cm0002@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 3 days agoProbably the easiest boycott you could do, let's do it Lemmy!locklemmy.worldimagemessage-square367fedilinkarrow-up1847arrow-down1152file-text
arrow-up1695arrow-down1imageProbably the easiest boycott you could do, let's do it Lemmy!locklemmy.worldcm0002@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square367fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLvxferre@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up35·3 days agoWe could argue that the root cause is that .ml admins pretending that their instance’s target audience is wider than it actually is.
minus-squareawwwyissss@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up38arrow-down2·3 days agoTheir target audience is Westerner suckers gullible enough to have their opinions manipulated
minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-23 days agoDo they though? I was rejected when I first tried to sign up (when I was entirely new to lemmy) and they’re turning at least one user away now
minus-squareLvxferre@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-23 days agoAh, they do it now? When I signed up there (~3y ago) there was no such thing. Anyway, it’s still a problem because most users interacting with .ml content are from other instances.
minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days ago3 years ago were there any other instances with traction? Agreed on your second point.
minus-squareLvxferre@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoNah, there were just LG and .ml, as OpenStars said. Technically HB too but they didn’t federate due to technical limitations.
minus-squareOpenStars@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoLemmygrad.ml is 5 years old, and hexbear.net is 4 years old.
minus-squareMaeve@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoYep. I was not accepted several times. Now I am
We could argue that the root cause is that .ml admins pretending that their instance’s target audience is wider than it actually is.
Their target audience is Westerner suckers gullible enough to have their opinions manipulated
Do they though?
I was rejected when I first tried to sign up (when I was entirely new to lemmy) and they’re turning at least one user away now
Ah, they do it now? When I signed up there (~3y ago) there was no such thing.
Anyway, it’s still a problem because most users interacting with .ml content are from other instances.
3 years ago were there any other instances with traction? Agreed on your second point.
Nah, there were just LG and .ml, as OpenStars said. Technically HB too but they didn’t federate due to technical limitations.
Lemmygrad.ml is 5 years old, and hexbear.net is 4 years old.
Yep. I was not accepted several times. Now I am