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Each instance has its own vibe. You joined .ml, just a fair warning that a few instances and a chunk of Lemmy users have defederated/blocked it, so you may miss out on some content. Otherwise, pretty chill for the most part.
No major instances have blocked Lemmy.ml as far as I know, and users blocking Lemmy.ml doesn't prevent us from seeing their content.
50501.chat blocked lemmy.ml, but who cares
You can replace .ml with any Lemmy instance. The most Lemmy thing remains all the instance tribalism.
Yes, but a new user needs to know the instance they join has pros and cons. Like another user stated, they joined .ml after lemm.ee closed and didn't know why several communities they had subscribed to weren't showing up.
Let's be real for a second, lemmygrad, .ml and. hexbear are well known for blocking and being blocked on Lemmy. Users should know Lemmy isnt like reddit where each user can potentially see 100% of content, it's dependent on your instance.
Lemmygrad an Hexbear sure. Nobody will recommend those as servers to start off.
.ml however is a pretty general server which is federated very broadly. It's not a bad place to start off.
Which major instances defed .ml?
Using this tool https://federation-checker.vercel.app/
I don't recognise any of the instances that are blocking .ml
I'm like OP from a few months ago. I joined ML because it was easy and sorta anonymous. What's the story on ML? Who defederated? What am I missing?
It's the devs' test instance.
The devs are Marxist-Leninists. They're the admins of the instance. Therefore the instance has nuanced-to-positive views on Actually Existing Socialist (AES) states, and allows for criticism of Democrats from the left.
It's been defederated by instances whose admins aren't wiling to critically examine their lifetime of capitalist programming and are accustomed to Reddit's universal condemnation of AES states.
Holy shit! Thatβs why a lot of my old communities havenβt been subscribed to yet.
From a really sad lemm.ee refugee. I miss that instance.
Any suggestions of chill instances just for tech, games and comics?
discuss.tchncs.de is tech-focused :) It seems like there are no communities for games and comics yet though.
Nah, Lemmy.ml isn't really blocked much. No major instances block it as far as I know. Lemmy.ml is just fine as an instance for tech, games, and comics, just post here!
Aren't we all migrated to .zip?
Yes we are!
Hey, do you have a channel or blog on theology? Your username sounds familiar to me.
No i don't, sorry