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So they're people who expressed some kind of opinion / belief and people are worried that they might decide to express those beliefs some more on the thing that they built for everyone to have discussions on?
Pretty much yeah
TY :) But we don't know the believe of all the creators of Lemmy ? Just some ?
Bc limit I thought it was built by Nazis for Nazis .
Its different if its one between many. And its not my concern then ?
It's not built by Nazis for Nazis.
Some opinions follow, because nothing is black/white.
I'm pretty sure the Devs are Communists and are very anti-nazi, anti-racist, anti-facist. They have controversial opinions, so I think some people think/say they are Nazis.
You can read more about their opinions here: https://github.com/dessalines/essays and draw your own conclusions.
Additionally, I'm fairly confident that they have separated those beliefs between lemmy.ml and lemmygrad, and I'm fairly confident they do a good job of moderating Lemmy so it doesn't become lemmygrad2.
Some people who post thinking Lemmy is a bastion of free speech may get a shock when they get moderated. And they might equate such moderation to more extreme political beliefs or false equivalents.
As for the Lemmy software, it is Free Open Source Software. It's built for everyone. Literally the most socialist/communist thing there can be - advocating for public ownership.
I think there is enough vested interests in Lemmy, with enough skills behind it, that - if the main software somehow became an issue (unlikely) - that a dominant fork would emerge and everyone could migrate (there would be a period of turmoil during the transition).
If you want my opinion:
You have nothing to worry about.
If you want a right/left/commy/socialist/safe-space/wholesome/techy/nazi community, there will be an instance that tailors towards it.
If you aren't sure, you can pick an instance for now and get a feel of the fediverse, then create a new account on another instance when you find one that suits your sensibilities (I'm sure account migration is in the works).
Yeah that's what thought. Ty for the post. But I'm a little moron who is not fluent with English some times ^^ Now my mind on the subject is pretty clear
I hope ur comments and others will help fellas who are confused like I've been. Even I know, sometimes the doubt can take big roots on me.
This is the main appeal of Lemmy for me after spending some time on it. Comments like this 'Thanks for explaining that, you've cleared things up for me'. Reasonable people having reasonable discussions.
They most definitely are. In fact, a good portion of the community in lemmygrad is LGBTQ+ (over 20% by a recent anonimous survey done on lemmygrad) and every single one of them is respected there and has a voice.
Not completely, to be pefectly honest, but generally (as in really close to 100%), yes. Though I have to admit that there were some cases where the admins on lemmy.ml did overstep their power, I will admit to that. But these were very few cases and I believe things could have been settled through conversation.
Exactly my thoughts. The software is GPL licensed, it doesn't get any more communist/socialist than that. By the community, for the community. Sure they get to call the shots on the repo, but you don't like it? Fork it 🤷.
Yes. And the people complaining (that replied to my comments in a thread about it) are so rabidly anti-maybe-the-global-West-media-are-also-heavily-propagandized, they literally can’t tolerate someone tolerating the idea.