Comment on Why do .ml users get a bad rep?
watson@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
After four days on that instance, have you not figured it out for yourself yet?
No, I don’t think 4 days is enough to distinguish between a user’s hot take and an instance’s position. I didn’t focus on the local feed, so I wouldn’t have known. Most of the posts I’ve seen have been centered on Linux and privacy.
As I keep scrolling, though, I can see some troubling posts.
OK, I apologize for my tone. I’m not here to criticize you. I am legitimately interested in helping:
All of those things you mentioned? Do all of that. Focus on your local feed, check out comments that originate from your instance. That’s how you will get a good fuel for those who subscribed to your instance.
And, as others have mentioned, you can sign up to any instance and still interact however, you like with the rest of Lemmy. Follow the rules of whatever community you’re commenting or posting in, sure, but, aside from the instances that are defeated, you can interact, post, comment, vote, whatever, regardless of your home instance. It’s just that a lot of people take particular care in choosing our home instance, and they choose a home instance that Socio politically aligns with their own views.
This is neither necessary, nor demanded from the vast majority of Lemmy users. It’s just how Lemmy was designed, and if you’re not interested in doing that, fine.
It’s all good, I appreciate it. I’ve been approaching Lemmy as a reddit alternative, so I’m still learning about how to explore the fediverse. I’ll review instances more critically, thank you.
I don’t think I’ve ever posted on a community in my instance… But yeah, I’m not federated with .ml, so I am happy.
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Just a side note: The instance you’re on doesn’t really matter very much if you never read the local feed. If you do, you’ll definitely notice the local vibe sooner or later.
If you’re on an instance that is widely defederated, you may also notice that it’s difficult to find communities. Also, people may comment on your instance if it happens to be particularly notorious. Other than that, instances don’t really matter that much.
EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
There are some exceptions to this. Blahaj blocks downvotes, for example. You can downvote a post on Blahaj, but people (like me) with accounts on Blahaj cannot downvote nor can they see downvotes. I’m sure there are other instances doing similar things, as it sounds like Lemmy has a robust set of instance settings/options.
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
That is a good point. Some instances have special rules and settings like that. Sounds a bit rare though. I haven’t heard of many instances that put the extra effort into customizing the experience on that level
Samskara@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
The instance matters if you post about anything political. If your instance admins don’t like your posts, they will delete your account. Mods and admins of other instances can only ban you.
watson@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
To clarify, the instance only matters if that instance is, itself, inherently political (many ARE). There are many other instances which are apolitical and don’t censor posts based on political bias, unless it is especially extreme, but those are exceptions that are explained when it occurs, which is rarely.
leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Mostly this is an issue with .ml and .world.
The others will often tell you their bias before you join, often in the name itself.
RobotToaster@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
Or one that widely defederates.
I believe mander is the only instance that has a policy of only defederating illegal content.
In contrast .world has a huge de-federation list.
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I took a look at those stats a while back, and the defederation procedure totally goes both ways.
As far as I can tell, bigger instances have bumped into issues that were resolved through defederation. Smaller instances haven’t faced those kinds of problems, so they haven’t defederated with any instances yet.
If all the big instances have defederated your instance, that’s clear sign that there might be something wrong with that place. If your instance has defederated from a bunch of other instances, take a look at the size of that instance before drawing conclusions. For example lemmy.world is a special case and a clear outlier.
Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Why does Lemmy.world defederate so much?
grandel@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Yeah, Ive been on .ml for like 5 years as of writing this and I just browse my subscribed feed. My experience has been great!
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I’ve tried reading my local and federated feeds but found little value in them. While most posts are interesting, they’re either too niche, too boring or just fly straight over my head. Consequently, I prefer to stick with the subscribed feed almost exclusively. That’s where I can reliably find stuff worth my time.