• Jackthelad@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5011·
    9 months ago

    The Lemmy devs are a bunch of tankie weirdos, so I’m definitely not going to give money to them.

    • Socsa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      326·
      9 months ago

      Yeah they have made it clear they don’t want me around, on top of that. Donate to instances, not the devs.

    • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
      61·
      9 months ago

      Thanks. I was about to post that I haven’t yet decided whether to donate to my instance or the developers. I might just go with your opinion

      Edit: although after reading, I’m not entirely sure. Part of supporting freedom to discuss is also supporting freedom to discuss things you disagree with or even things that are genuinely hateful. I do tend to end up more on the free speech side than the cancel side. The posted thread from archive at least the complainant moved on: we need to be able to vote with our feet like that

      • Jackthelad@lemmy.worldEnglish
        142·
        9 months ago

        Lemmy.ml is the devs instance, and they have a habit of banning anyone who even slightly differs from their opinions. Basically, if you’re not a tankie like them, they will likely ban you.

        They’re not interested in free discussions.

        • Euphoma@lemmy.mlEnglish
          51·
          9 months ago

          But they just personally don’t want that on their instance while they create the lemmy software that allows for everyone to speak their opinions.

          • Socsa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            4·
            9 months ago

            They have an extremely low bar for censorship, and I have already seen signs that they will abuse their role to keep their finger on the scale. For example, they selectively federate mod logs, and seem to be running a custom build which allows them to do this. What other forms of fediverse trust are they willing to compromise for ideological purity?

      • spyd3r@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        53·
        9 months ago

        Its been dead ever since normies found it and took it over. Around when /r/wtf turned into into a G rated Disney movie to appease advertisers or soccer moms, etc.