suggsjackal

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Who hasn't completely blocked our instance? (lemmygrad.ml)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by suggsjackal@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml
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I've only been here for a few days, so I don't know the "history" of lemmygrad and its relationship with the other instances. Do we have a running count of the instances that have blocked us?

I know they're ignorant liberals, and obviously as a principled Marxist I'm ready to respond to their pre-programmed, anti-Marxist rhetoric, but there's communities on Reddit in which I'd never had a single interaction with someone spewing anti-ML bullshit.

For example, I'm very interested in NBA basketball. I like to be involved in the drama around the game. If a large group of NBA enthusiasts start a community on an instance that has us blocked, I'm locked out because the administrators of that instance shit their little britches seeing a passionate Marxist speak their mind on lemmygrad. I was thinking about starting a community here for the NBA, hopefully we gather enough members to facilitate content creation in smaller communities, despite the rampant blocking.

Edit: Now that I think about it, honestly I think I'm fine just making communities for shit I'm interested in here, regardless of our connection to those other instances. Looking through the ones I know have blocked us made me cringe off the face of the planet. Wouldn't even want to talk basketball with them.

Finding the right instance in c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml
[–] suggsjackal@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is a shame. I was trying to help OP out, but I think they might have blocked me individually, maybe through a mass ban of individuals in a thread they found on lemmygrad. As for the instances that have already blocked us, it's unlikely they will ever federate with us again.

Perhaps the devs could implement a "soft" ban as an alternative to outright removal from federation. Censoring a comment or thread created by a user from the targeted instance with a confirmation click to view. I'm sure a lot of these QoL features will be added when the devs get through the enormous backlog, which has only been growing larger due to the influx of new users.

US's Blinken says no to any Ukraine peace deal that doesn't include total Russian withdrawal in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
[–] suggsjackal@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do liberals feel some kind of indescribable euphoria from taking what they believe to be the moral high ground? They're always on their high horse, must be a side-effect of the brain rot.

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Why are Ultras anti-LGBT? (lemmygrad.ml)
 

This doesn't make any sense to me. I know they aren't Marxists, but the goals of communism are people-centric. We're trying to achieve a better society for all people, so why exclude certain groups from that?

Finding the right instance in c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml
[–] suggsjackal@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Beehaw is blocking lemmygrad, they're federated with lemmy.ml which is federated with lemmygrad, though.

I'm a member of the lemmygrad instance and I don't think I've see any content from beehaw, so you should be good over there.

Edit: Okay, I can confirm you cannot see any content from users in a blocked instance. I just looked at this thread from slrpnk.net and you cannot see my comment. And I also just read that you didn't want to join beehaw. What's wrong with beehaw?

my thoughts on lemmy so far in c/lemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] suggsjackal@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Fantastic, thanks for the link. I’ll give it a test today.

my thoughts on lemmy so far in c/lemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] suggsjackal@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ah okay, sweet, thanks for the advice! I'll check out a Mastadon app for iOS while Remmel is down.

my thoughts on lemmy so far in c/lemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] suggsjackal@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I’m brand new to Lemmy, having trouble getting around on iOS. I checked out the GitHub for Remmel, in one of the open issues a dev mentioned they’re trying to get the app up and running again for the new Lemmy version a few months from now.

In the meantime, how have you been getting around the Fediverse on iOS, if you don’t mind me asking?

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Liberal outrage on social media (lemmygrad.ml)
 

Whenever there’s some issue that rustles liberal feathers, I’ll see post upon post about how frustrated people are with on Instagram stories. I’ve actually had some success sliding up on their Instagram stories and sharing my communist perspective on whatever pissed them off. Success being, they are receptive to these ideas and are willing to learn more after their first exposure.

I’m not saying I’ve seen this here, I’m new here of course, but I find online leftists always seem to immediately point to literature when a liberal asks in good faith to be educated on communism. And of course any self respecting Marxist would recommend reading literature, and anyone who genuinely wants to learn more absolutely should read literature; but I believe it’s extremely important to put effort into our initial explanations before referring an interested liberal to literature.

Does anyone else have a similar experience radicalizing people through social media?