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Update from Lemmy after the Reddit blackout (From the Lemmy Developer) (join-lemmy.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by xtremeownage@lemmyonline.com to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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Good read, gives me a lot of hope for this project.

I look forward to an exciting future with all of you.

(Also- hopefully this wasn't posted already)

https://join-lemmy.org/news/2023-06-17_-_Update_from_Lemmy_after_the_Reddit_blackout

This was written by the Lemmy devs.

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[-] arquebus_x@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago

I'd never seen any of the rumors, went to lemmy.ml for the first time (thinking I might join) and one of the top threads was a complaint that a post with anti-CCP analysis had been taken down by the admins and within 5 minutes of further research I was able to verify that, yes, the admins/devs are tankies. It's definitely not false.

So I backed out and switched to kbin.

[-] IsThisLemmyOpen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 year ago

Yea see, the only instances that the devs control are lemmy.ml and lemmygrad.ml, every other instance is not run by them. For example, the instance I use (lemmy.dbzer0.com) is run by an anarchist.

[-] boredtortoise@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Cleanest way to solve the issue according to the dev blog post principles is that those instances (not db0) defederate with others.

[-] thoro@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

lemmy.ml is general purpose whereas Lemmygrad is ideological. The first influx of users from Reddit went to Lemmy.ml before Beehaw was spun up and the devs stopped promoting Lemmy.ml.

Most of these instances already defederate from Lemmygrad.

I don't see any reason why they should defederate from Lemmy.ml, the literal largest instance at this time.

I honestly view calling for this as wrecker behavior.

[-] boredtortoise@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

.ml is large yes and has some general purpose communities.

Although, quite clearly and easily confirmable by anyone, it hosts the problematic issues and the related user base described in this thread.

The whole ethos as described in the blog history of lemmy suggests to let those kinds of instances be on their own. Not wreck the wreckers.

[-] Binkoth@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I was completely unaware as well. I'm off to kbin. In my opinion, there is zero chance this doesn't cause issues down the line and it makes me feel uncomfortable using Lemmy.