MeanwhileOnGrad

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Meanwhile On Grad

Documenting hate speech, conspiracy theories, apologia/revisionism, and general tankie behaviour across the fediverse. Memes are welcome!

What is a Tankie?

Alternatively, a detailed blog post about Tankies.

(caution of biased source)

Basic Rules:

Sh.itjust.works Instance rules apply! If you are from other instances, please be mindful of the rules. — Basically, don't be a dick.

Hate-Speech — You should be familiar with this one already; practically all instances have the same rules on hate speech.

Apologia — (Using the Modern terminology for Apologia) No Defending, Denying, Justifying, Bolstering, or Differentiating authoritarian acts or endeavours, whether be a Pro-CCP viewpoint, Stalinism, Islamic Terrorism or any variation of Tankie Ideology.

Revisionism — No downplaying or denying atrocities past and present. Calling Tankies shills, foreign/federal agents, or bots also falls under this rule. Extremists exist. They are real. Do not call them shills or fake users as it handwaves their extremism.

Tankies can explain their views but may be criticised or attacked for them. Any slight infraction on the rules above will immediately earn a warning and possibly a ban.

Off-topic Discussion — Do not discuss unrelated topics to the point of derailing the thread. Stay focused on the direct content of the post as opposed to arguing.

You'll be warned if you're violating the instance and community rules. Continuing poor behaviour after being warned will result in a ban or removal of your comments. Bans typically only last 24 hours, but each subsequent infraction will double the amount. Depending on the content, the ban time may be increased. You may request an unban at any time.

founded 2 years ago

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PugJesus@lemmy.world

Another .ml comm has been overtaken in subscriber count, !historymemes@lemmy.world ! (i.imgur.com)

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!historymemes@lemmy.world

Congratulations @PugJesus@lemmy.world @LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone and all the other regular contributors!

Disclaimer: While subscriber count is a poor metric on Lemmy because it's often inflated with dead accounts, with Monthly Active Users being far superior (in which case most .ml comms have been defeated with the biggest exception being Linux and Privacy (be sure to promote !linux@programming.dev and !privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com as the closest contenders!)) it's an accomplishment when a relatively young comm can still overtake a years-long established comm!

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[–] PhilipTheBucket@quokk.au 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Yes but that was (a) a very occasional outcome, like every few months in a career filled with pointless arguing (b) not the end of the world.

I'm much more irritated for example with the mods who decided UniversalMonk was a force for good in the universe, who must be protected at all costs, than I am with FlyingSquid for occasionally having a heated argument with some transphobic person and eventually threatening to ban them. Neither one is really ideal but I just don't get what the constant hue and cry about FlyingSquid as the problem with lemmy.world moderation was. Maybe his habit of getting in big arguments (which, again, isn't really ideal) sort of painted a target on his back when other people who were just quietly doing awful moderation behind the scenes stayed out of people's awareness.

[–] UniversalMonk@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I’m much more irritated for example with the mods who decided UniversalMonk was a force for good in the universe, who must be protected at all costs

Much like a delicate flower, I do need to be protected at all costs. Thanks for noticing, friend!