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I made an account. Asked a few questions about the platform in their info com, made the mistake of bringing up why the "tankie triad" are pre-emptively blocked, got a bunch of people accusing me of being a tankie and telling me to look at MeanwhileOnGrad and the other com I can't remember. It's not for me, but I get why some folks prefer it.
I absolutely, 100% support Piefed and think this whole pissing contest between platforms is ridiculous. We're all participating in the fediverse. Lemmy was designed to be open-source, to be built on, forked, played with, whatever. Piefed is growing and diversifying the fediverse, same as Lemmy.
We're all in this together.
You claimed that Lemmy.ml is not authoritarian, were pointed to multiple communities pointing out thousands of instances where it was shown that it is, and still claimed that it is not, nor can be by definition, which you later recanted as a poor wording choice...
Anyway, that was a discussion with one single individual, with almost no up or downvotes that I could see, so essentially a private conversation even if held in a public space. And the individual you conversed with has only a six month old account, has nothing to do with the admin or development team that I am aware of, and mods only a few gaming communities.
That's not "people", that's one person, singular, who has nothing to do with the info community, and I definitely did not see the "bunch of people accusing" you.
Anyway this post was intended as lighthearted fun, though it seems to have struck quite a nerve. Maybe it's because people on lemmy.ml are calling for literal murder and the downfall of Western civilization (go see for yourself, or e.g. those communities you were referred to catalog such cases if you want an easier time going straight to it), and Lemmy.ml and the Lemmy source code are becoming increasingly interlocked over time, rather than lessening that decency.
That's not the only account I had where people from piefed pointed me toward those coms and claimed lemmy.ml is authoritarian. You can check this one's history, too. Admittedly, I conflate what happens on my various accounts, and it was more than one user in that comment section.
By definition, lemmy.ml is not authoritarian, so that's not a "gotcha."
I didn't recant a word choice, I was being diplomatic after the person I was debating with took a (fair) issue with it so I rephrased it.
I find it hard to believe you looked at that whole thread and that's what you got out of it. I stand by everything I've said, even if I've had to make the occasional apology, on every account — That's why I'm transparent about all my accounts in my bio, the place you found my piefed.
And, I mean, why so serious? My nerves aren't struck, which is why I said I support piefed. Going through my history and writing an essay about it, on the other hand...
Edit: a word, grammar.
Lemmy.ml is ABSOLUTELY authoritarian. Just look at their modlog. They have a vague “rule 1” rule that basically means at the admins discretion. The mods are flaccid and useless while the admins do all the moderation, and on top of that, they even ban people for posting shit in non .ml instances!
Quit with the apologia.
.ml is completely voluntary and I can see everything going on in it. Being dicks isn't the same thing as being authoritarian. I don't have a problem with pre-emptive banning as a concept, so we'll disagree there because trans coms ban people who've never posted to them, too.
I don't know what the "mods are useless" thing is about. Looks like they manage their communities normally?
On top of that, .ml is one of the biggest instances, so "they" is a lot of different people. Kinda like how people say .world is full of trolls, or sh.itjust.works is a nazi bar, or .today is right wing.