How Lemmy's Communist Devs Saved It
How Lemmy's Communist Devs Saved It
There are various reasons Lemmy succeeded as a Reddit alternative where others failed. One of the underappreciated ones is probably that the devs were communists. I know that sounds a little strange
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Considering the article used "tankie" unironically and referred to a far right instance owner as being "pretty chill" I think it's safe to guess the political leanings of the author.
Whatever the authors leanings are, they make a good point. Lemmy has followed Karl Popper's maxim "Tolerant societies must be intolerant of intolerance." It's just that simple.
I mean moderation doesn't neccesarily support that. You can be tolerant but remove stuff that is far in the fringes. Lemmy has quite a mix. World hates left wing, ml is left wing. Ee is pretty open.
Being intolerant does not necessarily mean complete exclusion. Like one-way federation is still allowed right? So if some folks wanna comment they can still get the same content, the folks who don't won't. I think that's a decent middle ground for the meantime.
If anything it makes their point even stronger if their ideology is screaming at them not to put communists above fascists in any circumstance.
if their ideology is screaming at them not to put communists above fascists in any circumstance
I really have no idea where you got such an impression
Years of personal experience. Yes, I'm doing the intellectual equivalent of "Source: I made it up" deal with it.