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Someone give me a long list of communities to join and which ones to avoid. I don’t wanna be near the tankies. Thank you!

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[-] SidTheShuckle@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

May I ask what those instances are? I’m assuming .ml is Marxist Leninism (mask off) but idk what hexbear is. Are there any instances which are specific to my interests such as anime and music?

[-] mkwt@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)
  • lemmy.ml is one of the original instances, run by Lemmy developers Dessalines and crew. ML for them stands for "Marxism-Leninism", not "Mali." They have a reputation for censoring criticism of Russia and China, but have a number of mainstream-ish communities.
  • hexbear recently lost the Hexbear.net domain name due to a registration screwup. Last I heard they are hosted at chapo.chat. They have a reputation for "dunking" on non-tankies.
  • lemmygrad.ml I know the least about, as I've been defederated for nearly my whole Lemmy lifetime. Allegedly pretty tankies.
  • ani.social seems like it may specialise in anime stuff. I blocked several of their communities in grounds of not labelling nsfw. That's about as much as I know.

Update: it seems that hexbear.net is back to hosting hexbear.net.

[-] sag@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

ani.social seems like it may specialise in anime stuff. I blocked several of their communities in grounds of not labelling nsfw. That's about as much as I know.

The problem is definition of NSFW is different for all Lemmy user. One time I posted a Official Art of !nokotan@ani.social and it got reported for not labelling NSFW. That pic doesn't even have any thing like Fanservice or Showing Clothes. Just normal School Uniform.

[-] XTL@sopuli.xyz 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

"If the 65 year old HR worker would take a second glance, it's Not Safe For Work."

[-] FundMECFSResearch 5 points 3 months ago

So a gay couple kissing is NSFW and a straight one is fine? That’s what a 65 yo HR worker would say in my experience.

[-] sag@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

But, I never understand. Why would anyone use Lemmy or any social media at work? I am Teen. So, really asking.

[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

NSFW stands for "not safe for work" - the label literally exists so that users know what to avoid to make the service usable at work without risk of getting fired over it.

And why wouldn't you want to use it at work? Breaks are a thing, many people try to spend them trying to recharge by doing something that takes them out of the work mindset for a bit, and Lemmy is perfect for that.

[-] XTL@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 months ago

Yes. It's not really exclusively about work, though. It applies to families, public transit, anywhere someone might see your screen. It's not a nudity or gore tag, but a sort of inoffensively presentable content tag. The office screen mentality is just a good way to get the right idea across.

Also, "better safe than sorry" is a good mentality. It's better to over tag than under.

[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

The core of it is avoiding drama at work, but yea it can be useful in other situations too. Suggestions to add a not-safe-for-life tag have been around since basically the day after NSFW become a thing cuz people do want some nuance.

Like, I can fire up a video of russian invaders getting blown to bits in Ukraine while sitting in the breakroom and while it might not be the most tasteful content, it's not going to get me fired; but most of those are tagged NSFW anyway just as a general content warning.

Gotta make due with the tools we've got. I'd definitely be in favor of adding a NSFL option to cover the gore - I don't want surprise titties on my screen in the middle of the breakroom, but if Karen finds something on my screen distasteful that isn't forbidden by actual policy, then she can go ahead and look away.

[-] Kit 2 points 3 months ago

You have to be 18 to access lemmy.world (which this thread is on) per Rule #3 of their ToS BTW. That's technically still a teenager so maybe you are of-age, but wanted to mention it.

[-] sag@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I am on lemm.ee which allow user over 16. So, I am safe I guess? It doesn't even matter I am gonna Turn 18 this July.

[-] Kit 2 points 3 months ago

This particular thread is hosted on lemmy.world and you must be 18+ to access it.

[-] sag@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

So, What .world gonna ban me? They don't have any proof that I am a teenager or just 40 Year Old Man who was roleplaying as a teenager on Internet? Who knows? Banning is also pointless I can create 10 different account on Lemmy. So they can't make me stop using Lemmy. It's already been 1.5 Years now. I had a account .world at first then I moved to lemm.ee.

