I got permanently banned from Reddit after 15 years and now am here. It’s better overall mainly because less bots

What’s the stereotype for Lemmy.today?

Is there a thread somewhere where people explain all the various stereotypes associated with various instances?

I asked about .zip once. Someone said it was “pro AI.”

Not sure what you mean by “open federation.” By default an instance federates with all others unless you start blocking, right? So every instance has an open federation policy until something like .world gets fed up with hexbear and blocks them.

Also, if they are all that conservative I’d guess it would be difficult to maintain this open federation policy, given most other instances might start blocking them.

They do not defederate as much as the other instances and seem to have a lax moderation stance.

thank you!

It's nice to feel included

Ads are better than donating

I don't agree, ads are in your face and track you through the entire internet unless you freeload with AdBlock. Donating a small sum a month keeps the servers running and your client adfree, ain't that great?

I joined because of the open federation, but mostly because I wanted to have full control over which instances I block. I'm definitely not conservative though.

I am. I mostly just tell people I like their art/post or whatever and that I hope they have a nice day.

Which, I hope you have a nice day

I was not familiar with that. Didn't know this instance was even well known. Good to know what the instance is apparently known for

Have a nice day too!

Only lefties can use it

Lowkey, I love that about us uwu

And less right wing, which means less stupid overall. At least I haven't had to constantly explain how the world works to people I disagreed with. Smart bunch.

Interesting. Have you seen more conservatism overall? Or I guess my question is, "how is it?"

I'm having 'Nam flashbacks with having to remember all these flags and capitals.

That does usually tend to lead to a certain kind of environment yeah. Nazi Bar parable and all that.

Not today, but, sometimes...

I was thinking the exact same thing the other day. I still meet users of opposite opinions here—which was never a problem, but exchanges are mostly at a polite, educated, and respectful level. Nothing like the childish POS that lurk in Reddit in every sub.

If some people find it too hard or stupid to be on Lemmy, then that's people I doubt will enrich my online experience in any way.

this makes me angry and vengeful