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Someone give me a long list of communities to join and which ones to avoid. I don’t wanna be near the tankies. Thank you!

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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

Nice! Welcome and congratulations on making the move!

Outside of avoiding the three tankie instances (.ml, lemmygrad, Hexbear), you don't need to worry too much about which instances a community is on. Just search for the most active ones (there's a community search at the top of the page) and hop in!

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Just browse the All feed and subscribe to the stuff you like. At this point many instances block .ml and hexbear, so you'll be fine.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's grad and hex that most instances defed from, .ml is more subtle and hosts a number of official Lemmy software support forums, so not many do defed from them. Unfortunately.

[–] CarbonBasedNPU@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

Its so unfortunate how most linux distro instances are hosted on .ml

[–] SidTheShuckle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

May I ask what those instances are? I’m assuming .ml is Marxist Leninism (mask off) but idk what hexbear is. Are there any instances which are specific to my interests such as anime and music?

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
  • lemmy.ml is one of the original instances, run by Lemmy developers Dessalines and crew. ML for them stands for "Marxism-Leninism", not "Mali." They have a reputation for censoring criticism of Russia and China, but have a number of mainstream-ish communities.
  • hexbear recently lost the Hexbear.net domain name due to a registration screwup. Last I heard they are hosted at chapo.chat. They have a reputation for "dunking" on non-tankies.
  • lemmygrad.ml I know the least about, as I've been defederated for nearly my whole Lemmy lifetime. Allegedly pretty tankies.
  • ani.social seems like it may specialise in anime stuff. I blocked several of their communities in grounds of not labelling nsfw. That's about as much as I know.

Update: it seems that hexbear.net is back to hosting hexbear.net.

[–] sag@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

ani.social seems like it may specialise in anime stuff. I blocked several of their communities in grounds of not labelling nsfw. That's about as much as I know.

The problem is definition of NSFW is different for all Lemmy user. One time I posted a Official Art of !nokotan@ani.social and it got reported for not labelling NSFW. That pic doesn't even have any thing like Fanservice or Showing Clothes. Just normal School Uniform.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

"If the 65 year old HR worker would take a second glance, it's Not Safe For Work."

So a gay couple kissing is NSFW and a straight one is fine? That’s what a 65 yo HR worker would say in my experience.

[–] sag@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

But, I never understand. Why would anyone use Lemmy or any social media at work? I am Teen. So, really asking.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

NSFW stands for "not safe for work" - the label literally exists so that users know what to avoid to make the service usable at work without risk of getting fired over it.

And why wouldn't you want to use it at work? Breaks are a thing, many people try to spend them trying to recharge by doing something that takes them out of the work mindset for a bit, and Lemmy is perfect for that.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes. It's not really exclusively about work, though. It applies to families, public transit, anywhere someone might see your screen. It's not a nudity or gore tag, but a sort of inoffensively presentable content tag. The office screen mentality is just a good way to get the right idea across.

Also, "better safe than sorry" is a good mentality. It's better to over tag than under.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

The core of it is avoiding drama at work, but yea it can be useful in other situations too. Suggestions to add a not-safe-for-life tag have been around since basically the day after NSFW become a thing cuz people do want some nuance.

Like, I can fire up a video of russian invaders getting blown to bits in Ukraine while sitting in the breakroom and while it might not be the most tasteful content, it's not going to get me fired; but most of those are tagged NSFW anyway just as a general content warning.

Gotta make due with the tools we've got. I'd definitely be in favor of adding a NSFL option to cover the gore - I don't want surprise titties on my screen in the middle of the breakroom, but if Karen finds something on my screen distasteful that isn't forbidden by actual policy, then she can go ahead and look away.

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You have to be 18 to access lemmy.world (which this thread is on) per Rule #3 of their ToS BTW. That's technically still a teenager so maybe you are of-age, but wanted to mention it.

[–] sag@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I am on lemm.ee which allow user over 16. So, I am safe I guess? It doesn't even matter I am gonna Turn 18 this July.

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This particular thread is hosted on lemmy.world and you must be 18+ to access it.

[–] sag@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

So, What .world gonna ban me? They don't have any proof that I am a teenager or just 40 Year Old Man who was roleplaying as a teenager on Internet? Who knows? Banning is also pointless I can create 10 different account on Lemmy. So they can't make me stop using Lemmy. It's already been 1.5 Years now. I had a account .world at first then I moved to lemm.ee.

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (30 children)

Hexbear was worse, very pro China/Russia/North Korea, but I think they didn't renew their domain license, so the server went down. Lemmygrad is the same way, I think it's still active. .ml I didn't think is too bad, just block yogthos or whether their name is.

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I’ve found it easier to block ML communities. A lot of the people on ML aren’t that bad, but you WILL get banned from the entirety of ML for any criticism of russia china and north korea. The mods really aren’t scared to abuse their power. I’d rather not participate.

[–] CarbonBasedNPU@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

Ive found that lemmygrad.ml is on average way worse than just lemmy.ml. Ive interacted with people from lemmy.ml and had positive interactions not the case for lemmygrad.

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[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The tankies are concentrated on three main instances so basically you can either block those completely or just don’t participate in any communities on them. Some do visit the non-politics coms there but I think they always end up interpreting things in a political lens so I avoid them all.

The instances are Lemmy.ml, lemmygrad.ml, and Hexbear.net.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Actually a lot of the more debate-bro tankies tend to make alts elsewhere to argue. By blocking the big three (if they're federate), you're usually just avoiding the ones who are not very argumentative and of course all the campist-flavored topics which might be annoying.

I find it easier to block the communities. I’d rather not post content on an instance where I’ll be banned for calling China capitalist lol

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Ran into several fresh accounts this week alone. TankieTanuki and something with "Stalin" in the name were the more obvious ones (I say like a random hours old account complaining about NATO in two separate threads and nothing else isn't obvious).

[–] cm0002@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Yea, but unfortunately the admins and mods of the Tankie Triad are the biggest Tankies around and enforce that through (ironic, because they always complain about censorship) mod action

So the best course of action, if you're not on an instance that defed's from them, is to not reward their comms with activity. A total boycott, no posts, no comments, no upvotes. With a little luck, all the non-tankie users will gradually shift over

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[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah there's a few of those on world and probably other instances I'm sure. I block them when I see them

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah I don’t personally do that but I’m just presenting the options. It doesn’t bother me to interact with tankies I just hate their censored safe spaces rife with misinformation.

I tried searching up the lemmygrad instance on list to block but it doesn’t show up. In fact not all instances show up to block

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I think @Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com has a list of ML comm replacements somewhere.

[–] nylo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

here's a good list of communities I came across today, subbed to a bunch myself

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/17176543

as everyone else has said most instances are chill but avoid the tankie triad

Replying to this so I know where to go on this account

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