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cwagner@lemmy.cwagner.me 1 year agoWhen I joined Lemmy, I was afraid the politics of the creators would be an issue. It turns out, they are amazing at separating that and their development and stewards of Lemmy.
I’ve found exactly the opposite. I essentially dismissed concerns about Lemmygrad and political extremism, now I’ve come to see it as the biggest threat to the fediverse.
I use it less and would be embarrassed for others to find out I use it in case they saw Lemmygrad/Hexbear content.
There should be plenty of instances to choose from which are defederated from both. Would that be a solution for you or others?
Plus instance blocking is coming soon, and some apps already have their own implementation of said feature.
I’m hoping that instance defederation and blocking gets to that point, but as it is it doesn’t really work. I have Lemmygrad and Hexbear blocked and I still see them regularly.
There’s also a lot of softer propaganda from lemmy.ml, although it doesn’t bother me much since I lean “left” anyway.
Propaganda isn’t obvious or or wouldn’t work. It’s also generally based on the truth.
That’s okay, I’m sure the lemmygrad and hexbear users are embarrassed to find out you use it too.
imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Specifically, what have I done that you take such issue with? Or if there is another admin you’d like to criticize, go ahead and speak your piece.
I’d hate people to get the wrong idea about Lemmy admins, whom I have found to be largely selfless and altruistic in their actions and motivations.
cwagner@lemmy.cwagner.me 1 year ago
imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Can you provide a link?
As a moderator, one of my duties is to remove comments that are unnecessarily hostile, personal, and/or non-productive. The vast majority of accusations of fascism that I have seen here are unwarranted and needlessly inflammatory.
I don’t like the hexbear community at all, but jumping straight to accusations of fascism is counterproductive in the extreme. Hexbear users are guilty of brigading, arguing in bad faith, trolling, racism, advocating for violence, and supporting authoritarian regimes, but its quite simply incorrect to describe them as a far right ultranationalist group.
I removed many comments throughout that fiasco, and the vast majority were from hexbears.
cwagner@lemmy.cwagner.me 1 year ago