What’s with all the downvotes?

Saw a few threads get blasted, and a de-federation post - did I miss the drama?

  • LChitman@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Some drama is just down to their politics (authoritarian Marxist Leninist in the main), and some relating to their moderation based on politics (bans for users posting articles critical of China, allegedly). You should be able to search and find recent treads, here is one I still had a tab open from yesterday:

    https://kbin.social/m/[email protected]/t/171975/TIL-lemmy-ml-is-a-pro-authoritarian-CCP-shill-instance

    Another part of this is people’s concerns about whether their politics influences their development of Lemmy.