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jointhefediverse.net seems to be a commonly linked resource for directing people to join the Fediverse.

Curiously, it does not list Lemmy under the list of Reddit alternatives. Their GitHub README explains why.

Previous relevant discussion: https://lemmy.ml/post/78808

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

"I'm gonna stop using GNU/Linux because I don't like Richard Stallman"

It's valid to dislike the devs (I disagree, I've found them nothing but courteous, and have read their posts with interest), but it's ridiculous to exclude their software from this list.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

That feels like complaints about lemmy.ml specifically more than Lemmy as a software. There's a few instances that defederate lemmy.ml out there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (7 children)

They can do whatever shit they want with their instance and believe whatever they want. The software they make provably doesn't have any more biases than any other software. As long as that's the case, I'm fine.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It's almost certainly because of the tankie factory that is .ml and the fact that it's admins are all hard core tankies (including the main dev! And ofc the whole infamous Nutomic transphobe incident)

Coupled with the fact that a few of the biggest communities are on .ml does not bode well.

That's why I keep calling for a general boycott against posting content or comments on .ml communities.

.ml doesn't want growth, they want a tankie echo chamber, if anybody wants to actually see Lemmy grow at a healthy pace it starts with shuning the hostile tankies and their instances.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

sorry, but what does tankie mean?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The reasoning they give is ludicrous. That's idiotic as saying because someone put up a pedophile website, Apache is the devil. Even if Apache were built by NAMBLA, if it's opensource and doesn't randomly insert pictures of naked kids into your website, how does the developer matter to the product?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

If Nambla owned Apache, I think Apache should be taken from Nambla.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

This is so stupid. Did everyone stop using ballpoint pens because the inventor was a nazi? No.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

At least one people involved with the ballpoint pen was Jewish, so there's that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

but... I wouldn't drive a Tesla because of Elon Musk.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

But by buying a tesla youre giving elon money and promoting his product which is much more closely tied to his views than lemmy is to the devs views.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Would you drive a Ford? Because you should read up on Henry Ford’s beliefs if so.

How about BMW? Wanna talk about their history? Actually, give me a car company you like, and we’ll just dig into that one.

I wouldn’t drive a Tesla because they’re shitty cars.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Ballpoint pens don't spread nazi propaganda. I don't know where you thought this was going.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Have you used a pen before? They definitely can spread propaganda...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Well, at least pens don't have a proprietary algorithm by said nazi to make it not function when you want to write something that is not nazi propaganda, unlike things like Twitter, where the far-right is being boosted.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

at least pens don’t have a proprietary algorithm by said nazi to make it not function when you want to write something that is not nazi propaganda

Don't give them ideas.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Hmmmm, could it be the totalitarian-fellating developers? 🤔

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Could you, like, maybe post the explanation we're supposed to be discussing for context instead of making us go search for it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Why was Lemmy removed from the list of fediverse alternatives?

Lemmy was removed due to:

Keep in mind that software is by no means "neutral". The people who make it make decisions about how it works based on their beliefs and goals. That's why, for example, you can't quote posts on Mastodon (at least for now), but you can do so on other fediverse platforms.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

It has mbin and piefed on the list, so it’s not harming the network at all. If anything it’s more healthy with more platforms rather than just ml and world. It’s one site directing people to the fedi, I’m not butthurt about it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (7 children)

So, I should quit Lemmy now too?

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