No thanks. I don't give a fuck about getting ratio'd. Let the people decide. Assuming this platform ever gets more traction, which it seems to be doing, the vast majority of the people that come here won't be tankies so... no, no I don't think I will go somewhere else.

[–] xTechDeath@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

These people really want their echo chamber, not a good look for Lemmy imo

[–] FaceDeer@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Indeed, the "they're all a bunch of tankies over there" narrative is one of the more common objections I see to Lemmy when I mention it as a valid Reddit alternative over on Reddit. Bit of a chicken-and-egg problem, mind you - we need non-tankies to balance things out. Here's hoping that there's enough new blood coming in anyway to manage that.

[–] gzrrt@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (10 children)

One of the main reasons I've switched over to feddit.de. Hope more instances have the sense to block servers that are openly pro-imperialism and pro-totalitarianism.

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[–] CrimsonOnoscopy@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I think that tankies, arguably, are hardly leftists at all.

Looking at the community, all I see is Red-Draped Reactionaries.

[–] Solaris1789@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why make/go to another political echo chamber over potentially getting "ratio'd" (which is meaningless and doesnt say anything about one's argument). Anyone has the right to post something no matter what people around think. Posting all this on an instance that would be INSTANTLY defederated by instances like lemmygrad is pointless and we'd just end up with less debate and more polarization.

[–] CriticalResist8@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey, I just wanted to clarify something because I wasn't sure from reading your comment, but Lemmygrad federates with everyone by default, except instances that have caused us troll waves in the past. We federate with e.g. lemmy.one and beehaw.org, but they instantly blocked us on day one.

[–] ImOnADiet@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 year ago

We do also block the nazis

[–] balerion@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Hey, tankies, decent countries don't have to violently suppress their populations and then lie about it. Oh, and socialism is worker ownership of the means of production, not whatever the fuck they're doing in China.

(inb4 people assuming I must support the US since I hate China)

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[–] nahoskins@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow. There's a lot of CCP folks working the federated space.

[–] FaceDeer@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

One of the big instances, Lemmygrad, is basically dedicated to that crowd. If the influx of Reddit refugees doesn't counterbalance them then at some point I'll probably move to an instance that doesn't federate with them.

[–] gzrrt@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've already done the same, can recommend it

[–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Could just block it, that way you don't have to see it, and don't have to start a new account.

[–] gzrrt@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Sure, though I like the idea of more explicitly supporting instances with better quality control.

Seems like there's also no way around blocking individual users who openly support fascists.

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[–] gzrrt@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Meanwhile in Taiwan, the island's equivalent of the Tiananmen massacre from the KMT dictatorship (the 228 incident) has its own memorial park and museum.

No need for a self-inflicted legitimacy crisis when you respect your citizens' basic rights.

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[–] Solaris1789@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow a post on lemmy denouncing the CCPs actions instead of denying them or even trying to justify them? Thats rare

[–] Senokir@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (14 children)

I plan on actively posting to counter the constant barrage of tankie propaganda that is very clearly an issue here. Misinformation is a very real issue that we face in our society and unless we actually do something about it, it will only continue to get worse.

[–] realcaseyrollins@social.freetalklive.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Senokir @Solaris1789 I hope they don't ban you

[–] Senokir@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

If this community doesn't welcome people who actively fight against misinformation then I am more than happy to be banned.

[–] realcaseyrollins@social.freetalklive.com 1 points 1 year ago

@Senokir In general they are, at the very least, hostile to folks who do so. It's a main reason I use #Lotide (via narwhal.city) rather than #Lemmy (although there are newer #Lemmy instances out there now that I'm considering joining eventually)

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[–] sovietsnake@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It is a very real issue so it'd be nice if you'd stopped doing it yourself. Also this is not world news, this is a China news, world news is not whatever the US and its European eunuchs oppose to.

[–] Senokir@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

I gave reputable sources for my information. Please enlighten me as to how spreading this news and reminding everyone of the very real Tiananmen Square massacre that occurred on June 4th, 1989 is misinformation.

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[–] xTechDeath@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also this is not world news, this is a China news,

Is china not part of the world? lmao

[–] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m not saying there can’t be news about China, what I’m saying, and I’ve seen this a multitude of times, is that there is something that Usonians and Europeans do a lot, is that they post news about their countries as if they would be the world. In my book “World News” means something the entire world should care about, not just the Anglosphere and Europe, the description seems just a silly thing to put as a placeholder, at least that’s how it has always worked in this community, news that the entire world cares about. It is a good rule that something global would involve at least 2 countries, or some event that it is really worth mentioning, like a natural disaster in some country, etc.

[–] xTechDeath@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

times, is that there is something that Usonians and Europeans do a lot, is that they post news about their countries as if they would be the world. In my book “World News” means something the entire world should care about, not just the Anglosphere and Europe, the description seems just a silly thing to put as a placeholder, at least that’s how it has always worked in this community, news that the entire world cares about. It is a good rule that something global would involve at least 2 countries, or some event that it is really worth mentioning, like a natural disaster in some country, etc.

A simple glance at the news articles being posted here is a direct contradiction to all of this, where are you in those those threads?

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