• LlamaSutra@sh.itjust.works
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    I’m getting 8-10 year old accounts that haven’t commented for months jumping on any post I make where I mention Lemmy. So far, Lemmy is apparently a place for “CCP apologists” and “tankies”.

    I’ve yet to run into any of these individuals. Sounds like some people at Reddit are not so happy.

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      I mean I like the lemmy-verse, but the main devs behind Lemmy are totally tankies. It’s the reason why a lot of hesitant in joining

      This is the main developer (one of the only developers) - if the avatar wasn’t enough, have a look at the “essays” repo in his account… https://github.com/dessalines

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        It’s literally one section of a very wide website/community. It’s like looking at /r/conservative and then thinking all of Reddit is a right wing cesspool

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      Yeah, I got a bad taste of crazy tankie stuff on my first venture into Lemmy when I decided to check it out. Luckily I’ve not seen much extremist rhetoric once I joined. I do see where it’s scaring off a lot of people from reddit, that said, I’ve seen lots of people promoting non-communist instances specifically, as well as the idea of federating/defederating as an antidote.

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        If you recall, reddit used to have that as well. There was a time (5+ years ago I think?) when communities dedicated to teen porn and upskirts and legit hate groups were regularly on /r/all before they all got banned. It comes with the public forums/community aspect. In a big diverse forum where there are communities you like and connect with there are bound to be those tou don’t like…and then some you really don’t like.