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Does the instance a user is on (visible after their username) affect how they are perceived, either positively or negatively, by you or others?

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[-] Alfenstein@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

I think some people are too quick to judge a whole instance based on a few interactions.

[-] communism@lemmy.ml 67 points 3 days ago

I think some users who use the fediverse a lot may judge on instance. I don't really, except sometimes when I see a reactionary comment from .world and I'm like, "yeah that checks out".

[-] comfy@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yep. I don't judge a comment before reading it, but there are a couple of instances where I will think "yeah, not surprised" after reading a reactionary or low-quality post.

[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 37 points 3 days ago

I just did my own instance with blackjack, hookers and crack.

[-] flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 days ago

I'm agreeing with all the people who say they don't notice until after they've read a post, but I wanted to add a Yo ho! to my comment.

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 days ago

Yeah, some people really fucking hate .ml folks, and I've even heard people shit talk sh.itjust.works.

Also, hexbear was a thing.

[-] teagrrl@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 days ago

They just hate we're right all the time.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 days ago

They hate us cuz they aint us 🤷

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 days ago

Hexbear still is a thing, not sure what you're referring to.

[-] agnomeunknown@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 days ago

They're defederated on .world and probably some other lib instances. I moved to ml because I didn't like the vibe on world, especially their rabid obsession with "tankies"

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

I left once they started curating & collating lists of known prolific tankies so that they could share them amongst each other to tag each one every time they encountered them on Lemmy.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yea but that was always the case. I am asking why they spoke of Hexbear as though it no longer exists.

[-] agnomeunknown@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Apparently as another poster pointed out hexbear.net isn't there, or rather it redirects to chapo.chat when I checked it just now. No idea why they'd think that means it's dead though. I was just pointing out the defederation as a possible source of their confusion.

[-] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago

literally I just chose this instance because I like the seal, I hate tribalism I just wanted a cute seal 😭😭

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

I chose it because shit never just works - and I'm a techie person.

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[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago

To me, no. There are some who see .ml or dbzero and will act accordingly.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 22 points 3 days ago

Instances over time coalesce into certain ideological stances, a curious aspect of federation it seems. This absolutely has an impact on interaction.

[-] comfy@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 days ago

On the other hand, some have explicit ideological positions or themes (e.g. lemmygrad.ml, slrpnk.net) and others are shaped by moderation (.ml taking a hard stance against the sinophobia normal in mainatream media, .world and a few other instances/staff banning comments making light of violence e.g. luigi)

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago

This accelerates that process, for sure! I am more talking about how long-term, users tend to form more similar views. If you join an instance and another better fits your views, users tend to jump ship.

Yes. They literally make memes about instances they despise and how they won't take anyone from those instances seriously.

[-] Broadfern@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Preface to say I don’t necessarily hold these views, just my observation:

  • .ml is considered “tankie”

  • Blahaj.zone is shitposty and pretty solidly trans-friendly/oriented

  • .world is “neutral,” and I think federated with most instances (I joined this one bc I was brand new here and it seemed beginner friendly, but I lean further left so ¯\(ツ)/¯ may instance hop in the future)

  • Lemm.ee runs similar to .world but maybe slightly more right leaning

  • Sh.it.justworks is predominantly techie

  • Sopuli.xyz seems primarily meme-centric

  • Feddit.org seems neutral-ish and more EU based, beyond that don’t know much

I’m sure there’s others I’m missing/stereotypes I’m wildly wrong about or not yet informed but that’s what I’ve gleaned so far.

[-] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 days ago

.world is “neutral,” and I think federated with most instances

Nah, .world is the right wing instance, and also pretty defed happy

[-] Emberleaf@lemmy.ml 18 points 3 days ago

.ml is considered 'Tankie'?? First I've heard of this, and I've yet to see anything that would give any kind of credence to that claim. How weird...

[-] sleeplessone@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 days ago

While lemmy.ml isn't explicitly tankie like lemmygrad.ml or hexbear.chat, the fact that it's the instance run by the two OG Lemmy devs (who, along with most of the instance's admins, are Marxist Leninists) means you tend to get tankie friendly moderation. Most infamously, sinophobia is cracked down on, so shitlibs can't just go hog wild with stuff like Tinyman Square and "West Taiwan" and such.

[-] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

.world considers .ml tankie and .world is not a neutral instance unless you never mention palestine. So it's a lot like reddit.

[-] Broadfern@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

This helps to know, thank you. Will probably migrate then as I’d like to not be associated with genocide.

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[-] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 days ago

Remember, this is .world saying it.

[-] donuts@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

OP, your answer is in this thread

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[-] MissingInteger@lemm.ee 8 points 2 days ago

Where did you get the impression that Lemm.ee is (more) right-leaning?
Lemm.ee does not really have a leaning (in the fediverse).

Lemm.ee has awesome uptime, hands of moderation, up to date Lemmy, and doesn't defedarate (we live in the glorious age of Lemmy 19 and not in the dark ages anymore; the user can block stuff).

[-] Broadfern@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

It may be due to the “conservative” comm on the instance. I’m still learning, of course.

[-] MissingInteger@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

Both c/conservative on Lemm.ee and Lemmy.world are currently unmoderated (no community moderators).
The one community moderator on .ee got banned for some Nazi shit.
Now in both communities there is lots of love for trans people🏳️‍⚧️

[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 days ago

People who think .ml is tankie aren't federated with Lemmygrad or Hexbear

[-] boredtortoise@lemm.ee 11 points 3 days ago

That's the first offensive stereotype I've heard of .ee.

I picked it because of uptime, version parity and least amount of federation drama.

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[-] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted 12 points 2 days ago

Meh. There are so many instances that I don't really judge someone by what instance they're on; I judge someone based on what they do.

[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I have both left and right leaning political viewpoints, and .world people like to call me a .ml troll

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[-] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Not really. Most users on most platforms are just users. I give kudos to those instances that have unique names and < 10 users. Or to sdf, those users are awesome.

[-] BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 days ago

Thank you : )

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[-] Hyphlosion@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I want to be discriminated against from my own merits and not whatever instance I chose. I was originally posting out of Mastodon anyways.

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