"Tanky" and the perception of Lemmy. (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by Jezebelley@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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I've been trying to make people aware of Lemmy on discord and Mastodon, but it's always met with resistance citing "the devs are pro authoritarianism tankies." Kbin seems to be picking up steam because of the developer baggage.

Do you feel like this negative perception will hamstring Lemmy's growth?

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[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

America, yes even them

It's weird how hating Russia is considered reflectively justified, but questioning anything about America requires all this hemming and hawing.

Like, you can't just say that America has serious problems. You have to argue with a bunch of nationalists who might have hurt feelings and coddle the fence sitters because they don't like your tone of voice.

Can't help but think this is because we're more reticent of people we're neighbors with, while foreigners just don't matter.