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dbzer0 has weird vibes in general IMO. Their whole stance on gen AI feels super weird for anarchists to have to at least in its current form. Idk I didn't keep a main on there for very long for a reason.
this post was submitted on 23 Dec 2025
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Same, back when people requested to defed hex and their admins stood by the hex instance I knew I had to leave.
They claim to be anarchists, but I swear it's just to fool people.
So what are they then, do you think? Genuine question btw, as someone who is only starting to try to open my eyes here to see whatever is going on with it. Be as precise as you can possibly be.
I'm sure if I asked one of those admins directly I would be told that I simply do not properly understand anarchy... which would also be correct (in my case:-).
~~I also find it odd that while a bunch of instances opened up PieFed alternatives, e.g. World and Zip, dbzer0 did not.~~
https://anarchist.nexus/ is pretty much their Piefed instance.
Thank you very much for making sure that I didn't keep spreading this misinformation nonsense (I had forgotten that one was PieFed).
My favorite part is when Davel tries to argue that he's not a tankie by defending the Chinese government's use of tanks against unarmed groups.
Oh man that’s a piefed/lemmy beginner blocklist right there.
It gets better if you start off by blocking their supermods. The rest aren't near as bad
Literally the number one community on anarchist.nexus is devoted to internecine "warfare" against communities that Unruffled and friends don't like.
I actually agree that it's a bad thing, all the incessant bitching to an echo-chamber audience saying whatever community is full of people who are pieces of shit and stupid and wrong. I don't think it leads to any good things. But yes, one of the gossipiest of the gossips getting all upset about how there's too much gossip and sniping is hilarious.
But yes, one of the gossipiest of the gossips getting all upset about how there’s too much gossip and sniping is hilarious.
!yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com has to be honest somewhere. The admins of that instance would probably have to jump in once in a while when things go out of hand.
If an admin of SJW made such comment, would people have the same criticism due to !meanwhileongrad@sh.itjust.works being hosted there?
It's not just that it is hosted there, it's that this particular admin is active in the community and super passionate about constantly browbeating "shitlibs" which in his cosmology is most of the instances on Lemmy.