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Lemmygrad is full of unhinged tankies. I just automatically assume anyone posting there is a child, either physically or mentally.

Beehaw have their own rules, and that's fine. While not my cup of tea, I won't tell them how to run their instance. I respect those rules when I post to their communities. I particularly enjoy their technology and gaming communities.

Other instances are pretty alright. The vibe on lemmy.world is pretty great, which is why it's my home instance.

Edit: inb4 this comment also gets brigaded by tankies chomping at the bit to call me a "liberal"

lemmygrad looks completely unhinged to me
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[Beehaw's] moderation looks totalitarian and rigid

Yes. They're not on the opposite sides politically, but are on opposite ends of the spectrum for tolerating wack-a-do nonsense.

I can share the perspective of why I joined beehaw instead of the other services.

I used to be on the side of free-speech maximalists, but after seeing communities crumble because of toxicity driving out people, I also came to see the same problems with social media that the beehaw folks see.

On anon/pseudo anon places, the social structure to correct anti-social behavior does not exist like in real life. So to create an environment that’s tolerable to the majority of people, you have to isolate and punish the bad actors.

I’m past the age where i want to be spending time on things and places where people are hateful and mean all the time.

So we at rblind.com blocked lemmygrad pretty much right away, for the reasons stated above. But I'm starting to wonder if the future of Lemmy instances might not be organized around topics. I'm not sure that, if Lemmy takes off, moderating a "general interest" style instance is sustainable. I'm also not sure everyone centralizing onto one or two general instances is a good idea. Once we get out of alpha, the intent is for us to be an instance focused on posts and topics of interest to the blind community. We disabled community creation for that reason; I don't want someone signing up with us and creating the FunnyAnimalPictures community,, because as a blind person, I just don't want to be their admin, not because that content is bad in any way. Parcially sighted folks who want that content can federate with whatever instance has it, and I can trust those people to moderate and admin that community. Federation seems to be as useful for better distributing administration and moderation workloads as anything else. My real worry is that beehaw is too general and open. From the description, I don't really understand what it's for, or who should be there. At least I know the purpose of lemmygrad, and what kind of people I might find on it, making the "block" decision super easy.

This is something that I've found really nice about the Fediverse. It seems like both instances don't really work for you; in that case, you can always find another that might fit your interests! Even if you have the ability to see the communities from each instance, you don't have to participate. Like another poster said, I've made lemmy.world my main instance because I enjoyed the rules and vibe stated there.

Just replying to recommend the Lemmy.world instance. Seems like a nice place to me.

Obviously, you interact with communities from other instances, but it's like having a home in a friendly neighborhood. You can visit elsewhere, but you've got a friendly base to come back to.

Defederation might be a good thing, and I don't think we should assign a taboo to it.

What I believe, is it establishes a direct chain of responsibility. Instance owners are responsible for what thier users say and do on. This incentivises moderation, but unlike other systems, defederated instances don't cease to exist. In fact, they could thrive, and even mutually contribute to other instances. A new insurance could even preemptively defederate from instances they know won't gell well, allowing communities to build without facing threats of harassment.

I believe, it gives the opportunity for Lemmy users to create a diverse collection congruent communities. Not everything can, or should, be consolidated into one great house.

Funny. I haven't even noticed as I am not subscribed to anywhere this is taking place. The only thing I've seen is Gaywallet's fork essay and a few crazy comments about the Lemmy dev's I'm an open communist info.

I'm no political buff and don't want to become one. I think most ideologies are oversimplified nonsense that does not encompass the needs of the true majority in any instance. They all require compromises that encompass parts of other opposing theories. However, a person committed to a community centric ideology sounds like the perfect fit as the developer of a federated social media platform.

I'm also new here so I cannot really answer your question. But are you saying Beehaw leans far right? Because I thought they wanted to foster a very welcoming and supportive environment (even disabling downvotes) and I thought they even blocked some instances which are too right for them?