Censorship. All the major subreddits became political echo-chambers. Reddit was founded on free speech and open discourse, especially when it was really uncomfortable. I'd love to see the same for Lemmy. Over the years I've seen authoritarianism creep into the moderation policies of most major subreddits. Today, even posting on the wrong subreddit is grounds for being banned from dozens of major subreddits. Even having a polite disagreement about, for example, anything to do with "trans," is grounds for being banned.

It was apparently not a high priority back in 2020, and there hasn't been any movement on the feature request: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/506

So the one thing on Reddit that you wish to leave behind is mods deleting transphobic comments? Lol

Would you please quote where I wrote that?

Are you genuinely interested or just looking to start a fight? I know recreational outrage is a thing on Reddit and I had hoped to leave it there.

Well that explains it. I'm not American either and I really feel like I'm being forced into their weird social war. I just want to talk about cool gadgets without some culture warrior banning me everywhere because I didn't show the requisite fealty to whatever the current thing is.

I agree. "Powermods" became a thing 10 years ago and it's been terrible for the site. Advertising companies pay teams of people to ensure subreddits remain advertiser friendly, and friendly to their portfolio of products. Reddit tolerates this because those moderators are free labour, keep the site clean, and post lots of "content." I'm hopeful that, if Lemmy takes off, federation will allow us to wall off obvious cases of abuse without administrators stepping in, as they have done again, and again, and again on Reddit.

China has 1.4 billion people. Do you really think they have the ability and/or need to “squash” protests and prevent any protest from ever happening? No. They have a healthy democracy where people are involved in voicing their opinions, and protesting if it ever comes to that. Please stop ingesting so much xenophobic propaganda and learn more about the countries of which you speak

First, China literally "squashed" hundreds of protesting students in the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989. I encourage you to read the harrowing accounts of survivors about how the military used tanks to grind bodies into the ground and then hose them into the sewers.

Secondly, China is currently committing ethnic genocide of millions of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang.

Lastly, China isn't a democracy. Elections in China occur under a political system controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), with all candidate nominations pre-approved by the CCP. CCP regulations require members of the People's Congresses, People's Governments, and People's Courts to implement CCP recommendations (including nominations).

It blows my mind to find someone who speaks so confidently about something they know so little. If you're so confident in your proposition, why don't you fly over to China and try a little protest about Xi. I've been to China many times. They made the rules clear to me: if I involved myself in anything political I was liable for life in prison or even execution.

Can I ask about the server load? I have a Plex server sitting around doing mostly nothing. I don't want to compromise that experience, but I've been thinking about starting an instance.

While true, the left/right axis becomes meaningless if we allow each side to define themselves by only their well-behaved adherents. For example, it would sure be convenient for Republicans in America to claims that Trump isn't really on the right, and he doesn't represent their views. In this case, the values embraced by Marx overlap heavily with values often held by people who describe themselves as leftists.

That said, I actually do think the left/right axis is meaningless. Humans are so much more complex than a reductive spectrum.

This space was set up by communists to be communist.

Was it? Seriously question. That wasn't made clear to me when I signed up. I never would have signed up had I read that. I suspect the intensity of your views and those of the owner of this instance differ somewhat.

Someone asked me, repeatedly, about my position. I asked them if they were sure they wanted to read the answer. Why are you accusing me of derailing and not the person who pressed for an answer?

I understand that on Lemmy you are able to block users. I suggest you block me so you won't have to see this comment. That seems like an appropriate response for a comment which offends you.

That makes total sense.

I'm sorry I'm not sure how else to describe it. Trans people are those who believe their sex doesn't match how they feel inside.

Yeah, but actual Nazis. Not "you disagreed with me or voted for someone I don't like so I'm going to call you a Nazi."