

This code is my shit, and the kernel is my toilet.
This code is my shit, and the kernel is my toilet.
GLaDOS: You’re not smart. You’re not a scientist. You’re not a doctor. You’re not even a full-time employee! Where did your life go so wrong?
Literally TQIA+ erasure.
I wonder how many of those users are the same person with multiple accounts on different platforms.
If Trump is Hitler, that makes Musk Himmler.
Didn’t expect an onion article here.
It’s the rules. You must post that cat.
Where do you send illegal immigrants if their country of origin no longer exists?
The “Login with Mastodon” button isn’t like “Login with Google.” It just lets you import things like your name, email, handle, profile picture, and follows to use on your new account. You still need to create a password for your pixelfed login.
old.reddit.com always works for me, even for posts or communities which they force you to log in and/or use the app to view.
The only reason I even have an instagram account is because my apartment did virtual tours with it during COVID. No big deal for me to archive all my non-existent posts :)
Does your boss frequently browse the database table records outside the API?
You’ve just made an enemy for
lifeleft!
ftfy
To me, the only solution to this is to do a hard fork. Take the code (It’s AGPL), rename it if Lemmy is trademarked, and encourage admins to use it and contributors to target it. Maybe start a non-profit or LLC while we’re at it.
Entire thread, all from the same user:
Please don’t use Lemmy :( Human rights, oppression
Human rights mean a lot to me. I joined the Fediverse to make the world a nicer place. My efforts are pathetically small, but hopefully make at least a tiny difference.
I used to recommend Lemmy very strongly, thought the people who develop it were nice folks interested in making the world better too.
However, recent discussions with the developers has changed my mind completely.
I am very suspicious about their motivations now.
1/6
Please don’t use Lemmy :( Human rights, oppression
Lemmy’s developers say “we are strictly against all forms of oppression (including genocide), and dont allow anything that promotes or supports oppression” and “We definitely are very staunchly against bigotry or persecution of minorities, and are strict about banning that”.
This is difficult to fully reconcile with what actually happens on the developers’ own instance, and those they feature.
2/6
Please don’t use Lemmy :( Human rights, oppression
The problem here isn’t Lemmy’s politics, but their attitude to threads about human rights violations.
On the face of it, the developers’ main Lemmy instance has lots of uncontroversial general interest threads, but when you start digging on controversial topics a worrying pattern emerges.
The worrying posts are very reminiscent of the way certain churches have handled priest abuse claims: denial.
3/6
Please don’t use Lemmy :( Human rights, oppression
There’s threads denyng the oppression of Uyghur muslims (this oppression has been well documented by NGOs, for example: https://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/help-end-repression-uyghurs-china).
Other posts deny that North Korea is oppressive.
Meanwhile, another suggests celebrating Stalin’s birthday as he was such a great guy.
(Incidentally, I have receipts, DM me if you want to see them for yourself.)
4/6
Please don’t use Lemmy :( Human rights, oppression
You get the picture.
These posts were on the main Lemmy instance, as featured on the official Lemmy website.
Over the past few days I have tried to engage with Lemmy about these posts in private, as I was sure it must be a misunderstanding.
However, Lemmy said that “none of the posts you linked are against our rules”, and refused to even discuss the actual issues because “this format is not conducive to political disagreements”.
5/6
Please don’t use Lemmy :( Human rights, oppression
I deeply regret ever having publicised Lemmy. I’m really sorry.
Don’t use Lemmy.
For whatever my opinion is worth any more, I would now recommend that people cancel their donations to Lemmy, stay as far away from Lemmy as possible, and donate to another Fediverse project instead.
I was wondering whether to stay quiet, but it seemed better to speak up and say something
6/6
Please don’t use Lemmy :( Human rights, oppression
p.s. I put the wrong link for Amnesty, the Uyghur report is here:
Please don’t use Lemmy :( Human rights, oppression
p.p.s. Someone has pointed out that lemmy.ml (the official Lemmy instance) resolves to the same IP address as lemmygrad.ml (the instance that contains the most disturbing material).
Lemmy.ml also federates with lemmygrad, and the devs advertise lemmygrad on their “join lemmy” site.
Do the Lemmy developers themselves run the lemmygrad.ml site? (Its main logo is a tank, incidentally.)
Please don’t use Lemmy :( Human rights, oppression
p.p.p.s. There was an older “reddit for the Fediverse” project called Prismo which had some working instances at one point.
Perhaps someone could resurrect it, to provide an alternative to Lemmy?
I used to have a Logitech K750 solar keyboard. The battery was always dying. The only difference from a traditional charging keyboard is instead of a charging cable, I had a charging desk lamp.
Ad free with ads isn’t new to me. Paramount Plus will sometimes show pre-roll ads. They’re usually ads for other shows on Paramount and you can skip it right away, but it’s an ad nonetheless.
I could go without the unskippable 5 second branding bumper though.