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I was just reading this post https://old.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1gmv76n/is_reddit_going_to_remain_the_primary_space_for/ and many barely see the fediverse as an alternative and they seem to have a negative bias towards it. Super ironic when it comes to the self-hosting community. Yes, some instances are problematic, yes, some devs might have had problematic views. But it doesn't really matter when it's federated and FOSS. I think it's clear-cut that the selfhosting community on Lemmy is a perfect alternative to reddit. Why is there such a negative bias?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I mean, read the post? They explain themselves pretty well there. Or are you linking it with hopes we'll brigade or something?

Lemmy hate comes down to two or three things: they don't like communists, or they're confused by it. Or they're waiting for it to be bigger.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 days ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

Also; tribalism.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago

100%. That's why it took me until the end of June to join Lemmy even though the blackout was on June 12th.

And I was already hating Reddit before the blackout. But FOMO made me stay and I feel bad about it.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

we are like their penal colony in revolt, maybe

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

So are we going with Lem-stralia, Lem-Rok Nor, or Lem-giers as our colony name?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (6 children)

I am getting to know that lemmy.ml guys are bad, so do you all avoid subbing to lemmy.ml communities? I have bunch of their communities subbed so not sure if I should move away or not.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I block all .ml communities that pop up on my feed. Somewhere between 200-300 on my blocklist by now (not all exclusively from .ml of course, but most of them).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Why not block the entire instance in your settings?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Because that isn't an option.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (12 children)

It is. Go into your account settings -> blocks and at the bottom is a section for blocking instances.

I've got Lemmy.ml in there. You'll still see comments from their users and posts from users in other communities but you shouldn't see any of their communities in your feed.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That was the first instance out there, so amany early adopter communities are hosted there. I've blocked a handful problematic users and all the communist stuff and other topics I don't agree with or care about, but by and large it's alright.

Hexbear.net and lemmygrad.ml are instances I've blocked altogether.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

For some reason after reading this (because I'm very new to Lemmy), your post made me feel like that squiggly thing / slime inside the box that wanted freedom, then the moment it takes a step outside, got punched back in and now is happily being inside the box, even if its cramped.

I think it was a meme too.

Yeah, but I do feel that way (after taking a look there)

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 days ago

.ml is mostly a linux-centric hub. anything else is just a distraction

[–] [email protected] -3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Most lemmy.ml users and communities are perfectly fine. I didnt notice a higher number of problematic users from ml than from other instances mine is federated to. I think hexbear and lemmygrad and a bunch of nazi instances are defederated.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Almost everyone in the linked Reddit post seems to be supportive of Lemmy, or even Lemmy users. Even the people who tried it and stopped seem generally warm to the idea and just think it needs polish.

I'd say that this comment section is way more vitriolic than that one lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Anyone still left on Reddit is either too ignorant about the alternatives to Reddit to even have an opinion or is actively trying to keep people on Reddit for Reddit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I left reddit after a cyberbully situation because I defended a nonbinary person in a post in the sega dreamcast subreddit.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

We aren't Russian bots?

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