They are pretty controversial for a lot of reasons, but I think the main thing in your case is that they are very heavy handed in their moderation, an odd place to go when trying to avoid censors
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themachine@lemm.ee 8 months agoTotally ignorant question from me - why not?
aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 8 months ago
Exactly the reason i switched from lemmy.ml to feddit.uk
Stache_@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
Yeah when I first made my account back in June, i was under the impression that it didnt matter what community you made an account on. They all are linked together. Over time it seems like some groups dont like other groups and defederate from them. Lemmy.ml was one if the biggest groups at the time, so I joined it
TheVillageGuy@kbin.melroy.org 8 months ago
Create your own instance now you still can
Blamemeta@lemm.ee 8 months ago
They’re tankies. As in, supports the CCP kind of tankies.
Alto@kbin.social 8 months ago
More specifically, "Tiananmen Square didn't happen and if it did it's good" kind of tankies.