goat@sh.itjust.worksM to MeanwhileOnGrad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · edit-21 year agoLead Lemmy Developer, Dessalines, denying the Tiananmen Square Massacre and praising the Uyghur Genocidepinsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageLead Lemmy Developer, Dessalines, denying the Tiananmen Square Massacre and praising the Uyghur Genocidepinsh.itjust.worksgoat@sh.itjust.worksM to MeanwhileOnGrad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square91fedilink
minus-squaregoat@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoexcept they make decisions that affect the entirety of lemmy, such as introducing Hexbear into the fediverse
minus-squarelibrechad@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoOh, okay but do the Lemmy devs really have control over who starts an instance? Isn’t this the whole point of the fediverse or do I have it wrong?
minus-squaregoat@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoThey don’t have control over instances, no. However they can deny tech support or delisting your instance with others across the fediverse.
except they make decisions that affect the entirety of lemmy, such as introducing Hexbear into the fediverse
What’s Hexbear?
Another tankie instance
Oh, okay but do the Lemmy devs really have control over who starts an instance? Isn’t this the whole point of the fediverse or do I have it wrong?
They don’t have control over instances, no. However they can deny tech support or delisting your instance with others across the fediverse.