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[–] realcaseyrollins@narwhal.city -5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

There is more than one?

Actually not that I know of, just wolfballs.com, but I assume there are far more lemmy instances that I just forgot about

What is reactionary?

Making free-speech instances in response to the main instance

And why is it bad?

A couple reasons, firstly, it solidifies Lemmy's reputation as a platform for leftists, and seconds, it unnecessarily divides and isolates right wing users and instances from most Lemmy users who abide by the mainstream Lemmy perspective.

[–] MerchantsOfMisery@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A couple reasons, firstly, it solidifies Lemmy’s reputation as a platform for leftists

This website literally describes itself as

A community of leftist privacy and FOSS enthusiasts, run by Lemmy’s developers

Are you lost? I really don't get people like you.

[–] realcaseyrollins@narwhal.city -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm not lost, just mentioning that making your software partisan (either by design or reputation) will limit success and utility of the software in a way that's unnecessarily harmful

[–] MerchantsOfMisery@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

You realize the purpose of this site isn't profit or a popularity contest, right? It's a space for leftists, how hard is that for you to wrap your head around?