As someone that has little to no understanding on how federated instances interact with each other, I am oblivious to the reasons why anyone from one instance would have anything against someone from another instance. Regardless of instances, some people have the skills to interact with others, and some should be locked away in some Siberian jail without access to internet, or any living being for that matter. I am glad that you brought this up, because some individuals need to read stuff like this regularly to be brought back to reality. If it wasn’t for each of the groups you mentioned, there would be no Lemmy at all, it’s that simple. We all need to take a step back and look at this from a broader perspective, in order to appreciate the amazing potential and accomplishments brought to us by this platform. There are not too many places on the internet in which we all get to voice our opinions and can find others with whom to have a constructive discussion (for the most part), thus we should be doing anything in our power to make this a safe haven for all of us. It’s close to impossible to completely do away with the intolerant and the self-serving crowds, but all in all, Lemmy has veen, together with Mastodon, an incredible replacement to the shit show that Reddit became. So I’m on instance “whatever”, how does that determine what I’m about? I picked the instance I’m on solely on the fact that it said “Lemmy” and was one of the shortest instance names, go figure. If we could have 1 person that thinks like you out of every 10, Lemmy would be the safest and most productive place on the web. Unfortunately, we’re all too narcissistic to allow ourselves to meditate in what we could be doing wrong, because its easier to find that others are at fault for thinking differently, and that’s, sadly, the current state of the world. I constantly learn new things in here, even have started some direct conversations with others that are interested in similar things but have different approach to them, which has opened my mind to new horizons. When you take Philosophy, Religion, Political views, technology, Culture, Languages and expertise, we all have at least 1 point of view different to someone else, guaranteed, which is what makes Lemmy such an enriching experience when we’re willing to listen yo the rest with the mindset that “nobody has the absolute truth”. Those not willing to do this, I’ve nothing against them, as its their loss, not mine.
I’m only seeing instances bow after I read this post, for the first time since I started using Lemmy.