I found it complicated at first (didn’t know which instance “will last”, where to register to not lose anything when instance admin decide to turn it down), but now it’s going good. We are missing mobile apps though.

What’s are your thoughts about Lemmy/kbin?

  • pound_heap@lemm.eeEnglish
    20·
    2 years ago

    I don’t care about what instance will last too much. I’m not that active contributor so if my comments/topics will disappear the world will not end. I always can create a new account on another server.

    I chose Lemmy for now because Kbin seems to be not mature enough. I don’t like some background of Lemmy devs that I was reading about, but I’m still not sure what make of it… Does it matter much? I support freedom of speech, and from my perspective people can have opinions very different from mine and still provide great value for community.

    I’m currently exploring available communities and subscribing to stuff that I was subscribed on Reddit. Considering creating some communities too, but not sure how that works yet and how much involvement it will need.

    Regarding software - using Jerboa. Overall very usable, but there are some UI issues that are irritating.

    • ojmcelderry@lemmy.oneEnglish
      6·
      2 years ago

      I don’t like some background of Lemmy devs that I was reading about, but I’m still not sure what make of it…

      @pound_heap@lemm.ee – out of interest, what have you read? 👀

      • pound_heap@lemm.eeEnglish
        7·
        2 years ago

        Yup, that what other person replied. There was a post on r/privacy which I cannot look up today due to the boycott - it was about Lemmy developers being very radical communists.

        The software being open source makes this less concerning, but in case original devs start doing something crazy it will damage the project significantly.

        • PopOfAfrica@lemmy.oneEnglish
          7·
          2 years ago

          Federation is a largely left leaning, anti capitalist idea for the internet.

          Reminds me of the recent drama around Linus Torvald being left leaning. Like, yeah, that’s what Linux is.

          • deva@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            7·
            2 years ago

            It’s not about being left. It’s about praising Mao and Stalin and removing content that criticizes the CCP.

            • PopOfAfrica@lemmy.oneEnglish
              3·
              2 years ago

              Now I will say, while I ampersonallly a communist, I’m on the libertarian side.

              No patience for tankies.

      • Camus@beehaw.orgEnglish
        6·
        2 years ago

        Lemmy developers have communist figures as avatars. They manage the lemmy.ml instance, which other instances tend to defederate.

        That should not prevent people from using a platform they don’t manage (Lemmy.world or Beehaw) and they can’t influence in anyway. The code is open source anyway.