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Re:Lemmy – A link aggregator for the fediverse by Apocalypsenear on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @03:46AM (#28454315)
Which is why Lemmy needs more users to promote diversity and mainstream usage. Right now its filled with leftists mostly because they get banned from sites like reddit.

The thing I enjoy about Lemmy is that you can join an instance and if you don't agree with the policies and the people there you can join a different instance.

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Re:Lemmy – A link aggregator for the fediverse by account42 on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @05:19AM (#28454841)
https://github.com/innereq/lenny#the-lemmy-problem

Having more users isn't going to help if the core developers are anti-diversity.

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Re:Lemmy – A link aggregator for the fediverse by uabstraction on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @04:02PM (#28462318)
If not being able to say the N-word impedes your ability to articulate your political worldview, you should probably reflect on that.
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Re:Lemmy – A link aggregator for the fediverse by DoctorOW on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @10:22AM (#28457431)
I was expecting your link to make some kind of point to substantiate your "anti-diversity" claim. This just shows they don't allow slurs on the platform.
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Re:Lemmy – A link aggregator for the fediverse by betwixthewires on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @02:12PM (#28460977)
Not "on the platform." In the software. Lemmy is not a website.
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Re:Lemmy – A link aggregator for the fediverse by DoctorOW on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @07:17PM (#28464251)
What do you need slurs for though
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Re:Lemmy – A link aggregator for the fediverse by betwixthewires on Thursday September 09, 2021 @12:20PM (#28471389)
It's not about that.
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Re:Lemmy – A link aggregator for the fediverse by sudosysgen on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @10:31AM (#28457589)
It's a federated protocol. You can run your own instance that allows slurs and federate with whoever agrees. That's a non-issue.
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Re:Lemmy – A link aggregator for the fediverse by betwixthewires on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @02:11PM (#28460966)
It is not populated by leftists because they get banned elsewhere, it is populated by leftists because the developers (who are also the admins of the earliest, biggest instances) are loud and proud self avowed Marxists.

Which is fine, write code, live by your beliefs, but enforcing them in software on other people who might implement it is what I have a problem with.

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