And this is why you don't trust tankies. It's very easy to compromise the software and put back doors into it.

Use kbin instead

And this is why you don’t trust tankies

What are you referring to here?

The Lemmy devs are ideological fans of communist China.

They're likely to cooperate with them down the line and take actions that compromise their software, send data to others who are in their circle, and so on and so forth.

A lot of people say since Lemmy is open source you can trust it, but open source isn't a protection against malicious code. Here you can see an example of just how easy it is to sneak something by. Even though this wasn't a malicious example it still allowed admin accounts to be compromised

I know you’re getting it from all angles right now, but

Do you have a source for their support of Communist China? I know they’re purported communist, but I didn’t notice any outright support of the Chinese form of communism.

Not trying to argue, but genuinely trying to stay informed