Does the instance a user is on (visible after their username) affect how they are perceived, either positively or negatively, by you or others?
I think some users who use the fediverse a lot may judge on instance. I don’t really, except sometimes when I see a reactionary comment from .world and I’m like, “yeah that checks out”.
I just did my own instance with blackjack, hookers and crack.
To me, no. There are some who see .ml or dbzero and will act accordingly.
We’re an anarcho-syndicalist commune. We take it in turns to act as sort-of-executive officer for the week, but all the decisions of that officer have to be ratified at a special biweekly meeting by a simple majority, in the case of purely internal affairs but by a two thirds majority, in the case of more major…
Usually techie and anarchist-adjacent, pro-piracy as well, generally anti-Marxist but usually more focused on being anti-Capitalist.
Instances over time coalesce into certain ideological stances, a curious aspect of federation it seems. This absolutely has an impact on interaction.
On the other hand, some have explicit ideological positions or themes (e.g. lemmygrad.ml, slrpnk.net) and others are shaped by moderation (.ml taking a hard stance against the sinophobia normal in mainatream media, .world and a few other instances/staff banning comments making light of violence e.g. luigi)
Yes. They literally make memes about instances they despise and how they won’t take anyone from those instances seriously.
