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Seems fine now, just needs more people/content, and to settle down.
Some people were hesitant as they heard the creator of this place was some crazy Stalinist; what happened to that?
It turns out that when stuff is FOSS and not controlled but an individual or a corporation, their opinions don't actually matter all that much.
Hm, fair, if it's decentralised then I guess so, but what of it when one instance is pushed a certain way, do people move to another? Or does that not matter? Trying to work that out.
Generally, yeah. People choose the moderation policies and administration they like.
You could just not subscribe to or look at any local communities. You could end up with your account deleted or something though, who knows. So sure, it's best to have your account hosted somewhere that you agree with the policies or management of the people who run the server, or their politics if you think that matters.
Personally I have preferred to change accounts frequently on reddit as I'm not trying to build up any sort of long-term identity other than my recent activity. I'd just delete my account every 1-6 months and start a new one. So to me, switching instances would make no difference. I know a lot of people like having the same account for years though, so perhaps a forthcoming system to transfer an account to a different server will help.
Exactly. If the creator was any sort of political extremist and we were actually on their website (like ahem, using Twitter or something) that would concern me. But the way Lemmy works, we don't have to care and that's the beauty of it. Even if the person went way off the deep end, someone could just fork it.
The lack of content is a double edged sword, though.
Sure, I can't scroll endlessly, but then again, I can't scroll endlessly. I kind of like that there's not always some new discussion to jump into.