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Totally ignorant question from me - why not?
They are pretty controversial for a lot of (well founded) reasons, but I think the main thing in this case is that they are very heavy handed in their moderation, an odd place to go when trying to avoid censors
Exactly the reason i switched from lemmy.ml to feddit.uk
Eventually i hope to roll my own instance
They're tankies. As in, supports the CCP kind of tankies.
More specifically, "Tiananmen Square didn't happen and if it did it's good" kind of tankies.
Yeah when I first made my account back in June, i was under the impression that it didnt matter what community you made an account on. They all are linked together. Over time it seems like some groups dont like other groups and defederate from them. Lemmy.ml was one if the biggest groups at the time, so I joined it