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How does (or should) one respond to “Lemmy = tankies” (lib.lgbt)
submitted 2 years ago by Veraticus@lib.lgbt to c/chat@beehaw.org
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I shared my fly.io Lemmy project to Hacker News and one of the first responses was “Lemmy is for tankies.”

This isn’t the first time I’d heard this either. In leaving Reddit and researching alternatives I’d heard it a fair amount.

I think it’s basically untrue; beehaw doesn’t even federate with the big tankie servers. But that seems to require some understanding of what Lemmy actually is.

So… what’s the best way to talk about it and/or get around this optics issue?

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[-] Dee@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

that the tankies under the bed aren’t going to get them.

Are you really ready to make that promise? I have a pretty tall bed and I haven't asked everyone under there what their ideologies are.

[-] ArtVandelay@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

There is no need to promise anything. My point is that people have to take control and responsibility of their own experiences.

If they don't want to encounter X people, they can go to an instance that defeds X server. Or find another alternative, since Lemmy is not the only one.

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