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Incase anyone tells you that lemmy.ml is not a tankie instance.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yea, lemmy is a bit of a mess. And from some interactions I've had with mods and devs, it would seem they like their platform a bit derailed

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

As much as I don't want that to be true, you're not wrong. I've been banned in .world for reporting an obvious troll. I've had comments removed for asking what the weather is like over there. I was told I was calling them a russian troll and that's against the rules. BUT, then I get called a troll in the same instance by someone from .ml and no removal of the comment, no ban. Free to say as they please. Lemmy has a serious mod problem.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Part of it is a campaign of victimization by .ml types. They take every opportunity to throw tantrums and insist the mods are biased against them, so the mods then have to treat them with kid gloves to appear 'impartial'.

It's the same trick Republicans and other fascists in the US use.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

It's crap though. They spread misinformation and lies and nobody does anything about it. IF you call them out on their bullshit, they ban you and remove your comment. I blocked the three biggest offenders but then they have people going to .world and talking the same shit. It's disappointing. It doesn't look like the mods are impartial, it looks like they are on the side of .ml. (the obvious trolls)

I know it's not all mods, some are great, but there are some bad actors out there that are making the good parts of lemmy look bad.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, still better than the alternatives

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Because there is a nonzero chance that Russia is funding Lemmy development and lemmy.ml as a propagandist training ground.

Yes, I know that sounds insane, but the official donation tally is like $2300/m for lemmy.ml and Lemmy development, which means they either have some other funding or Dessalines is just choosing to be the poorest software engineer on the planet because he is just that cool.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That would not surprise me if true. I'm also noticing an oddly large amount of people I've blocked commenting in this thread.

I can't read their comments without going to a different app, but I usually only block people spamming bullshit or when they throw a lot of slurs at me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They identified this thread as something that might slow their propaganda efforts, so here they are

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Might just be coincidence, I dunno

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

True, but enough coincidences can form very convincing patterns.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I'm not going to speculate when they're right there, I just have to log out

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

which means they either have some other funding or Dessalines is just choosing to be the poorest software engineer on the planet because he is just that cool.

Could just be a day job, or has he claimed to be working on Lemmy full time?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It doesn't sound insane at all. I don't know if its a training ground, but I'd bet my arm there's Kremlin funding being pumped straight into Lemmy.ml

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If so, Vlady Puty, well known for his love of communism, is pretty stingy about it:

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

He doesn't care about Lemmy development, he's paying people to run LLMs.