Eh. I also don’t like the countries and values. But I’ve always taken “Russophobe” and “Sinophobe” to mean “no matter your personal beliefs, if you have Russian or Chinese heritage you are a bad person and worth less than other human beings” and I have big problems with that. Is that not the actual definition of those words?
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GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 1 week agoYou realize that .ml is also the development instance used by the devs? Where they test features, fix issues, and so forth before rolling it out to lemmy as a whole?
The costs of running .ml are also miniscule compared to the cost of living two full time working people require, I read in another comment it is only like 30 bucks a month for the instance.
I also find it a little silly that people love lemmy but hate on .ml. Lemmy is the brainchild of two far leftists, made with leftist concepts and goals in mind. You can’t separate those two things…
“Love your work, but fuck you and your beliefs I won’t support that. Also please continue work on the free product I like”.
*disclaimer: I’m just as russo- and sinophobe as the next guy. Fuck them, their dystopian countries and values. I just don’t really care the people making lemmy might not entirely (lol) agree with that.
Elevator7009@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
Lemmy is just software. There is no politics in code or math. Anything extra is just tacked on because it is convenient.
GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
The whole concept of federation is political in itself.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
Frankly that seems pretty silly to me. That’s like saying water is political. It can be political if you want it to be political. You remind me of a guy I say in some Linux forums talking about how Linux is going to to bring the techno-anarchist revolution we all want. He was shocked that no one seemed to agree with his views. I’m not saying your views are wrong but to think a protocol/concept exists purely to support your views is a bit of a stretch.
Federation is a concept not a political view
GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
I’m not saying AP/federation exists “purely” to fit my views, that’s absurd.
I’m saying that the concept of a decentralized protocol with the objective of letting various individual domains interact instead of a single corporate or government controlled entity is, objectively, a political goal. Power to the people. Censorship protection. Astroturfing safeguards.
How is this in your opinion not inherently a political system? Besides, almost everything is a political act nowadays. Even the belief that nothing is political is also political.
TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
I did it with Lost Prophets I can do it with Lemmy