Does the instance a user is on (visible after their username) affect how they are perceived, either positively or negatively, by you or others?

  • mesamunefire@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Not really. Most users on most platforms are just users. I give kudos to those instances that have unique names and < 10 users. Or to sdf, those users are awesome.

  • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    Instances over time coalesce into certain ideological stances, a curious aspect of federation it seems. This absolutely has an impact on interaction.

    • comfy@lemmy.ml
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      4 months ago

      On the other hand, some have explicit ideological positions or themes (e.g. lemmygrad.ml, slrpnk.net) and others are shaped by moderation (.ml taking a hard stance against the sinophobia normal in mainatream media, .world and a few other instances/staff banning comments making light of violence e.g. luigi)

      • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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        4 months ago

        This accelerates that process, for sure! I am more talking about how long-term, users tend to form more similar views. If you join an instance and another better fits your views, users tend to jump ship.

  • communism@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    I think some users who use the fediverse a lot may judge on instance. I don’t really, except sometimes when I see a reactionary comment from .world and I’m like, “yeah that checks out”.

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      4 months ago

      Yep. I don’t judge a comment before reading it, but there are a couple of instances where I will think “yeah, not surprised” after reading a reactionary or low-quality post.

  • Fizz@lemmy.nz
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    4 months ago

    I dont look at instance first or judge people from the instance. But if I see a super tankie take and then I see its .ml instance I am like yep figures.

    • Daeraxa@lemmy.ml
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      4 months ago

      I keep seeing so much stuff against .ml and I’m just like, I picked it because it was basically the only really active one when I first joined…

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        4 months ago

        Its fine, lemmy.ml is majority normal people. The actual problem instances have been de-federated already. I only notice lemmy.ml because Commie takes stand out to me the same way pro establishment liberal takes stand out to commies.

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          4 months ago

          Lemmy platform is a commie social media, most have commie takes. The reactionaries just stand out

  • flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 months ago

    I’m agreeing with all the people who say they don’t notice until after they’ve read a post, but I wanted to add a Yo ho! to my comment.

  • snooggums@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I don’t actively discriminate based on a poster’s instance, but there are a half dozen or so instances where there is a very high likelihood that they lean one way or another on different topics. If a post that could be read two ways then their instance can be a pretty reliable indicator that looking at their posting history will confirm which way they lean.

    In a couple of cases I just blocked the communities that are the hot button issues for that instance because other communities are worth reading and interacting with.

  • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    Yeah, some people really fucking hate .ml folks, and I’ve even heard people shit talk sh.itjust.works.

    Also, hexbear was a thing.

  • Diddlydee@feddit.uk
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    4 months ago

    Personally I don’t notice it or care at all. People get way too bogged down in stuff like that, making presumptions or ascribing views to people. I’m here for funny and interesting shit, nothing else.

  • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
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    4 months ago

    During kamala shill op on here, I had accounts have a melt down because I was on mbin… Not really sure why. As if being non Lemmy explained why I didn’t accept her appointment by DNC komisars

  • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Somewhat. If a .ml user says something kinda sus you’ll get “of course this tankie shit is from an .ml user,” and the .ml users (and other tankies) hate .world and sjw for being “liberal nazis.” .ml also has many non-tankie users as an ostensibly “general” instance, so it really depends, you kinda have to sus em out, but the admins and mods will ban you for talking bad about the russian and chinese governments and openly simp for stalin, so the sane users there often get banned or avoid upsetting the FSB admins.

    Hexbear and .grad users are almost universally annoying shitheads you want to avoid, they center their identities around being insufferable so it’s funny they don’t like when you say it, but it’s true. Cue DVs from angry .ml and hexbear users, grad can’t see me though since we’re defederated, but they’ll get me with their .ml alts lmao.

    Db0 are mostly pirates and anarchists, they vary more but mostly cool. .ee seems cool, and then there’s the germans and the Uks and stuff. Basically everyone but .ml, hex, grad, .world, and sjw just “are.”

    OH but beehaw is overly cautious about niceties, and blahaj will defend drag (the person), not that there’s anything wrong with that, it’s just the way they do business. Ok I think that about covers it.

  • Alfenstein@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    I think some people are too quick to judge a whole instance based on a few interactions.