"Tanky" and the perception of Lemmy. (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 years ago by Jezebelley@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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I've been trying to make people aware of Lemmy on discord and Mastodon, but it's always met with resistance citing "the devs are pro authoritarianism tankies." Kbin seems to be picking up steam because of the developer baggage.

Do you feel like this negative perception will hamstring Lemmy's growth?

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[-] joneskind@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago

Well, if the people around you are more interested into left-shaming for supporting an open to everyone technology (You should remember them that Truth Social is a shameless fork of mastodon code) than trying to understand the true « free speech » potential of Lemmy / Mastodon, maybe you should move on and find some more suitable friends.

Since the pandemic I kicked off those « I’m not political but » people of my life and I’m way happier now.