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Whats a good instance for non-ML leftists?
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this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2023
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Hexbear is a left unity instance (maybe you are thinking of Lemmygrad, who has MLs only as a rule?). It's true that we've got MLs, but we've also got AnComs, other Anarchists, Dengists, Maoists, some DemSocs, and even some Trots. I'm sure there's additional tendencies represented on Hexbear that I'm leaving out.
Yeah I know there's no rule against it but I'll quote my other comment on why I didnt really vibe it as my home instance
We've definitely gotten that criticism before, obviously no one place will fit everyone but also it obviously sucks to hear we're not quite living up to the left unity idea lol
Godspeed wherever you end up
I mean, we definitely aren't when it comes to Trots lol
platformist anarchists definitely don't have more in common with trots than MLs or anything ๐จ
What do you want to discuss? And what tendency would you use to describe yourself, if not one of those listed above?
I am a platformist, like the organisations in Anarkismo. I mostly want to discuss some politics but also computer shit, IT industry shit (ie. talk to other people in my industry, who are ideally more left wing than HN), and art + photography. TBH photography is mostly what I talk about online these days, but there isn't a big photography community anywhere on the threadiverse I think.
This sounds interesting to me, but @DivineChaos100@hexbear.net in particular has already posted about Anarkismo. Having another Anarkismo poster is great news!
Lots of IT folks, devs and otherwise here, myself included! We should really have a Hacker News emoji, because they're one of my favorite places to dunk on for their Neoliberal takes and general bazinga-brainedness. r/programmingcirclejerk also dunks on Hacker News frequently, but I don't visit reddit anymore after the API stuff, not to mention that r/PCJ seems to have shifted a bit rightwards over time, though maybe not permanently.
Maybe r/socialistprogrammers deserves a shoutout too (they were x-posted here sometimes before the API stuff), but !technology@hexbear.net, !technology@lemmygrad.ml, !technology@midwest.social, !technology@lemmy.fosshost.com, and !technology@lemmy.ml are much more active. !transprogrammer@lemmy.blahaj.zone has potential but is not active yet.
Indeed, photography is missing. We have !art@hexbear.net, but that does not really cut it. Request a photography community in !commrequest@hexbear.net?