I've slowly become familiar with lemmy and learned the things like blahajj is an ally of trans but hides downvotes and kbin shows how you vote to others etcetc. i don't even know what hexbear is but hear it's ideologically wonky.
Lots of Lemmy instances basically have some decent aspects, but then something about them is a total dealbreaker.
I've started looking at moderation histories when coming across content removed by moderators and am now able to distinguish instances where ideologies not aligned with their admins get censored. I first noticed it when checking why certain posts were removed on Lemmy.ml and had to research lemmy.ml to understand they purposely are a socialist communist niche community so they basically remove content they don't want. I had a run in with a drama on Lemmy.world and curiously checked their mod log to realize that they actually quite often remove comments that don't match their ideology (along with finding controversial historical actions of .world).
So after all this getting to know instances involved in lemmy, you know which one has no weird dealbreaker attributes that I know of? I just realized tonight which one it is...
sh.itjust.works
So cheers everyone.
Admins and Mods here you are doing great. Community, you are doing great too. grats on being the best instance
I don't mind sh.itjust.works, but it has a distinct younger bias. Lemmy in general lacks a lot of diverse depth, but that is a byproduct of size.
For someone a little older than most on sh.itjust.works, the tendency towards more shallow and emotional interactions is not the best for me in social isolation from physical disability. It is hard to discern the age, intentions, and depth of people based on a few sentences here and there.
If Beehaw had remained federated with most, that is where I am most aligned. I stay on LW because of mod communities and the Alexandrite front end is my favorite. I have accounts on most instances and have tried using some of them for stretches. My main thing is that I honestly try to always show the best intentions and act in good faith. If I see moderators or Admin in my interactions something is fundamentally wrong. The average person, like this, should never see admin or mods actions. From that perspective, I have no issues with LW. I don't always agree with Admin and I know at least one doesn't agree with me, but that kind of diversity is fine with me. I see the good and the bad of capitalism and tankies. In both cases I am anti authoritarian. I know I don't have all the answers but I am damn sure that neither does anyone else.
I don't think there is a perfect instance because we are all a spectrum of differences, but I'm glad you have a perfect home for you Allo.
;-)
I've found Blahaj to be a great instance, though if you don't like queer shit then you best stay away.
I tried Shitjustworks, Beehaw and Blahaj out for a few weeks and have found myself gravitating toward Blahaj.
There are quite a few old farts on SJW as well.
Source: am one
Am another one.
And some people in the middle. Source: am one.
What does the AI image have to do with the rest of the comment (or the spoiler warning)? And was it intended to seem to depict a young girl with semen on her legs?
I hope there is some point I am missing, because that just gives me an ick.
It is only intended for Allo and those that know the AI generated images community on sh.itjust.works.
i think the image was used to illustrate the point of being on a spectrum of differences and as a proper shit post follow up to a well thought out and carefully worded comment. Saw a pretty good tedtalk on this recently :24 is where it gets into it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Saved by voyager:
C'mon, dQw?
I always go by the end of the url: XcQ, link stays blue
Same. Though I occasionally click anyway, if I'm in the mood.
i always appreciate your comments
hey, that's my girlfriend Sai Lormoon! where did you get her photo?!