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.ml is not a “tankie instance”. The admins are Marxist-Leninists, so they fit some definitions of tankie, but its just a technology instance for leftists.
Hexbear isn’t one either. A lot of their users are, but there are just as many who aren’t, such as anarchists (basically the opposite).
Only if you want your feed to be an echo chamber. In my opinion the best thing about the fediverse is that you can choose the rules and values you want to adhere to through your instance choice, without cutting off interaction with others unless you defederate their instances.
The frequent calls to blanket dismiss anyone on those instances are an unfortunate overreaction in my opinion.
Agreed. There are some tone deaf people from those instances who think their perspectives are the only true ones, but that’s true of any sufficiently large and unified group.
Hex and .ml are two of the biggest tankie instances on the Fediverse. Worth avoiding them.
I’ve seen a lot of anarchists on Hexbear, lemmygrad is explicitly ML though
Anarchists are absolutely considered tankies at this point.
uh no they’re not? Anarchists are about as anti-government as it gets
Edit: unless you mean liberals can’t tell the difference between different leftists
Uh, yes they are?
Tankie just means anyone to the left of the US Overton window.
Take your brain out for a walk sometime.
.ml is not a “tankie instance”. The admins are Marxist-Leninists, so they fit some definitions of tankie, but its just a technology instance for leftists.
Hexbear isn’t one either. A lot of their users are, but there are just as many who aren’t, such as anarchists (basically the opposite).
Only if you want your feed to be an echo chamber. In my opinion the best thing about the fediverse is that you can choose the rules and values you want to adhere to through your instance choice, without cutting off interaction with others unless you defederate their instances.
The frequent calls to blanket dismiss anyone on those instances are an unfortunate overreaction in my opinion.
Agreed. There are some tone deaf people from those instances who think their perspectives are the only true ones, but that’s true of any sufficiently large and unified group.