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If you find out that lemmy isn't suitable for you anymore, where would you/we go and why? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 years ago by nikifa@lemmy.ml to c/anarchism@lemmy.ml
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this question aims to look at alternatives, not why we should remain using lemmy or any lemmy instance.

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[–] libre_warrior@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

The problem with lemmy right now is that there are too few instances. The instances that has momentum has a strong tankies presence which a lot of people are uncofortable with. The most natural answer would be for them to create their own instance, but they chose to leave the platform instead 🤯

[–] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

tankies

That labelling approach is getting you nowhere. There are only so many kinds of forums you can join, at the end of the day. Some have straight up Nazi leaning, here you have a socialist leaning. Then you have centrist places like Reddit. Then there is reactionary left on YouTube and Twitter, and reactionary right on bit chute and Gab. You have furries and pedophile groomers on Discord, and every kind of person on Telegram.

You pick the forums less dependent on the political ideology, and more on if they have people with academic rigour and are filled with less stupid monkey brains, and how much toxicity you can handle at a time. The political part plays a role after this.

People that came to Lemmy are mostly people that have low toxicity buffers and also happen to have a preference for fediverse and like the darknet proxy anonymity that can be achieved here. The leftist politics only comes later.

I am personally still evaluating Lemmy after a whole year of high participation and contribution to this platform, and admins and old people here know my comments pretty well.

[–] libre_warrior@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Its fair to criticize me for using the term tankies. What is a better term for one who support these countries?

[–] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

Socialists. A certain section of people is known as communists. There are trotskyists as well. ML and non ML socialists. Stalinists, Leninists, Maoists. The last one is considered too absurd by many socialists in today's day and age.

Calling socialists "tankies" is EXACTLY the same as calling ALL right wing or conservative people Nazis. That is how BS that sounds like.

Please do not downvote this fellow. People should know why using the term tankies for all socialists is wrong.