Lemmy.world reportedly bans people for being anti-Zionist. At the same time, numerous human rights organizations have documented that Zionist policies and actions amount to crimes against humanity (e.g., forced displacement, collective punishment, apartheid).
If banning opposition to crimes against humanity is itself anti-humanity, doesn’t that make lemmy.world complicit? How do you reconcile defending a platform that silences critics while atrocities continue?
Question. Does it matter which you login to all that much? Many of my subs are not world… but my login is. Has been for a long time. I never really think about it.
Federation matters quite a lot, for example you cannot see anything on Hexbear.net or Lemmygrad.ml, because .world blocks communist instances. If you want a generalist instance, lemmy.zip is often recommended and more widely federated. Alternatively, find an instance that aligns with your interests and scroll locally as you like.
But like how would anyone really know what an instance is like? There are soo many people shitting on every instance, and most of it is probably BS lies. The zip idea makes sense though. But can I transfer a user from one to another? Or do I lose all my subscriptions and such?
You can’t “transfer a user” to another instance but you can transfer your subscriptions (including blocked users, blocked communities, saved posts, saved comments) and account settings. Go into your settings page (probably lemmy.world/settings) and then, on the right hand side above the Delete Account button, you’ll see a section where you can Import/Export your settings as a .json file. Do that, then go to a new instance, create an account there, and then upload that .json file into the import box in the same area (the one that says Browse…) on your new account at your new instance and then hit import.
It’s super simple. I hope I explained it adequately.
it is an issue if any of the subs that are outside of your instance are defederated