YEAAAAAAAAAA

I don’t think it can, it’s a flagship because it’s the first instance, being run by the main devs as a demonstration of Lemmy’s capabilities so it’s always on the latest beta version at least.

But, they could just stop using it as a tool to further their own political stances and have it actually be a “generalist” instance. For that though, they’d have to give up being the admins of it, which they’ll probably never do.

It is of concern yes, but maybe if the wider Lemmy-verse defeded from them, like they did Hex and Grad, it would at least be easier to say that their views are not shared by any of us to any newcomers/outsiders by being able to point to a clear and visible action like defederation.

Hmm yes, how dare I pushback against authoritarian misinformation, propaganda, censorship and toxicity. I do what I can within my power to prevent (or rather having it get worse I should say)the Lemmy-verse from garnering a rep outside for being “That Tankie Place” or worse, Voat 2.0

I’ve already seen it on Reddit and testimonials here (from those that actually tried to give it another shot, who knows how many won’t ever come back) “I tried that Lemmy place, but it was just a bunch of tankies” is not a pleasant comment to read outside the Lemmy-verse

What I’ve documented on !meanwhileongrad@sh.itjust.works is but a mere fraction of the crap they pull and focused on just .ml

Btw, tankies are authoritarian “communists”

Nah that’s pretty much about it, between .ml having “the big comms” (by subscriber count only) and being a support hub the decision to defederate is a difficult one, probably intentionally.

Imho, screw the support hub and defed anyways, there are alternate channels.

I don’t think Lemmy well ever be forked, Rust is rather difficult. The way I see it, either the devs gets their personal political stances under control or Lemmy will give way to up and coming replacements like piefed that are written in much easier languages and can be developed a lot faster

Hex and grad are tankie instances that are very in your face about it and don’t carry the honor of being “the flagship” instance and as a result were easy to widely defederate from which led to most people here not having strong opinions on it

.ml admins are hardcore tankies, but try to maintain .ml as the flagship and thus are more subtle about their tankieness. Instead opting to just censor any dissenting opinions before things get crazy in threads.

As a result many instances are way more hesitant to actually defed from them like they did the rest of the Tankie Triad, thus leading to more widespread visibility and in turn more widespread dissatisfaction of them by most.

Checkout !meanwhileongrad@sh.itjust.works (for those on a .ml account you’ll need to use this link because, ironically, .ml admins censor that comm from you: https://lemmy.world/c/meanwhileongrad@sh.itjust.works ) for documented instances of their behavior

Then this is for you!

Nahhhh according to the tankies of .ml, Russia is just trying to export humanity-saving peace, love and socialism but has just been continuously beaten down by the big bad US :(

You have been banned from Lemmy.ml

Yes it would be, but most instances have been hesitant to, unlike they did with the rest of the Tankie Triad (Grad and Hexbear) because .ml is supposed to be the flagship Lemmy instance and as a result has a number of official support comms and some of the biggest (by subscribers only, if you look by MAUs it’s a much different story)

On top of that, they tend to be much more subtle about it also unlike Hex/Grad which are very in your face about it. Instead opting to just censor any dissent before it gets too crazy and people catch on

So the hope is, if enough people boycott .ml, close down comms they’re in charge of, purge threads and bring down traffic even more etc it’ll be a much easier decision for LW Admins and admins everywhere to defederate.

Lmao I wouldn’t say so, !meanwhileongrad@sh.itjust.works is good for documentation of their dissent censoring and Putin/CCP propaganda pushing lolol

There is an instance block, accessible from the web UI at /settings (so for you should be startrek.website/settings) blocks tab

But the big issue with it, is that in it’s current implementation it’s more of a mute rather than a block

You won’t see their content, but they can see…and interact with…yours. So if you make a comment justifiably shitting on Putin or something, they can downvote brigade you, make replies you can’t see to shit talk you etc

Speed running an international incident any%

Did that happen in one of the newer seasons‽ I need to catch the fuck up LMFAO

Tankies giving Republicans a run for their money in the projection category LMFAOOO

Oh TOOOOOOTTTLLLLEEESSS!

Whenever you see Rule 1 (no bigotry) or Rule 2 (be respectful) in the modlog those are almost always the .ml instance rules, because the one removing content and issuing bans is almost always an admin (dessalines, davel or cypherpunk).

That being said, it’s hilarious that that comm has the “only actual news sources” rule because a lot of the propaganda there is coming from shit like substack, blogspot.com and rumble.com LMFAO

Predicted .ml tankie response when they get here:

“This is just WeSTeRn pRoPaGAnda, Putin is just having COURAGE to break from the US no matter the consequences and has done NOTHING absolutely NOTHING wrong and absolutely isn’t profiting in it like you LibERals think.”

You have been banned from .ml

That pic is so old, I wonder what happened to him?

Yea that’s how most feel, the rest of the Tankie Triad, Hex and Grad, are much more in your face about it.

.ml aims for subtlety through admin and moderator action to avoid wider calls for defederation and also now that Lemmy is catching on to some degree, the main devs are letting the mask fall off on their “flagship” instance

Ah, it’s possible, but unlikely thanks to its open source nature

It has been suspected though that .ml is running a slightly customized version to help hide their censorship, but I have only read of accounts of it happening to others and no direct evidence