was written, and now lemmy instances are quite a prominent mode of engagement in the fediverse; but some of the problems and stereotypes they painted in the post are still recognisable today, however inaccurate the depiction may be.