It’s grad and hex that most instances defed from, .ml is more subtle and hosts a number of official Lemmy software support forums, so not many do defed from them. Unfortunately.
May I ask what those instances are? I’m assuming .ml is Marxist Leninism (mask off) but idk what hexbear is. Are there any instances which are specific to my interests such as anime and music?
lemmy.ml is one of the original instances, run by Lemmy developers Dessalines and crew. ML for them stands for “Marxism-Leninism”, not “Mali.” They have a reputation for censoring criticism of Russia and China, but have a number of mainstream-ish communities.
hexbear recently lost the Hexbear.net domain name due to a registration screwup. Last I heard they are hosted at chapo.chat. They have a reputation for “dunking” on non-tankies.
lemmygrad.ml I know the least about, as I’ve been defederated for nearly my whole Lemmy lifetime. Allegedly pretty tankies.
ani.social seems like it may specialise in anime stuff. I blocked several of their communities in grounds of not labelling nsfw. That’s about as much as I know.
ani.social seems like it may specialise in anime stuff. I blocked several of their communities in grounds of not labelling nsfw. That’s about as much as I know.
The problem is definition of NSFW is different for all Lemmy user. One time I posted a Official Art of !nokotan@ani.social and it got reported for not labelling NSFW. That pic doesn’t even have any thing like Fanservice or Showing Clothes. Just normal School Uniform.
You have to be 18 to access lemmy.world (which this thread is on) per Rule #3 of their ToS BTW. That’s technically still a teenager so maybe you are of-age, but wanted to mention it.
NSFW stands for “not safe for work” - the label literally exists so that users know what to avoid to make the service usable at work without risk of getting fired over it.
And why wouldn’t you want to use it at work? Breaks are a thing, many people try to spend them trying to recharge by doing something that takes them out of the work mindset for a bit, and Lemmy is perfect for that.
Yes. It’s not really exclusively about work, though. It applies to families, public transit, anywhere someone might see your screen. It’s not a nudity or gore tag, but a sort of inoffensively presentable content tag. The office screen mentality is just a good way to get the right idea across.
Also, “better safe than sorry” is a good mentality. It’s better to over tag than under.
The core of it is avoiding drama at work, but yea it can be useful in other situations too. Suggestions to add a not-safe-for-life tag have been around since basically the day after NSFW become a thing cuz people do want some nuance.
Like, I can fire up a video of russian invaders getting blown to bits in Ukraine while sitting in the breakroom and while it might not be the most tasteful content, it’s not going to get me fired; but most of those are tagged NSFW anyway just as a general content warning.
Gotta make due with the tools we’ve got. I’d definitely be in favor of adding a NSFL option to cover the gore - I don’t want surprise titties on my screen in the middle of the breakroom, but if Karen finds something on my screen distasteful that isn’t forbidden by actual policy, then she can go ahead and look away.
Hexbear was worse, very pro China/Russia/North Korea, but I think they didn’t renew their domain license, so the server went down. Lemmygrad is the same way, I think it’s still active. .ml I didn’t think is too bad, just block yogthos or whether their name is.
I’ve found it easier to block ML communities. A lot of the people on ML aren’t that bad, but you WILL get banned from the entirety of ML for any criticism of russia china and north korea. The mods really aren’t scared to abuse their power. I’d rather not participate.
Just browse the All feed and subscribe to the stuff you like. At this point many instances block .ml and hexbear, so you’ll be fine.
It’s grad and hex that most instances defed from, .ml is more subtle and hosts a number of official Lemmy software support forums, so not many do defed from them. Unfortunately.
May I ask what those instances are? I’m assuming .ml is Marxist Leninism (mask off) but idk what hexbear is. Are there any instances which are specific to my interests such as anime and music?
Update: it seems that hexbear.net is back to hosting hexbear.net.
The problem is definition of NSFW is different for all Lemmy user. One time I posted a Official Art of !nokotan@ani.social and it got reported for not labelling NSFW. That pic doesn’t even have any thing like Fanservice or Showing Clothes. Just normal School Uniform.
“If the 65 year old HR worker would take a second glance, it’s Not Safe For Work.”
So a gay couple kissing is NSFW and a straight one is fine? That’s what a 65 yo HR worker would say in my experience.
But, I never understand. Why would anyone use Lemmy or any social media at work? I am Teen. So, really asking.
You have to be 18 to access lemmy.world (which this thread is on) per Rule #3 of their ToS BTW. That’s technically still a teenager so maybe you are of-age, but wanted to mention it.
I am on lemm.ee which allow user over 16. So, I am safe I guess? It doesn’t even matter I am gonna Turn 18 this July.
This particular thread is hosted on lemmy.world and you must be 18+ to access it.
NSFW stands for “not safe for work” - the label literally exists so that users know what to avoid to make the service usable at work without risk of getting fired over it.
And why wouldn’t you want to use it at work? Breaks are a thing, many people try to spend them trying to recharge by doing something that takes them out of the work mindset for a bit, and Lemmy is perfect for that.
Yes. It’s not really exclusively about work, though. It applies to families, public transit, anywhere someone might see your screen. It’s not a nudity or gore tag, but a sort of inoffensively presentable content tag. The office screen mentality is just a good way to get the right idea across.
Also, “better safe than sorry” is a good mentality. It’s better to over tag than under.
The core of it is avoiding drama at work, but yea it can be useful in other situations too. Suggestions to add a not-safe-for-life tag have been around since basically the day after NSFW become a thing cuz people do want some nuance.
Like, I can fire up a video of russian invaders getting blown to bits in Ukraine while sitting in the breakroom and while it might not be the most tasteful content, it’s not going to get me fired; but most of those are tagged NSFW anyway just as a general content warning.
Gotta make due with the tools we’ve got. I’d definitely be in favor of adding a NSFL option to cover the gore - I don’t want surprise titties on my screen in the middle of the breakroom, but if Karen finds something on my screen distasteful that isn’t forbidden by actual policy, then she can go ahead and look away.
Hexbear was worse, very pro China/Russia/North Korea, but I think they didn’t renew their domain license, so the server went down. Lemmygrad is the same way, I think it’s still active. .ml I didn’t think is too bad, just block yogthos or whether their name is.
I’ve found it easier to block ML communities. A lot of the people on ML aren’t that bad, but you WILL get banned from the entirety of ML for any criticism of russia china and north korea. The mods really aren’t scared to abuse their power. I’d rather not participate.