goat@sh.itjust.worksM to MeanwhileOnGrad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agoNot liking China = hate speech. -- Bonus! Tankies calling for the Tankie developers of Lemmy to shut down Beehawsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down14
arrow-up1-1arrow-down1imageNot liking China = hate speech. -- Bonus! Tankies calling for the Tankie developers of Lemmy to shut down Beehawsh.itjust.worksgoat@sh.itjust.worksM to MeanwhileOnGrad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squaregoat@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThe point of lemmy is: “Despite the conservative talking point that big tech is dominated by “leftist propaganda”, it is liberal, and pro-US, not left (leftism referring to the broad category of anti-capitalism). Reddit has banned its share of leftist users and communities, and the Reddit admins via announcement posts repeatedly vilify the US’s primary foreign-policy enemies as having “bot campaigns”, and “manipulating Reddit”, yet the default Reddit communities (/r/news, /r/pics, etc), who share a small number of moderators, push a line consistent with US foreign-policy interests. – Nutomic and I originally made Lemmy to fill the role as a federated alternative to Reddit, but as it grows, it has the potential become a main source of news and discussion, existing outside of the US’s jurisdictional domain and control.”
The point of lemmy is: