• 420blazeit
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    3 years ago

    Right wing and free speech instances

    There is more than one?

    What is reactionary? And why is it bad?

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      3 years ago

      There is more than one?

      Actually not that I know of, just wolfballs.com, but I assume there are far more lemmy instances that I just forgot about

      What is reactionary?

      Making free-speech instances in response to the main instance

      And why is it bad?

      A couple reasons, firstly, it solidifies Lemmy’s reputation as a platform for leftists, and seconds, it unnecessarily divides and isolates right wing users and instances from most Lemmy users who abide by the mainstream Lemmy perspective.

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          3 years ago

          By the way, shitposting has to be one word, otherwise it has an entirely different meaning.

          I don’t think this instance wants right wing content at all. Or users.

          I would tbh. If there was a good neutral instance, I would join it.

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        3 years ago

        A couple reasons, firstly, it solidifies Lemmy’s reputation as a platform for leftists

        This website literally describes itself as

        A community of leftist privacy and FOSS enthusiasts, run by Lemmy’s developers

        Are you lost? I really don’t get people like you.

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          3 years ago

          I’m not lost, just mentioning that making your software partisan (either by design or reputation) will limit success and utility of the software in a way that’s unnecessarily harmful

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            3 years ago

            You realize the purpose of this site isn’t profit or a popularity contest, right? It’s a space for leftists, how hard is that for you to wrap your head around?