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I don't really want to go to an anarchist instance if there even is one, since even though I identify with the anarchist tradition, I am a organisationalist which means most online anarchists annoy me too lol
This is literally why I am on hexbear. I am also a mod there so in spite of its reputation as a "tankie" instance I can assure you that is not really the case.
Oh I know, I have an account from way back when it was chapo.chat, but the ML posting still annoys me enough to not make it my home instance, it's kind of inescapable. I just honestly don't care to hear any further discussion on China, Cuba, Soviets, etc. Outside of my organisations discussion circles or the MLs I organise with IRL lol.
Might give my old account another go soon though tbh, it might not be as bad now you can browse federated communities.
Cuba
Oh come on, it may have a heavy leaning toward MLs but really? Cuba is like one of the least offensive places to defend/praise. And even China is surpassing the US on social progressivism.
You're going to invariably hear about those spaces no matter where you are.
Oh I support Cuba I just don't care to hear endless arguments about it, but you did convince me to dust off my old account so I'll give it a go :)
You won't hear any one argue againt Cuba here.
Cuba is objectively based.
wow, an OG chacha poster 
no thank you for keeping it going 
there are dozens of us!
Standing by!
I still type "cha" into my browser bar
Socialism with American characteristics 
If you just stick to subscribed comms you don't see a ton of it tbh.
It honestly sounds like the instance you're looking for is Hexbear 
They're not interested in leftist unity though. We're too reprehensible for them to share space with.
It's more like someone I like to hang out with but don't want to live with, but I'll give it a go again :)
but I'll give it a go again :)
I really think you should, yeah.
There's plenty of stuff on here I don't really have any interest in either, but it's not that hard to ignore. And I think that's probably true for most of us, you know? Every post can't be a banger lol
the ML posting annoys me for because I am a different far left ideology lol
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
The ML posting still annoys me enough to not make it my home instance, it's kind of inescapable. I just honestly don't care to hear any further discussion on China, Cuba, Soviets, etc. Outside of my organisations discussion circles or the MLs I organise with IRL lol.
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.
I am a platformist, like the organisations in Anarkismo.
This sounds interesting to me, but @DivineChaos100@hexbear.net in particular has already posted about Anarkismo. Having another Anarkismo poster is great news!
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)
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.
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.
Indeed, photography is missing. We have !art@hexbear.net, but that does not really cut it. Request a photography community in !commrequest@hexbear.net?
If you want some red anarchist backup, hmu
You wouldn't be a leftist if other leftists didn't annoy you.
If you are going to give this place another try, it might be a good idea to change your settings to display subscribed by default, and then unsubscribe to communities that tend to have a lot of ML-centered discussions like News and The Dunk Tank.
Yeah once I did that and added some less political communities I like it's balanced my feed out to a much better politics / normie content ratio for me. Hopefully I'll stick around :)
Raddle
Lemmy.ml seems by far like the best fit
