And as a bonus, it isn't run by tankies!

What's a tanky??

People who unironically support authoritarian communism - North Korea, China, the USSR, etc.

Here's a nice thread

So I'm confused. Some Lemmy.ml users are upset because of what? That the Lemmy software is written by people in China? Or that the Lemmy.ml mods are pro-China? Or what? Is this a topic for the explainlikeimfive sublem (community)?

Lemmy.ml is the main lemmy instance, run by the lemmy developers. Lemmy developers happen to also be tankies, who deny genocides/atrocities committed by communist states and support authoritarian communism.