person1

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[–] person1@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have very short experience with Lemmy, having just moved here from Reddit. I joined one of the most popular forums on .ml unaware of the fame of this instance, and from my short experience "Treating the Internet respectfully" is the opposite of what is found there.

[–] person1@lemm.ee 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I can certainly see that Hexbear and the other two are very vocal and toxic here. Engaging in some discussion or getting my views challenged is fine, I'd rather not close myself in a bubble, but it's sad that they would be so quick to insult and ban you. It does worry that they have some of the biggest communities. I wish I could say "oh well the protocol is neutral" but I think that with most OSS projects it matters tremendously who is at the helm; also, another poster outlined quite well that these instances seem to be the showcase for the system.

[–] person1@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago

This is not wrong

[–] person1@lemm.ee 26 points 3 months ago (11 children)

Hmm glad I found this post and the comments. I recently came here from Reddit and joined some random communities just to have something in my feed. I was a bit shocked at hammer and sickle posted non-ironically in the meme group. Noting that communists weren't better than Nazis got me called an ungrateful shit for existing (which I apparently owe to Stalin) and banned. Moved to the second-biggest meme community the search found, where I'm not banned yet but being educated by Westerners that life in communist coutries was cheerful and Holodomor was an oopsie.

I'm glad to hear that this is not all that Lemmy stands for, but a bit disappointed learning that top developers are a part of the problem. I'm conflicted about donating to say the least, and it does not bode well for lemmy adoption in general. I'll stick around to see if other servers gain momentum, but I'll need to keep an eye open for other reddit alternatives I guess

[–] person1@lemm.ee 15 points 3 months ago

This might be very non-linear, like ice breaking under your feet.

[–] person1@lemm.ee 16 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I'm using Qwant, used Ecosia before. Really OK for most stuff. I still revert to googling occasionally - mainly for local businesses on maps and sometimes shopping results. But I agree, don't let perfect be the enemy of good, well said.

[–] person1@lemm.ee 16 points 3 months ago

All good and well, but Israeli software used by various govts can read phones without needing for them to enter a given country, see "Pegasus" scandal in Poland from last year

[–] person1@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

Check out No such thing as a fish, good laugh from UK

[–] person1@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

so many thanks! i was just looking for something to listen to during my commutes.

[–] person1@lemm.ee 0 points 4 months ago

then i submit they dont belong in this thread

[–] person1@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

who gives a fuck if they dont sell in EU

[–] person1@lemm.ee 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

inertia is a thing, but just by having new EU projects avoid the big three you'd already have done a world of good to the IT ecosystem.

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