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Quokk.au September Yarning Circle (self.meta)
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Welcome everyone!

First of all, what is a ' Yarning Circle '? Well it's a place to have a yarn, a conversation, in a circle where everyone can speak equally. In this case we're here to discuss the state of the instance and it's future. Something I hope to host monthly going forward. Oh and thanks to slrpnk.net for letting me steal their formatting of community posts.

๐ŸŒŸ Community Highlights ๐ŸŒŸ

  • !lll@quokk.au - little left library: "A community to share leftist literature", a cozy little place to find something to read on a rainy day.

  • !y2k_memes@quokk.au - Y2K Memes: This makes me feel old.

  • !90s_memes@quokk.au - 90s Memes: This makes me feel older.

  • .ml de-fed?

๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป What's Up? ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป

Prior to switching over to PieFed from Lemmy, Quokk.au was de-federated from the 'triad', as it stands with the move we are now re-federated with lemmy.ml. In the near future I would like to hold a vote to decide if you would like to continue to remain as such or move towards de-federating them. Please let me know your thoughts.

  • I've started working on a few small customisations to PieFed. Mostly centered around the web interface, changing layout.
  • New (WIP) themes such as a replication of old.reddit and a PHPBB inspired theme.

๐Ÿงถ Yarn ๐Ÿงถ

Please let me know how you're finding your experience so far with Quokk.au, and if there is anything I can to do help improve it for you.

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[โ€“] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I would agree with you if .ml was run by less authoritarian styled socialists. However I have not found that to be the case. I have found them to be basically just as bad as liberals, and the really bad ones can be just as bad as fascists. Our only common ground is the destruction of the current capitalist system, however that is often times where the similarities end.

Their fanatic support for authoritarian dictatorships, denial of genocides, and open hostility to those that don't follow their beliefs (including towards anarchists) does not make me view them as friends or allies. Those that have not met me with open hostility because I am an anarchist tend to treat me more as a tool to further their own agenda rather than a comrade. That is not a dynamic I wish to be a part of. MLs do not tend to treat us anarchists as equals, instead they tend to treat us as open enemies, tools, or they infantilize us.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 1 year ago

    I agree with most of your comments and have had some similar experiences in the past. I agree those types of campist views are deeply offensive to anyone who fights against authoritarianism. It's all too easy to focus on the negatives though, especially when the liberal instances seem to believe anyone and everyone to their left is a tankie or a fascist or somehow both, simply for not wanting to vote for any party that votes for genocide. Anyway it seems like I'm not gonna convince you so I'll leave it there.

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