It's 100% marketing, which is what this thread is about, no? Lemmy.ml's moderation practices are bad marketing for the project as a whole.
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Lawmakers promise to punish Justice Department for heavy-handed treatment of Jan. 6 defendants
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No, it's proof that a community affiliated with the larger project can affect the project's reputation, while a community unaffiliated with the larger project typically does not do so.
This, their moderation practices have been noticeable enough that they're scaring users away with their blatant support of historically fascist regimes
The problem is that lemmy.ml is the flagship instance.
It'd be different than saying, for example, r/TheDonald gave Reddit a reputation of being right wing. r/TheDonald clearly had no affiliation with Reddit writ large, while lemmy.ml is the flagship instance of the entire Lemmy project.
I never saw Cold Pizza, but I quite enjoy the two man format. Although you're also right that adding even a third person to the discussion keeps things more interesting.
It's not just lemmygrad, but lemmy.ml as well that are tarnishing Lemmy's reputation.
The problem is just that the lemmygrad and lemmy.ml admins and mods are giving Lemmy as a whole a bad name. The same thing has happened to Mastodon.
I mean, Mastodon face similar stigma despite huge right wing Mastodon instances existing, and Mastodon the devs don't seem to be nearly as bad as the admins and mods on lemmy.ml
Yes, it will.
Because burggit is pro pedophilia
Using Lemmy is fine, don't be afraid to use Lemmy. We're just talking about how lemmy.ml's practices affect Lemmy's reputation.