- cross-posted to:
- [email protected]
- cross-posted to:
- [email protected]
Stemming from this post https://lemmy.world/post/25792088
This is why some don’t see the problem with .ml, they’re way more subtle. And to those I say look:
This comment was removed by a .ml mod in that thread and the user banned:
And yet, another comment from a .ml user referencing .world instead, but essentially says the same thing as @[email protected]s comment is allowed to stay up just fine for hours.
Why was that not removed? Where is their ban?
Just .ml Tankie things ig
It’s more than just the power tripping, it’s the agenda pushing, the misinfo, the denials, the hostility etc. they might want to see the Fediverse grow, but in a Tankie mindset way. They are always quick to bring up how any other non-Tankie instances are “Reddit 2.0” or “just bots” or whatever else.
Yeah, I’m 50/50 there, maybe not the best “quality” user out there, but there’s also the secondary effects to consider; going back to Reddit and then every time it comes up they reply with a “It’s just a bunch of tankies” can damage a reputation
As far as who made Lemmy, Lemmy is just code, there’s nothing Tankie about the code, nor is there anything left, right center or galactic. It’s non-political, it’s got a job “be a reddit-like link aggregator” and that’s what it does, it’s a tool and nothing more. It’s open source so not only is there no “funding against your beliefs” concerns, all the Tankie devs could leave tomorrow and another group of people can just pick up the torch (In fact, there are a couple different Lemmy alternatives going rn, though not on feature parity with Lemmy, are coming along quick)
ZombiFrancis has infinite patience for defending tankies, it’s not in good faith.
Infinite? Nah. I just know the default state for every most online spaces is pretty mask off right wing. As an American government worker I have 90% cop brain interactions in meatspace too.
So the tankies, the few there are in a marginalized online space? Yeah, they don’t worry me one bit. They’re on par, if not almost refreshing, compared to any gaming lobby I have experienced for the last 30 years.
So I see what appears to be an outsized reaction to a really inconsequential group of people. The idea that one of their takes scares off a redditor or anyone else closer to the default is almost comical as a concern.
Ah, yes, nothing quite as refreshing as apologia for genocide because [checks notes] the genocide isn’t happening in your country.
As an American, let me reassure you of how very American a reaction that is. :)
“It’s hilarious that a site built by tankies and which has three of the major instances run by tankies who celebrate genocide might scare off anyone who isn’t a genocide supporter!”
Ha ha ha. Comical. Hilarious.
People have said the same thing about neo-nazis and white supremacists in the past and look who is running the country now.