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What are some underrated instances of the Fediverse? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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It can be Lemmy, Mastodon, Peertube, anything Fediverse-related!

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[–] 46 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Do you want the furry porn ones or no

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    • [–] 32 points 3 years ago (8 children)

    I feel like peertube gets overlooked way too often. I love the idea and think it should be more used

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

    I want to like peertube, but the discoverability is terrible, and last I checked, it was pushing mostly cinspiracy theories. And every time I try to see around, it's just impossible to find an instance that would host interesting videos. Also, I find hopping around instances feels awkward.

    Also, it seems to consist of "video dumps", resulting the instances having the "new" videos being hundreds of videos posted by just one user. It's just... not there for me, eben though I love the idea :/

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    • [–] 29 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    https://startrek.website is pretty cool if you're into Trek

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

    RISA might be one of the best communities on lemmy

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

    https://oulipo.social/ is a custom Mastodon that forbids that fifth alphanum symbol in its toots. That is, using a,b,c,d is ok and any of f,g,h up to z is also ok and also digits and punctuation but that’s all.

    This post would pass its validation.

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

    You mean "e" is forbidden in toots?

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

    I like that bbc.social has a self-authenticating gTLD; a step up from a self-authenticating domain lol

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

    Hexbear is so awesome, I can barely stand being there for more than 30 seconds.

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    • [–] 9 points 3 years ago

    Not sure if underrated, but i like https://metapixl.com/ and https://mathstodon.xyz

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    [–] 8 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    I would say infosec.pub but it seems pretty popular.

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

    If you're using mastodon infosec.exchange is awesome as well. A significant chunk of the security folks I know ended up there.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I've never liked twitter/X or mastadon format content but having it all infosec might completely change my mind.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago*

    Yeah. I'm not a huge fan of the format but a lot of people seem to like it. Academia and infosec seem to do most of their posting there (twatter and clones) and I don't see that pattern changing right away if at all.

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    • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    I have accounts on most instances but https://lemdro.id works really good for me. Admin are active and they haven't defederated anyone yet.

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    [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    Instances really aren't going to be all that different if you're federated with the greater fediverse

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    [+] -17 points 3 years ago* (12 children)
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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago* (11 children)

    If you were wondering, it's child porn disguised as anime-like pictures. Some people call it "lolicon" and "shotacon" when they want to feel like they're not pedophiles.

    There's a chance your instance has already banned it: https://gui.fediseer.com/instances/detail/baraag.net

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  • [+] -11 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (10 children)

    Respectfully, there is legally no pornography on the site according to the jurisdiction it operates in. At best it is obscene, and it rightfully has an 18+ policy on registered users.

    This node maintains the fact that it does not allow pornography, and that all local content has artistic value.

    Because baraag.net contains no pornographic images depicting 'Actual human beings' within the meaning and definitions of 18 USC §2257 OR 18 USC §2257A, the admin of this node has been advised by counsel that they cannot maintain records pursuant to those statutes.

    You can try and malign them as if they're trying to "disguise" themselves to fit into society, but at the end of the day it is literally just people drawing what they like to draw. Admins are free to defederate them, they usually don't mind it since laws in most places don't align with common sense anyway, but throwing shade at a server that minds it's own business is kinda pathetic.

    EDIT: Up in the thread there's an 18+ furry porn instance getting highlighted, I like how fediseer.com themselves endorses it, as if the furry porn on there isn't just "animal porn disguised as cartoon-like pictures, that some people call yiff when they want to feel like they're not zoophiles" 🤡

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

    Lotta words to justify people being turned on by the sight of the underaged.

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  • [–] -4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    It is kinda lame, but people who literally go out of their way to not harm anybody don't deserve to get smeared as if they are potential threats to society. The actual threats to society, and to children especially, are a lot more mundane and familiar. Climate change, the education system, capitalism, poverty, etc.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago*

    I just loaded the site to see for myself and the whole front page is literally all illustrations of naked children or children being fucked by adult characters.

    You can mince words about what that content is all you want but it's fucking cartoon child porn plain and simple.

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

    as if they’re trying to “disguise” themselves to fit into society

    Isn't that what you're doing by referring to this as an "underserved niche"? You're talking about it as if it's a knitting community or something.

    I think "underaged niche" is more fitting here.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    "Underserved niche" in the sense that the site outpaces almost all other servers by monthly activity despite going out of its way to contain its own growth.

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