I was just reading this post https://old.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1gmv76n/is_reddit_going_to_remain_the_primary_space_for/ and many barely see the fediverse as an alternative and they seem to have a negative bias towards it. Super ironic when it comes to the self-hosting community. Yes, some instances are problematic, yes, some devs might have had problematic views. But it doesn’t really matter when it’s federated and FOSS. I think it’s clear-cut that the selfhosting community on Lemmy is a perfect alternative to reddit. Why is there such a negative bias?

  • viking
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    13 days ago

    That was the first instance out there, so amany early adopter communities are hosted there. I’ve blocked a handful problematic users and all the communist stuff and other topics I don’t agree with or care about, but by and large it’s alright.

    Hexbear.net and lemmygrad.ml are instances I’ve blocked altogether.

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      12 days ago

      For some reason after reading this (because I’m very new to Lemmy), your post made me feel like that squiggly thing / slime inside the box that wanted freedom, then the moment it takes a step outside, got punched back in and now is happily being inside the box, even if its cramped.

      I think it was a meme too.

      Yeah, but I do feel that way (after taking a look there)

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        10 days ago

        Many people left lemmy.ml for that reason. Some of us even left Lemmy altogether - e.g. I’m writing this to you from PieFed, which allows blocking of all users from Lemmy.ml (Lemmy itself does not support that - its “instance blocking” only stops communities from an instance, but not users).