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Hexbear was worse, very pro China/Russia/North Korea, but I think they didn't renew their domain license, so the server went down. Lemmygrad is the same way, I think it's still active. .ml I didn't think is too bad, just block yogthos or whether their name is.

[-] FundMECFSResearch 5 points 3 months ago

I’ve found it easier to block ML communities. A lot of the people on ML aren’t that bad, but you WILL get banned from the entirety of ML for any criticism of russia china and north korea. The mods really aren’t scared to abuse their power. I’d rather not participate.

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

hexbear.net is still the domain, it's actually really chill unless you're freelancing for USAID

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago

Not when I tried to talk when them a year ago. So much shilling for authoritarianism.

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

any support I've seen has been critical, lib instances often straight up uncritically support US empire and call that anti-authoritarianism

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago

We're not taking about the US, we're talking about China Russia and North Korea. When I asked why Russia was justified in invading Ukraine, I got dozens of people arguing with me that it was good actually. If you agree with them, then I don't really have much more to talk with you about, you're just wrong.

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I don’t really have much more to talk with you about, you’re just wrong.

From checking the modlog you got banned like two years ago because you couldn't stop saying slurs and insulting people. Additionally you clearly support the israeli occupation under the banner of being 'anti-authoritarian', the sentiment is mutual.

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago

I don't support Israel in Gaza, what gave you that impression? Anyway, do you think Russia's invasion of Ukraine was justified?

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

it was this comment of yours:

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago

And you got from that that I support Israel in their genocide?!? Both sides can be terrible and have gross humanitarian and moral issues.

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

If you're both-sideing a genocide you have picked a side.

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

That isn't how logic works. What are you arguing? That every action of Hamas ever was entirely good and justified?

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

it's the duty of an occupied people to resist their occupation and genocide, that doesn't make them terrorists. the people delivering US weapon systems are the terrorists.

do you condemn the United States?

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

Yes I condemn the United States.

You think it's good for people to rape and kill civilians, that it's justified by the end of resisting occupation?

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

obviously I don't think it's good, but I'm not condemning them for resisting occupation.

I don't think any country is good, they all need to be dismantled, start at home.

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

I condemn things that aren't good even if they're working towards a good end. Why do think that shouldn't be condemned?

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Anyway, do you think Russia's invasion of Ukraine was justified?

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

I'm opposed to all inter-capitalist wars tyvm.

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

Good, so we agree that Russia is in the wrong, and should not have invaded? Then we're not in agreement with the slice of hexbear I've interacted with.

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

being anti war is not an uncommon opinion, just shows how little you actually interact.

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

It isn't an uncommon opinion, but it seemed awfully hard to come by on hexbear, which was my whole point.

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago

I think they consider tankie a slur, so that's probably it. I didn't see the mod logs, so thanks for looking it up.

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

It was you calling people crazy as an insult, which is ableism that they ban for.

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago
[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

☑ genocide apologist

☑ insults other peoples intelligence as an argument

☑ passive aggressive misgendering

least bigoted lemmy user complaining about tankies lmao

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

You not familiar with the phrase? The gender neutral 'man', analogous to dude?

And why genocide apologist when I specify said it was wrong and I'm against it? I don't think you're making a good argument.

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

you're against genocide until the people being genocided fight back, then you concern troll about 'terrorism' like the people dropping US bombs aren't terrorists.

you certainly weren't one of the ones calling for an end to aid for Israel, you call them 'tankies'

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

No, I call people in favor of 'communism' flavored authoritarianism tankies, not people demonstrating against US Israel aid. I don't know how you got that opinion.

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

I'm sure you call everyone you don't like tankies lmao

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

No, I call people in favor of 'communism' flavored authoritarianism tankies.

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