Why?

    • Basic Glitch@lemm.ee
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      8 hours ago

      Lemmygrad.ml seems kinda obvious, but I have a completely naive question about lemmy.ml. Is it essentially the same? Why is it a controversial instance.

      Based on just the sidebar description it sounds like a cool instance: A community of privacy and FOSS enthusiasts, run by Lemmy’s developers

      But I also see a lot of people saying they have it blocked

      • Stovetop@lemmy.world
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        4 hours ago

        It’s not as extreme as Lemmygrad, but there’s a good deal of overlap.

        A lot of people, despite using Lemmy, also disagree ideologically with the developers of Lemmy, and feel as though it’s a conflict of interest to both develop the platform and have a preferred instance on it.

        I don’t block .ml and I think the majority of users there are fine, but there are a few specific people (a couple who I know also have alts on Lemmygrad) who just show up everywhere and tend to give the entire instance its reputation.

        • Basic Glitch@lemm.ee
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          3 hours ago

          Sorry if this is a dumb question, still figuring things our.

          How else would you use the platform without joining an instance? Just have a private server?

          • Stovetop@lemmy.world
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            2 hours ago

            Host your own instance, or use another Fediverse platform which integrates with Lemmy like Mbin or Piefed.

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        7 hours ago

        I don’t remember why I blocked .ml because it was a long time ago but I’d guess I got tired of the users and many of the communities bleeding tankies into the rest of Lemmy.

        I’ve heard that blahaj has changed a lot too but I haven’t really noticed it not being in my feed so I haven’t bothered to check.

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      20 hours ago

      Got the tankie triad in there. I switched from lemm.ee too and forgot to reblock those, mentioned that term in a comment thread on .ml and the content got removed for “bigotry”. Reassures having them in there is a good idea.