this post was submitted on 07 May 2025
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[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Ironic considering the pinned post on .world is the admins asking for donations and pretty much everyone is saying "no"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

You misunderstood the pinned post; it’s soliciting donations for core Lemmy development, not for the .world instance.

The core devs use donations to the project to fund their tankie .ml instance, which is why they’re getting pushback. There is zero comparable pushback among the community towards funding .world or other instances.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Functionally there's no difference.

The person I replied argued that you are obligated to donate if you want to keep Lemmy free. Right now the Lemmy developers are asking for donations, and people are saying no.

The developers are openly communist, and if you want to use Lemmy you'll have to learn to live .ml, it's not going to change.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 41 minutes ago

There is a massive functional difference to anyone with two braincells to rub together.

The core devs can (and should) step in front of a bus (or tank) tomorrow; the core project will just fork, and LW and the other non-triad instances will do fine without them. I’ve had no issue on Lemmy blocking .ml client-side.

The only reminder of the triad’s existence is infiltrator trolls who make alts on other instances to post bad-faith arguments glazing the core devs.