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Hi! In thinking about how to help the fediverse grow, I wonder if there are more mainstream Lemmy instances?

I've pointed a couple folks to Lemmy.world and it's uhhh, pretty hard Left for them (as one girl, who volunteered for the Democrats said "I just got yelled at because I can't be Left wing unless I want to destroy capitalism? Which feels weird.") We're much farther Left than reddit which itself was definitely Left of centre...

I don't know if decentralized open source social media actually attracts many mainstreamers but assuming we want to grow the fediverse, I'd like to have somewhere I can point people to without feeling very nervous for them.

Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

My instance doesn't really take a political stance, you're welcome unless you're an extremist (left or right, doesn't really matter to me).

Edit: But I think you're not gonna get better content anywhere that's federated, after all, your instance doesn't matter that much if you're seeing the same content everywhere.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

Check the various compatible kbin and mbin servers as well. I'm posting from fedia.io, an mbin server

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

That's funny because the majority of Lemmy.World are people who left Reddit during the 3rd party app-ocolypse. Though I suppose many of them also saw Reddit becoming more and more pro-Nazi as time went on. The loss of the apps was just the kick in the pants needed to actually leave.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Lemmy.world is too left?. It always looked normal to me. Although, I do want the total annihilation of capitalism, so...

Normally big instances are the most generalistic and less "politically biased", but sometimes a more small and focused instance could be better for the things you want.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 23 hours ago

Lemmy.world is the most mainstream instance. You may find small instances that have more political center types, but for all the "issue" is that the fediverse is federated. So lemmy.ml users can comment on your post on lemmy.world as well.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

I'm not sure that "got yelled at" is a great metric. On L.W., it probably depends on the community a bit but it's not likely they're getting yelled at by a mod, or having their post/comment deleted, right? No one's going to ban their account there.

In terms of users -- except for the bad places -- everywhere is "here." You can block people that are being exceptionally dickish too.

And, real talk, you can say "it's a beautiful day today" and there'll be two dildos that downvote you and maybe someone that's like "not everywhere!!!" Don't let it get ya down.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 23 hours ago

Lemmy world is probably the most centerist instance that hasn’t been defederated. Lemm.ee are sh.it.just.works are probably good replacements if she thinks it is just to far left wing but it’s probably that she is seeing .ml or one of the other various socialist instances.

She will need to utilize her block list to block tankie users and communities if she doesn’t want to see them. A lot of entrenched users are here because they realized that mainstream platforms were enshittified a lot earlier because they of their anti capitalist views

[–] JackbyDev 11 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

You'd have to show who specifically was yelling. You see everyone from all instances they're federated with. They might not have even been from Lemmy.world.

Edit: Case in point, I'm from programming.dev

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

i think the content and the 'home base instance' can be completely separate. its all about what they would choose to subscribe to.

theoretically you could be on lemmy.world and not subscribe to or access any of its local content. conversely, an 'onramp' instance might not have much of any local content but have access to hundreds of remote instances. (mine for example)

it can be kind of confusing for new users.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I've found that for those moving from reddit, sh.itjust.works seems to be pretty accessible

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 23 hours ago (9 children)

Lemmy world left???? Lol they’re milquetoast liberals and capitalism is garbage. Your friend needs to grow up.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

I don't know if its what you are looking for but futurology.today is the fediverse sibling (same Mods) as r/futurology on Reddit.

(Disclaimer I'm a Mod on it & the subreddit)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Might take a look at the instance I’m on. Lemmy.sdf.org. It’s pretty chill, and SDF has been doing the social media thing since the 80’s without much issue. Started as a dial up BBS devoted to anime back in the day. Leans anime, music/art generally and computers. Supported via donations.

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[–] TheFogan 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean, it's probably best to stay out of political subs at that point. Reddit's pretty far left of... mainstream US media, and yeah lemmy is fairly left of reddit.

But to be honest, just politics in social media will always be arguing. You aren't likely to find a political group that perfectly lines up with exactly where you are.

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