Incase anyone tells you that lemmy.ml is not a tankie instance.

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[–] 8 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Because there is a nonzero chance that Russia is funding Lemmy development and lemmy.ml as a propagandist training ground.

Yes, I know that sounds insane, but the official donation tally is like $2300/m for lemmy.ml and Lemmy development, which means they either have some other funding or Dessalines is just choosing to be the poorest software engineer on the planet because he is just that cool.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    That would not surprise me if true. I'm also noticing an oddly large amount of people I've blocked commenting in this thread.

    I can't read their comments without going to a different app, but I usually only block people spamming bullshit or when they throw a lot of slurs at me.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    They identified this thread as something that might slow their propaganda efforts, so here they are

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Might just be coincidence, I dunno

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago*

    which means they either have some other funding or Dessalines is just choosing to be the poorest software engineer on the planet because he is just that cool.

    Could just be a day job, or has he claimed to be working on Lemmy full time?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    It doesn't sound insane at all. I don't know if its a training ground, but I'd bet my arm there's Kremlin funding being pumped straight into Lemmy.ml

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