Meh. There are so many instances that I don't really judge someone by what instance they're on; I judge someone based on what they do.
this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2025
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During kamala shill op on here, I had accounts have a melt down because I was on mbin... Not really sure why. As if being non Lemmy explained why I didn't accept her appointment by DNC komisars
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Not really. Most users on most platforms are just users. I give kudos to those instances that have unique names and < 10 users. Or to sdf, those users are awesome.
Yay, my somewhat randomly chosen people.
I didn't know that others knew about sdf
sdf users seem to pop up with lots of self made content. Which is really awesome.
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Personally I don't notice it or care at all. People get way too bogged down in stuff like that, making presumptions or ascribing views to people. I'm here for funny and interesting shit, nothing else.
Yes. They literally make memes about instances they despise and how they won't take anyone from those instances seriously.
I don't actively discriminate based on a poster's instance, but there are a half dozen or so instances where there is a very high likelihood that they lean one way or another on different topics. If a post that could be read two ways then their instance can be a pretty reliable indicator that looking at their posting history will confirm which way they lean.
In a couple of cases I just blocked the communities that are the hot button issues for that instance because other communities are worth reading and interacting with.
Instances over time coalesce into certain ideological stances, a curious aspect of federation it seems. This absolutely has an impact on interaction.
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I have both left and right leaning political viewpoints, and .world people like to call me a .ml troll
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I think some users who use the fediverse a lot may judge on instance. I don't really, except sometimes when I see a reactionary comment from .world and I'm like, "yeah that checks out".
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Preface to say I don’t necessarily hold these views, just my observation:
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.ml is considered “tankie”
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Blahaj.zone is shitposty and pretty solidly trans-friendly/oriented
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.world is “neutral,” and I think federated with most instances (I joined this one bc I was brand new here and it seemed beginner friendly, but I lean further left so ¯\(ツ)/¯ may instance hop in the future)
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Lemm.ee runs similar to .world but maybe slightly more right leaning
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Sh.it.justworks is predominantly techie
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Sopuli.xyz seems primarily meme-centric
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Feddit.org seems neutral-ish and more EU based, beyond that don’t know much
I’m sure there’s others I’m missing/stereotypes I’m wildly wrong about or not yet informed but that’s what I’ve gleaned so far.
.world is “neutral,” and I think federated with most instances
Nah, .world is the right wing instance, and also pretty defed happy
People who think .ml is tankie aren't federated with Lemmygrad or Hexbear
That's the first offensive stereotype I've heard of .ee.
I picked it because of uptime, version parity and least amount of federation drama.
haha are you saying "maybe slightly more right leaning" is an offensive stereotype?
Like goddamnit there's no way for me to be associated with anything with the r word
Neutral is the more offensive stereotype :) just means you are a conservative LARPing at being liberal.
Same.
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To me, no. There are some who see .ml or dbzero and will act accordingly.
What is the stereotype about dbzero? Out of the loop on that.
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Full of pirates. Yar harr and 'fuck you I will download a car you stupid DVD preamble.'
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yoho!
Mate!
I just did my own instance with blackjack, hookers and crack.
Many Lemmy users are quick to judge users based on instances. Heck some of them are defederated.