I completely agree on principal.
But also think that the rule of Lemmy is that all algorithms end at porn.
But it’s our porn and has unique surroundings of anime, politics, and Dutch.
this post was submitted on 07 Feb 2025
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But also think that the rule of Lemmy is that all algorithms end at porn.
Huh? I don't see any porn, regardless of what sort I choose. Ah, that's because there's a checkbox in your settings to let you choose whether to see NSFW posts or not. I guess turning that off works really well.
Turning it on doesn't work well either. I have enabled NSFW and never see any of it. Yes, I have subbed to everything on lemmnsfw, and none of it shows up in any feed
Weird. Then either our instances are secretly blocking it, not through defederation, or there's some other mysterious technical reason for it.
Many (most?) instances do block porn. Aside from liability concerns, porn tends to be high bandwidth, meaning high costs to operate. As such, there are a handful of VERY NSFW instances that aren't well-federated.
Of course, it depends on how you define porn. I see a ton of suggestive (but not outright pornographic) anime when I browse All/New, but very little of actual naked humans.
I totally understand why they would do it. I don't understand why or how they block the NSFW instances without them appearing in the list of blocked instances.
Not secretly, there is literally a list of blogged instances. There you’ll find nazis or titties Maybe both :)
(I don’t have the link at hand, but giyf)
lemmynsfw appears to be blocked secretly on lemm.ee. It's not listed under blocked instances there, but I can't see any posts from lemmynsfw there either. There must be some other mechanism that's available besides blocking instances in the open.
Mmh ok. Thats too bad. Hoped at least this part of administration is “open”. I fixed the issue by making a second account on the blocked instance. It’s like a used Reddit to. One account for stuff and another for “stuff”
Yeah, that's how I do it too. Although some instances don't seem to block it, you would have to find out which, and that may be difficult to find.
And Marge Simpson, don't forget her!
already said “porn”
I literally just saw a merge sort meme with marge
I don't rlly wanna see straight porn (no hate, just not my thing xd) and honestly, I was in a pretty good spot. Then someone told me I was scrolling active instead of hot and OH MY- that's a lot of porn
that's a lot of porn
You're sorting by hot, shouldn't it be only porn? /s
Hey listen, that c++ code do be looking kind of sexy.
All good in the hood.
I live in /All sorted by New.
Many reasons, but I just like… seeing the whole gooey blob and sticking my hand in it.
That's how I do it too, but after reading your "hand in the blob" comment, perhaps I'll start wearing gloves.
I have no idea what you are saying but I upvoted because porn
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I feel like the functional differences between instances are:
- Interface and mobile apps (Lemmy vs mbin vs Piefed vs other)
- More populated instances are going to have more "extra-instance" content federated to them, because more users means more subscriptions to comms/mags/whatevers at foreign instances
- Instance uptime and reliability (which depends heavily on the number and attentiveness of instance admins)
- Different instances will choose to defederate with other instances in different ways
When I first immigrated here, the most popular platforms were Lemmy and kbin. I liked the kbin interface more, so I started on kbin.social - which folded after a while. So I switched to fedia.io, which runs mbin, a kbin fork.
None of this has anything to do with "aligning a personal identity with an instance."
None of this has anything to do with “aligning a personal identity with an instance.”
well… yes and no. you want an instance whose federation and moderation policy aligns with your personal philosophy on those things (and may require you to run your own). so when people see your username, they see the server you're on, which communicates to them your philosophies on those things.
Doesn't join-lemmy.org have that?
When you click to join a server, it asks about interests and language and suggests servers.
They list lemmygrad under general purpose lmao
General Purpose (of Destroying the Capitalist Pig Dogs By Siding With... Fascists?)
Unfortunately, that seems to be about local communities, which aren't really important. In fact, due to federation, that's the least important aspect of an instance.
By default, Lemmy is wide open to anything and everything. You need to see what they have turned off/blocked/removed, to see if it's what you want.
Yeah I see your point. How easy would it be to sort a thousand instances automatically? Sure you could limit to the top instances, but smaller ones can be niche and I think you still need a way to recommend them. New instances also need a way to work their way up to being recommended.
A sorting hat would be cool but sounds like a lot of manual work!
It is run by the Tankie devs so I would be careful.
This is better: https://lemmyverse.net/
I'm not quite sure what part of that Lemmyverse.net page is like a sorting hat. I would say the official one is a gentler entry point than a big list of instances.
Though I am thinking another page with a better sorting hat would be better. It's kinda crazy a place like Hex-bear gets suggested when you want a general instance. The Fediverse Observer recommends servers but it always recommends Hilarious Chaos to me, which is crazy (it's Exploding Heads reincarnated).
Lemmy could really use some differing opinions and backgrounds.
I love it, but the test would need to ask our preferences about federation and if that's a priority. In my case, I'm in this instance because it lets me read a lot of other instances (even the infamous triad). I don't know if we have a certain personality; I just like to lurk diverse communities.