Many might not know, but the developers of Lemmy are communist tankies - and i'm not joking - that spread propagranda and misinformation. They for example deny the genocide of the Uighurs in China as it is a "hoax perpetated by the western propagandists"....
I think they try to have a wider community, the issue is more that you'll get dogpiled and continually massdownvoted if the communists on lemmy.ml and lemmygrad.ml doesn't particurarly like you. This is a common reason some people switch over to Kbin I have heard too. And the bar for being a 'western liberal' is very low. This is not something they take much responsebillity over even though it is their own crowd.
And I'm not someone who uses the word Tankie without care. It's properly assigned in this case.
While political opinions aren't required or something you have to be neutral on, their particurlar political positions and crowd are so radical it taints their project and any meaningful possibillity of success. And not only that, but they are active members of their community pushing their narrative, as well as fosters a community of the same kind, it all making it really unlikely for others to want to collaborate with them, or any greater audience to stay.
Also the 'ml' in 'lemmy.ml' stands for 'marxist lenninist', which is their flagship instance, and the Chinese genozide example is just 1 example among a long line of problematic views. (Their avatars are different pictures of Fidel Castro btw) As well as there being sentiments of Russia going back to the USSR and all that. Some of that has been altering a bit after the Ukrainian war in terms of how they talk about it, but they are still in the same boat as years ago, pushing NATO being created by nazis to battle the communists, and started the project because they were getting banned on reddit.
I'm really wondering if this really is the thing that gets 'everyone' into the fediverse, and how long it might take before it disconnects as it doesn't need the fediverse to thrive.
Purism, a company known for doing privacy-focused smartphones and fediverse related services, argues that the advancements of machine learning supports a further push for decentralization.
"What is the Meaning of Life? An Early Buddhist View" (www.youtube.com)
A video by 'Doug's Dharma' on 'the meaning of life'.
I'm happy to have a Lemmy-alternative like Kbin
Many might not know, but the developers of Lemmy are communist tankies - and i'm not joking - that spread propagranda and misinformation. They for example deny the genocide of the Uighurs in China as it is a "hoax perpetated by the western propagandists"....
Open Source Design (opensourcedesign.net)
A a resource and community for opensource design.
[31.05.23] "Follow the Art & Photography Desk for the Best of Visual Inspiration and Innovation" (about.flipboard.com)
Flipboard has created a fediverse account that works on finding and sharing content within the bounds of photography and art to the community.
(08.06.23) "Here is what Meta’s upcoming - fediverse platform, and - Twitter competitor looks like." (www.theverge.com)
The Verge article covering Meta's new platform coming to the fediverse.
(05.06.23) Is Advanced AI A Reason To Decouple From The Centralized Internet? (puri.sm)
Purism, a company known for doing privacy-focused smartphones and fediverse related services, argues that the advancements of machine learning supports a further push for decentralization.
[03.06.23] "If Lemmy is not your cup of tea as an alternative to Reddit, maybe try open-source federated Kbin instead" (gadgeteer.co.za)
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