astral_avocadoJul 10, 2023

TIL lemmy.ml is a pro-authoritarian CCP shill instance

https://lemmynsfw.com/post/262488

TIL lemmy.ml is a pro-authoritarian CCP shill instance - Lemmy NSFW

For all the newcomers that aren’t aware, I just stumbled upon this insane drama. Apparently lemmy.ml [http://lemmy.ml] is the result of a reddit sub ban of a bunch of pro-china bots who vigorously defend the Chinese government, and the two top admins are also the top devs of the Lemmy source software. Pretty terrible stuff! The linked thread is full of their insane ramblings and denialism.

Show threadpreasketJul 10, 2023

Good thing that what they are building is super transparent, open source and distributed. That critical post wasn’t even deleted.

As long as that remains the case, I’m happy that Lemmy is a place where you can find all kinds of views represented.

Show threadastral_avocadoJul 10, 2023

What I’d like to know is why they’re developing Lemmy if they’re like, actively Chinese agents. No Chinese citizen could even use Lemmy so it’s baffling, and the Chinese government would not want a social media site that’s uncontrollable by the state.

If they aren’t Chinese agents I’m completely flummoxed as to how this community formed that’s so incredible pro china?

Show threadlemmyshmemmyJul 10, 2023
I suspect the CCP has effective LLMs running coordinated campaigns on here and other social media. A downside of anonymous social media, it’s hard to know who or what is voting/you’re talking to.
Show threadSilverseren
Reminds me of how SubscribeStar (an alternative to Patreon) is run by two Russians with kinda shady histories.
Jul 10, 2023 at 11:01pmWeb