Just block the fascists and you’re good to go, tbh. The tankies are a very small community here.
Furries are pretty wholesome – whether they and queer people are there, I use as a miner’s canary to see if a place has a welcoming and chill atmosphere.
People can like what they want, I just dont personally enjoy seeing that myself. In my experience I havent seen any fascists, just Authoritarian advocates.
Sure, people can like what they want. Though I don’t think we should encourage inaction against the far right. Unfortunately, I’ve seen a few, but indeed very few. Personally I feel divided on tankies, but in my perspective, the greater foe is the fascist. That said: AAAB (All Authoritarians Are Bastards), and if we can combat both effectively, then great!
But also, to put it as a metaphor. If I had to pick my battles – and had three bullets, and there were a fascist and a tankie in the room with me, I’d shoot the fascist immediately, and keep two to safeguard against tankies - so that if I shot, I still have a credible threat afterward.
A tankie is an ally against a fascist, and can turn into a fiend - so let us make sure that they have to stay our friend. And while they are our friend, then let us treat them with at least kindness. They don’t need to like us and we don’t need to like them; but we need to band together against the storm.
One thing you’ll see here is that it’s a lot more human than Reddit. People here are wayyyy more willing to ask questions and understand instead instead of just assuming. People here are also more willing to actually provide links and supporting documentation.
Of course, I’m not saying that always makes people right, but people are also more willing to accept when they’re mistaken and also give people the benefit of the doubt.
Bob Dylan once proclaimed that who is not busy being born is busy dying. You’ll probably find us busy being born over here, but I consider that to be a good thing. We’re very happy to have you here helping us out with it. :)
Welcome! Most of us came over during the Reddit API fiasco a couple years ago. It’s a lot nicer here. You’ll notice the difference the more you post or comment. It’s not like screaming into the void, like you get on Reddit.
Welcome, I’ve been here two years and it’s been great. At first you might miss some content but that’s just your dopamine receptors resetting from the slot machine effect of reddit.
The “algorithms” here are simple and honest and all the Russian/Chinese bots are on lemmy.ml. Be careful though, you might end up switching to Linux if you stay here (which I recommend).
This place is not quite as active as Reddit, simply by virtue of the userbase being a lot smaller. But I’ve quite enjoyed the past three years I’ve been on this platform.
My first recommendation would be to subscribe to some communities (equivalent to subreddits) you are interested in.
The main communities are mostly covered, but if they are particularly niche they might either be rather quiet or simply don’t exist yet. At that point the only real way is to get them going is to contribute yourself.
Also, small piece of potentially unsolicited advice:
spoiler
If a community is hosted on a domain that ends in .ml, they are likely a “Marxist-Leninist” (authoritarian communist, aka “tankie”) community. The same holds for individual users.
The moderation in tankie communities (e.g. lemmy.ml) is generally not very great, in my experience.
They tend to not be particularly accepting of any criticism of their beliefs, so these places tend to turn into an echo chamber.
Personally I blocked lemmy.ml, and the overall Lemmy experience has been better for it.
It takes a bit of fiddling and customization to get your blocklists and filters set up, but that’s true to a lesser degree for Reddit anyways. There’s tons of people that should be willing to point you in the right directions, though, should you have questions.
Actually just got here based on that post. Knew about the fediverse before, but was hesitant to take the plunge
Once you populate your homepage with the right communities (and block all the furries/tankies) you’ll love it here
Or add additional furries because they’re mostly just silly little guys.
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It depends on how furry is the subject. I have seen some furry exchanges that are uncomprehensible.
Just block the fascists and you’re good to go, tbh. The tankies are a very small community here.
Furries are pretty wholesome – whether they and queer people are there, I use as a miner’s canary to see if a place has a welcoming and chill atmosphere.
People can like what they want, I just dont personally enjoy seeing that myself. In my experience I havent seen any fascists, just Authoritarian advocates.
Sure, people can like what they want. Though I don’t think we should encourage inaction against the far right. Unfortunately, I’ve seen a few, but indeed very few. Personally I feel divided on tankies, but in my perspective, the greater foe is the fascist. That said: AAAB (All Authoritarians Are Bastards), and if we can combat both effectively, then great!
But also, to put it as a metaphor. If I had to pick my battles – and had three bullets, and there were a fascist and a tankie in the room with me, I’d shoot the fascist immediately, and keep two to safeguard against tankies - so that if I shot, I still have a credible threat afterward.
A tankie is an ally against a fascist, and can turn into a fiend - so let us make sure that they have to stay our friend. And while they are our friend, then let us treat them with at least kindness. They don’t need to like us and we don’t need to like them; but we need to band together against the storm.
Welcome To Lemmy! (Immediately starts bickering over the various pros and cons of furry vs. tankie)
Furries have a very strong association with far right movements.
Far right movements, if anything, want to kill furries. Press X to doubt.
Burying one’s head in the sand will surely help the movement get rid of neonazis. It works all the time! quo vadis USA?
Thanks, working my way through that now
One thing you’ll see here is that it’s a lot more human than Reddit. People here are wayyyy more willing to ask questions and understand instead instead of just assuming. People here are also more willing to actually provide links and supporting documentation.
Of course, I’m not saying that always makes people right, but people are also more willing to accept when they’re mistaken and also give people the benefit of the doubt.
It’s a breath of fresh air on the internet.
Yeah, me too. I was getting tired of the Reddit bubble I have been pushed in to for a while now. This here is such a refreshment…
Welcome!
Bob Dylan once proclaimed that who is not busy being born is busy dying. You’ll probably find us busy being born over here, but I consider that to be a good thing. We’re very happy to have you here helping us out with it. :)
Welcome! Most of us came over during the Reddit API fiasco a couple years ago. It’s a lot nicer here. You’ll notice the difference the more you post or comment. It’s not like screaming into the void, like you get on Reddit.
We’re glad you’re safe now!
Thank you, happy to be here!
Welcome, I’ve been here two years and it’s been great. At first you might miss some content but that’s just your dopamine receptors resetting from the slot machine effect of reddit.
The “algorithms” here are simple and honest and all the Russian/Chinese bots are on lemmy.ml. Be careful though, you might end up switching to Linux if you stay here (which I recommend).
Welcome!
This place is not quite as active as Reddit, simply by virtue of the userbase being a lot smaller. But I’ve quite enjoyed the past three years I’ve been on this platform.
My first recommendation would be to subscribe to some communities (equivalent to subreddits) you are interested in.
The main communities are mostly covered, but if they are particularly niche they might either be rather quiet or simply don’t exist yet. At that point the only real way is to get them going is to contribute yourself.
Also, small piece of potentially unsolicited advice:
spoiler
If a community is hosted on a domain that ends in .ml, they are likely a “Marxist-Leninist” (authoritarian communist, aka “tankie”) community. The same holds for individual users.
The moderation in tankie communities (e.g. lemmy.ml) is generally not very great, in my experience.
They tend to not be particularly accepting of any criticism of their beliefs, so these places tend to turn into an echo chamber.
Personally I blocked lemmy.ml, and the overall Lemmy experience has been better for it.
Enjoy your stay :)
Ah alright, thanks for the heads-up! :)
Welcome!
It takes a bit of fiddling and customization to get your blocklists and filters set up, but that’s true to a lesser degree for Reddit anyways. There’s tons of people that should be willing to point you in the right directions, though, should you have questions.