Edit - I said “site” because I didn’t know how to even describe whatever this is
We’re an anarcho-syndicalist community. We take it in turns to act as a sort of executive officer for the week. But all the decision of that officer have to be ratified at a special biweekly meeting. By a simple majority in the case of purely internal affairs.
Strange developers lying on GitHub distributing software is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical coding ceremony.
Help! Help! I’m being oppressed!
I don’t even know if you’re trolling or you’re serious
Not trolling, probably just too old for you. This is a Monty Python reference :)
I mean, if I went around sayin’ it was a pinko site just because some trippin coder had lobbed federation at it, they’d put me away!
Lemmy isn’t a site at all. It’s a piece of software.
Yeah, but only the good kind.
I guess I’m the one only getting the bad apples
Well, you’ve only been here a day. Give it time.
There’s a lot of state sponsored propaganda from right wing, authoritarian countries that pay lip-service to popular communist ideas to keep the dictator in power.
A lot of the noise comes from just a few of the users, so for the moment its easy enough to just block them all.
Damn! I have started loving this place more 😂
It’s gonna be fun arguing with commies
Yes in the sense that mostly the communists inhabit it. No in the sense that, because it is decentralised, no one can force you do to a particular thing if you host your own instance
So in that way if I get banned from one instance then I can make a new account in some instance too?
I’m new here so I don’t know much about these
if I get banned from one instance then I can make a new account in some instance too?
Yes. You can always create a new account on a different instance.
Think of federated services (namely lemmy) like a phone carrier. There’s a bunch of them, and you can call numbers on other networks easily, as they speak a common protocol. You (or your carrier) can always block either individual numbers, or entire carries. The thing here is, being a carrier (an instance) of lemmy is somewhat easy to do, and you can always switch carriers based on their moderation policies.
Hope this is a decent explanation.
That’s a good explanation… Thanks for that
Also, tip, pretty sure that in the default web interface there is a toggle to deactivate bot posts. These bots are often just reposting what is on Reddit to try to stuff lemmy with content, but I tend to leave them deactivated. Also, never forget that the best thing after staying in a pit like this, is to touch a bit of grass ;P
Welcome comrade!
Welcome to Lemmy, here are a few pointers to help you settle in
There’s a pinned post on the first community that can answer your question
I think the reason you dont understand many comments in this thread is because you dont seem to know what a “communist” it. People are answering your question based on the official definition, but you are going by a gut feeling that probably springs form propaganda and biases in your community. I encourage you to read up on communism if you really want to know.
If youre just here to pick fights with no knowledge to back up your claims, youre on the right track.No, Lemmy is the software. How can software be “communist”? How does it own the means of production" ? Seems an odd question.
You can have instances that are run by folks that have a communist bent (thank goodess for that) or instances run by all sorts of folks and instances federate and talk to each other (and can be blocked) but that’s a separate thing.
Seems an odd question
I meant are the people in Lemmy communist in general
A of its instances and users are. If u want an instance that isn’t as extreme left check out hilariouschaos.com. A bunch of lemmy users will call it a Nazi bar despite having none of such content.
