does lemmy discriminate community against instances?

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".
- 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.

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

To me, no. There are some who see .ml or dbzero and will act accordingly.
- What is the stereotype about dbzero? Out of the loop on that.
  
  We're an anarcho-syndicalist commune. We take it in turns to act as sort-of-executive officer for the week, but all the decisions of that officer have to be ratified at a special biweekly meeting by a simple majority, in the case of purely internal affairs but by a two thirds majority, in the case of more major..
  
  If you dont nail it down they'll pirate it from you 🏴‍☠️
  
  Full of pirates. Yar harr and 'fuck you I will download a car you stupid DVD preamble.'
  
  Usually techie and anarchist-adjacent, pro-piracy as well, generally anti-Marxist but usually more focused on being anti-Capitalist.
- yoho!
  
  Mate!

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

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.
- .world is “neutral,” and I think federated with most instances
  Nah, .world is the right wing instance, and also pretty defed happy
- .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...
  
  .world considers .ml tankie and .world is not a neutral instance unless you never mention palestine. So it's a lot like reddit.
  
  Remember, this is .world saying it.
  
  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.
  
  As I said, I don’t personally agree with it. That’s why it’s in quotes.
- 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.
  
  Same.
  
  haha are you saying "maybe slightly more right leaning" is an offensive stereotype?
- People who think .ml is tankie aren't federated with Lemmygrad or Hexbear
- 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).
  
  It may be due to the “conservative” comm on the instance. I’m still learning, of course.
- Do you think that Wikipedia is going to be unbiased on a country that has been the USA's enemy and under perpetual blockade and embargo for 70 years?
  If I might suggest an alternative resource for any reader interested, Leslie Feinberg wrote a book which is free, called Rainbow Solidary : In Defense of Cuba. It is free to read as PDF here https://www.workers.org/wp-content/uploads/LavenderRed_Cubabook.pdf. It was hir last book before hir premature death. Zie was LGBT activist who also wrote Stone Butch Blues, Transgender Warriors and Trans Liberation : Beyond Pink and Blue.
  It is a nuanced book, which covers the history of Cuba's LGBT community pre-colonization, under Spanish colonization, under US control after the Spanish-American War and the two dictatorships of the early to mid 20th century, moving into the communist regime into the 00s.
  It covers the bad, machismo culture and the UMAP camps, slide back on rights at certain times, but it also quite clearly outlines the historical progress they made on LBGT rights, often ahead of the rest of the world. You say they were arresting trans people in the 80s-90s, when they were literally flying their doctors to East Germany to learn how to do state funded gender affirming surgery at that time.
  It's a worthwhile read. Cuba is not and wasn't ever perfect, but the communist party and the LGBT community in dialectical relationship with one and another have shaped a course that is historically progressive and inspirational.
  
  historically
  Right now Cuba has the most equal LGBT rights in the world.
  
  That’s completely valid. Thank you for sharing; like I said I’m still relatively new so hearing insight from more established users helps a lot. You’d think the natural association would be basic fucking human rights = common sense leftism but that is unfortunately not the case for established leftist governments at the minimum. (Spoken as someone who, to my knowledge, aligns leftist/anarchist)
  We have to have each others’ backs because “allyship” is a finicky bitch.

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.

Yeah, some people really fucking hate .ml folks, and I've even heard people shit talk sh.itjust.works.
Also, hexbear was a thing.
- Hexbear still is a thing, not sure what you're referring to.
  
  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"
  
  Hexbear.net doesn't seem to exist anymore?
- They just hate we're right all the time.
  
  They hate us cuz they aint us 🤷
- literally I just chose this instance because I like the seal, I hate tribalism I just wanted a cute seal 😭😭
  
  I chose it because shit never just works - and I'm a techie person.
  
  Same, brother.

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.

- I keep seeing so much stuff against .ml and I'm just like, I picked it because it was basically the only really active one when I first joined...
  
  The honest majority of users on any instance seem to get drowned by the noisiest few

I have both left and right leaning political viewpoints, and .world people like to call me a .ml troll
- Actually makes sense, there are some takes skirting on the border here

Many Lemmy users are quick to judge users based on instances. Heck some of them are defederated.

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.
- Yay, my somewhat randomly chosen people.
  I didn't know that others knew about sdf
  
  sdf users seem to pop up with lots of self made content. Which is really awesome.
- Thank you : )

During kamala shill op on here, I had accounts have a melt down because I was on mbin... Not really sure why. As if being non Lemmy explained why I didn't accept her appointment by DNC komisars
- What

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

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

yes, it's basic tribalism

Personally I don't notice it or care at all. People get way too bogged down in stuff like that, making presumptions or ascribing views to people. I'm here for funny and interesting shit, nothing else.

I don't actively discriminate based on a poster's instance, but there are a half dozen or so instances where there is a very high likelihood that they lean one way or another on different topics. If a post that could be read two ways then their instance can be a pretty reliable indicator that looking at their posting history will confirm which way they lean.
In a couple of cases I just blocked the communities that are the hot button issues for that instance because other communities are worth reading and interacting with.