The whole thing where you gotta copy a sentence from Principles of Communism to join makes it pretty clear, but yeah maybe it ought to be signposted more. It seems like lemmy.ml isn’t really the “default” lemmy instance anymore, so IMHO it would come at little cost to be transparent about its ideological tilt.
Disclaimer: this is my alt account and I’m not really a .ml user, I don’t want to come across as an authority on this matter
I agree that for users it’s pretty obvious because of that, but for those not on .ml it can seem a bit jarring. There’s a split identity between the de jure “FOSS/Privacy” focus .ml is supposed to be for, and the de facto “widely federated communist instance.”
The whole thing where you gotta copy a sentence from Principles of Communism to join makes it pretty clear, but yeah maybe it ought to be signposted more. It seems like lemmy.ml isn’t really the “default” lemmy instance anymore, so IMHO it would come at little cost to be transparent about its ideological tilt.
Disclaimer: this is my alt account and I’m not really a .ml user, I don’t want to come across as an authority on this matter
I agree that for users it’s pretty obvious because of that, but for those not on .ml it can seem a bit jarring. There’s a split identity between the de jure “FOSS/Privacy” focus .ml is supposed to be for, and the de facto “widely federated communist instance.”