Is there a "normie" or more mainstream instance for Lemmy?

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I don't think it's the non hierarchy, I think it's the being called a fascist enabler for supporting mainstream Democrat positions etc that is offputting.

I have trouble recommending this place to others because of some of our less than delightful members.

Reddit was big enough that once you got into niche communities, the angry crazies were either banned or hadn't found community or whatever. Lemmy is still small so we don't have that. So, was just hoping for an instance or whatnot that was less communism and linux and more friendly to an average person.

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Db0 is the best instance with the least friction from mods and admins.

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Beehaw probably

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Then honestly you must live in some radically conservative country.

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Typical lemmy.world user right there.

I’m a queer woman.

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a fair number of the people who are on this platform are here specifically because oligarch-owned media sites heavily censor all left wing speech, and have done so for many years.

I got banned from every platform, and my account on lemmy.world was also banned.

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You can't just define capitalism however you want.

Most people understand that businesses need regulation, that's the point and basis of so many agencies and bodies that it's almost comical.

The real argument is how heavily it should be regulated. Yes, some folks, particularly those with a lot of capital don't want regulations. That no more means capitalism itself doesn't want or need regulations than say, a soccer player with a strong punch who wishes you could just punch other players means soccer wants players to be able to punch each other in the head.

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Then go find one where you don't interact with anyone. Interaction is discourse and discourse is the "social" in social media.. Not everyone is going to share the same viewpoint, and you can either avoid them and build your wall, or you can have a discussion.

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If it’s that easy to support fascism you’re a fascist all along. Typical liberal.

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Yeah, i cant help if you wont use the block button. The not banning people is part of the horizontal structure. I suggest you open up to the concept. Otherwise youre just out of luck.

Also nobody here gives a shit if you recommend lemmy to anything. Thats reddit thinking. We dont make money, dont have the slightest benefit from someone getting a recommendation coming here. au contraire, we give people refuge who are sick and tired of the way reddit treats its users. If your friends are happy on reddit, please god leave them there. We do not want them here.

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And the logic you're using is very similar to an incel.

That's literally how analogies work, you compare similarities in unlike things, e.g., my cat snores like a chainsaw. She is not a chainsaw but has a comical similarity in one aspect, even if she can't cut down a tree and does not use gas or electricity.

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I agree that most of Lemmy is rather cynical and very far lest

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I didn’t delete my account I blocked you. Open up a fucking history book, look at the Weimar Republic, then look what came next.

As a queer woman I’m so fucking sick and tired of liberal bullshit. Liberals create the conditions that allow fascism to flourish. In America, when bush couped in 2000, they rolled over, leading to citizens United, 9/11, the patriot act, the afghanistan and Iraq forever wars. In 2008 they bailed out the bankers. In 2016 they fucked over Bernie and lost to a fascist. In 2020 they fucked over Bernie again and the only reason biden won was because of covid. In 2024 they proudly support a genocide and gaslight the public about the economy - just like the Weimar Republic selling out the Germans in their ww1 concessions.

You liberals just don’t fucking learn. And now my life is on the line. Either fight capitalism or get fascism, your fucking pick liberal.

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Lib shaming is for good reason as the US and most of the western world falls to fascism thanks to libs creating the material conditions for it.

Presumably, there was an alternative group to vote for in primaries or however else this delightful person thinks change should happen. People did not do whatever they think should have happened and thus I will name call them.

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Yeah, I'm not sure what the solution is or if there even is one. To paraphrase Randal in Clerks "lemmy would be great if it weren't for all the lemmings."

(I think a lot of folks are great but that small, albeit very vocal group... Ugh.)

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I mean, yeah, go ahead and make it. But based on my quick look of your instance, none of the communities are active. That's the part we need to work on for ALL your instance.

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You should block better or.something?

And the people who failed Bernie were the voters who didn't show up. Age wise, the youth got their heads kicked in by the seniorsin the primaries by a depressing margin. If you don't vote, you don't make differences.

I mean, bailing out the banks as a failure? Shit, there shouls have been regulations (like Canada had) to stop crazy trading but unless you wanted a lot pf people to lose their pensions and life savings, this is an impressively silly point.

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Canada.

No mainstream party suggests UBI as a matter of principle for example.

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There have been a bunch of pleas to grow the fediverse, as stated in the opening.

And the block button isn't a particularly good recommendation for new people.

Out of curiousity, say there was an instance that allowed all speech and had great content. Would you tell a trans friend "hey it's great, just block every time you see something hateful." Or can we see how that would be an unpleasant experience.

Anyway, if you don't want a larger fediverse, that's groovy but that seems contrary to the nature of almost every post here.

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You're missing the point.

By being wildly unpleasant at people, you're making it less likely they'll read the news you agree with, read the same books and come to the same conclusions...

"Oh good, that person who called me a fascist is recommending something! I'll definitely read that!" - said no one ever.