I haven’t checked Lemmy for a long time but I wanna get off Reddit again, yet I still need to know how many users are on here. Which lemmy instances are suitable to me, the most popular, and which ones to avoid? For context, im queer, anarchist with DemSoc leaning, and environmentalist. Is there a comprehensive list of all the instances and their main functions? Is the instance I’m on still workable? Any feedback would help, thx. <3

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[–] LemmySlopSkimmer@hexbear.net 38 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Sh.itjust.works is fine if you want to join a mid-sized instance.I personally find DB0 to be a bit suspect (they tolerate and sometimes enable tankies).

blahaj isn’t particularly hostile toward anarchism or democratic socialism, I don’t think, but it’s largely a liberal instance. It’s defederated from hexbear & lemmygrad, so a lot of socialist content is blocked.

dbzer0 is explicitly anarchist. It blocks lemmygrad but not hexbear.

slrpnk is anarchist-friendly and environmentalist. It blocks both hexbear & lemmygrad.

lemmy.ml is predominantly socialist. It’s federated with everyone except for porn and fascist instances[1]. The only instances that block it that I can only think of are infosec.pub, > lemmy.cafe, and programming.dev.

Quite a few instances are defederated from lemmygrad and/or hexbear. Hexbear is basically only blocks lemmy.world, and lemmygrad only blocks porn and fascist instances.

none. join a piefed instance instead.

[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 44 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

It's great how even though db0 admins are happy to play defense for users saying the Red Army should have surrendered to the invading Nazis [hopefully we don't need to relitigate this], they still get accused of being le tankie sympathizers. Maybe one day they'll learn.

[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 43 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They said "dems suck" once and libs never forgave them

[–] HuntressHimbo@lemmy.zip 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well that and also Ye Power Tripping Bastards is like a mosquito zapper for the terminally online centrists. They're drawn in full of righteous fury and melt down when the community doesn't agree. Many such cases

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

It's interesting that their community is significantly to the left of the admins.

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ran into an actual "anti deutsche" guy there the other day, funny how a supposedly anarchist comm just accepts genocidal freaks so long as they don't like "red fash tankies"

[–] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago

Any "leftist" group that builds their identity around hating other leftists will invariably attract that kind of person, and since being anti-left is more important than actually being left, they quickly chase out anyone who isn't a CHUD.

[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 32 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Lol their first recomendation is the instance with the transphobic admin and chud comms

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 29 points 2 months ago

Hexbear is basically only blocks lemmy.world

Insert something about a preemptive last resort here.