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#SpreadQualityMemeNotCompression #FuckCussorship

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Why do you need to boycott instances?

To reduce their power and influence and encourage more "decentralized" postings. A big reason why other instances defed from the rest of the Triad but not .ml is because "some of the biggest comms are on there". It should be up to the instance admins and the community under them to decide who and when to defederate and they shouldnt be "forced" to maintain federation with a toxic instance just because big comms and traffic is on there

.ml is also a problem because it's the admins and mods enforcing a certain narrative, we're not talking about an instance that just isn't taking care of rouge users or something

A better idea is to let people know what they are saying, bring it out in the open

That's what this comm is for, multiple approaches can be taken at a time

not by trying to ban opinions or misinformation.

"A lie crosses the globe while the truth is getting its shoes on", you wouldn't be saying the same thing I bet if there was a literal Nazi instance trying to spread their "opinions"

Opinions are fine if you're allowed to criticize them as well, but .ml does not allow that. It's also good to ban actual toxic misinformation and propaganda.

.ml is a tankie instance not because of the bulk of the users, I do not judge any user, .ml or otherwise, until I have seen them or seen evidence of them commenting Tankie ideology or defending it.

.ml is deemed a tankie instance because the admins and many of the mods not only are hardcore tankies themselves but also enforce the ideology throughout their instance via admin/mod action

.ml is the most subtle of the Tankie Triad and because they host some official Lemmy support comms often get treated with "kid gloves" by the other instances and don't get defed'd from like the rest of the tankie triad does (Hexbear and Lemmygrad)

Checkout [email protected] if you want to see more

Actually, because the .ml admins block that comm so you can't see it, you'll need to use this link through another instance: https://lemmy.world/c/[email protected]

some ml user are decent / don't know where they registered.

Yea, that's one reason I don't mute them myself, I try to steer those users away by showing them this comm. If you want to help, you need to give them this kind of link that routes through another instance because (the irony) they censor their users from seeing it: https://lemmy.world/c/[email protected]

I am actually not blocked from .ml that I know of

I was...for 2 months, for 2 glorious months I could post what I want without interference.

Then one of my memes the other week must've got to davel because within like an hour of it being posted they un-site-banned me and then manually banned me from like only the top 10 or 15 comms lololol

Excellent! Lol just FYI though for you and anyone else who see, instance blocks should be more thought of as a mute rather than an actual block, .ml users can still see your posts and comments and interact with them (i.e. downvote brigade, talk shit) you just won't be able to see it

If you want to have a bit of fun and get an instance block that actually works you should try speed running a site ban LMAO

It's general guidance for any vehicle, but it's not a requirement

It's just for proper wear leveling and balance for a smoother ride

Lol from time to time I think about that early Q TNG episode where Q puts humanity on trial (the first time) and one of his "exhibits" was when "humanity controlled their militaries with drugs"

I laughed it off years ago as a "yea right, like that'll happen" now...I'm not so sure lolol

Same, I'm surprised nobody's put together an infographic on "EU stuff Americans can buy"

I do know that Aldi's if there's one near you is a good one to shop at, afaik all their US locations are owned by the original German parent company

Lol nah, I'll never post on the tankie .ml instance as I'm part of the boycott against them and their tankie censorship/agenda pushing

I'm cross posting from select .ml comms to the closest relevant non-.ml comms as a small part of those efforts

[email protected]

Ah yes, "Sinophobia" classic tankie comeback #14 when people talk about the human rights violations of the CCP

Oh yea you're right lmao, def need to slash all 4 for that lolol

For legal reasons, this is a joke