I was just reading this post https://old.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1gmv76n/is_reddit_going_to_remain_the_primary_space_for/ and many barely see the fediverse as an alternative and they seem to have a negative bias towards it. Super ironic when it comes to the self-hosting community. Yes, some instances are problematic, yes, some devs might have had problematic views. But it doesn't really matter when it's federated and FOSS. I think it's clear-cut that the selfhosting community on Lemmy is a perfect alternative to reddit. Why is there such a negative bias?

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[–] IMNOTCRAZYINSTITUTION@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

I was just thinking about this because I've been going through and blocking every political community. I've found that when that is gone, there's really not that much left aside from random technology focused stuff, some memes, asinine twitter screenshots, and a fuck ton of linux stuff. And the comments sections of seemingly unrelated posts often devolve into political shit slinging. I'm on an instance that blocks lemmygrad and hexbear so I can imagine it's far worse for the ones that don't. I'm starting to sour on lemmy too because there's basically nothing here of interest to me anymore.

[–] eyestein@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Well said. I’m feeling this way too.

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

What do you expect from a bunch of lazy T_D chuds, bots, and n00bz

Ha haaaa! Right? Up top!

[–] zerozaku@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (23 children)

I am getting to know that lemmy.ml guys are bad, so do you all avoid subbing to lemmy.ml communities? I have bunch of their communities subbed so not sure if I should move away or not.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world -2 points 4 days ago

.ml is mostly a linux-centric hub. anything else is just a distraction

[–] Saleh@feddit.org -3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Most lemmy.ml users and communities are perfectly fine. I didnt notice a higher number of problematic users from ml than from other instances mine is federated to. I think hexbear and lemmygrad and a bunch of nazi instances are defederated.

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[–] BonerMan@ani.social 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

The biggest point is tankies and the toxic "left" people here and that Lemmy has some major problems regarding stability and the ability to effectively moderate.

Another point is that Lemmy has in may places worse moderation than reddit.

[–] Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Yeah there are clearly some toxic people who won’t tolerate anything different than them. They can be leftists or rightists who are gonna hate you for whatever reason.

I didn’t have this feeling on reddit to be honest.

And it’s a shame because I’m censoring myself because of this on some subject where I could bring another point of view.

[–] BonerMan@ani.social 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I haven't seen a single "right" person on Lemmy, except when you count the Stalinists as right (wich they kinda are)

And I hate that there are so many of them.

[–] Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yeah to be honest it’s true that I’ve only seen lefties. I’m sometimes on the left side and sometimes on the right side, but it’s crazy how you can’t really express an opinion without being insulted or other things..

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[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Lemmy has in may places worse moderation than reddit.

yet this is exactly what the fediverse was designed to work around. giving the power back to the users. when .ml decides to block a bunch of shit due to butt-hurt mods, communities can be moved elsewhere without everyone having to make new accounts.

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[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 days ago

Grumpy young boomers

Get off my internet!

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