[Answered] Does Lemmy need a fork or a rewrite due to its maintainers views?

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[Answered] Does Lemmy need a fork or a rewrite due to its maintainers views? - programming.dev

I read an old thread [https://lemmy.world/post/29072279] documenting the opinions of Lemmy maintainers an the .ml instance. The issue of funding a project with people openly expressing opinions many find distasteful and it being the biggest reddit alternative on the fediverse came up, so here’s a topic to discuss it. What should we do? What are the options? ----------- Answer: No fork necessary, there are Piefed and Mbin.

I really don’t like this dangerous trend of condemning actions of people based on wether we agree with them or disagree with them.

Because this behavior is at the base for intolerance and strong polarization.

First of all, I want to judge your actions for what they are, not for what your political views are. So Lemmy is good and I like that full stop. There will be better alternatives (maybe already are) and I will judge them without agreeing with their creators political views.

Second, I prefer to discuss and interact with people who have different views and political ideas than me, because that’s where I grow my ideas and enforce or dispute them. Enough of the echo chamber where the “algorithm” already places us in every social fucking media.

Kids, it’s by enforcing and supporting even the ideas contrary to yours that you grow up. Yes this is annoying and can cause serious brain engagement, but yeah, that’s how we progress.

Even fascists or communist ideas. Zionist or pro-Palestine, pro gender or anti woke, if we start judging peoples actions only for their ideas we become fascists.

I was also tought that what you do is more significant than what you say. Judge by actions, not words.

So I don’t dislike technology because the guy behind it is a fascist or a communist.

Said so, if anybody thinks that can do a better Lemmy by forking it, go ahead and let me judged by the actions.

This is some of the most pretentious, ostentatious posturing I’ve read on this topic.

You really think people can’t see through this?

You don’t see the irony in doing the “sophomoric debate club” thing while calling those that disagree with you “Kids”.

“Dangerous trends”, “base of intolerance” or the pompous drivel about “grow my ideas and enforce and dispute them” are almost comical in their tone.

The world doesn’t work that way. This motherfucking internet forum.

Or is this a satire of American style polemics and I got played? 🤣

If it’s satire, then good play.

I am not american and frankly find American style polemics quite hard to understand. Mind me I have quite a few american good friends, and I lived in the USA for a few years too, nothing against USA itself.

But yes Tolerance is at the base of civil life and that’s true even with intolerant people.

I don’t find generic phrases such as “tolerance is at the base of civil life” to be unconvincing, especially when parroted in such an aggressively self-aggrandizing manner.

You either don’t have much life experience (and lack intellectual curiosity) or you’re just grandstanding online.

What if I told you you were arguing with a 14 year old who’s using AI to sound cool?