I don’t think reddit started out as a for profit company. iirc it started as some dudes sharing links. I knew a site like that back in the day. Link aggregator and forum made by one dude because he liked the community.

The way it works in practice is that the largest instances are where most people go. What is stopping those devs from imposing their views on the community, e.g. by censoring?

You leave reddit because the ceo introduces shitty pricing but you don’t mind the main devs being literal fascists?

That’s an interesting thought… haven’t considered that!

If my instance were to go offline, do the posts/comments stay visible by the other instances?

Ahh! No (android) mobile app is yet able to access kbin, right?

Well, I had to see a ukrainians-are-nazis meme on my timeline and that’s not something I can just ignore. If I can’t find a way to get rid of that type of vomit I can’t continue using this platform. Remaining neutral always favors the oppressor.

lemmy.world seemingly doesn’t… if I understand this correctly, if my registration is on an instance that blocks lemmygrad, I would not see it even when brosing ALL?