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Are you a "tankie"? (2025 edition)
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this post was submitted on 24 Sep 2025
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Hey comrade, have you considered making an account on Lemmy.ml, Lemmygrad.ml, or Hexbear.net? Lemmy.world censors communist content, so you might at least prefer something like Lemmy.zip that can see the content communists are posting.
How does that work? I assumed one Lemmy account covered everything. Where do I go for each of these?
Lemmy instances are kinda like islands, but you can visit and see other islands that are on good terms, or "federated." Federation can be one-way, ie you can see and comment on another instance's posts but they can't see yours, or it can be two-way, and you can comment back and forth. You are on Lemmy.world's view of a Lemmy.ml post. There are comments from Hexbear and Lemmygrad users on this post that I can see, but you can't, like this one.
Lemmy.world is defederated from Hexbear.net and Lemmygrad.ml, the two biggest communist instances. In order to see their content and interact with their users, you need an account on an instance like those two, or Lemmy.ml, Lemmy.zip, etc. You don't need one for each instance, just one federated with what you want to see.
Does that make sense?
So I just pick one of them and I'm good? Any suggestion which one to pick? Just the biggest?
EDIT: Also, am I able to just be logged into both so I can see both sides at the same time or do I have to swap back and forth if I want to check out world or the commy instances?
Well, what is it that you want? Do you want one account that can see almost everything? Lemmy.zip or Lemmy.ml would be better than Lemmy.world, and you can chat with Hexbear and Lemmygrad users as well as Lemmy.world users that way. Do you just want to talk with communists? Lemmygrad.ml or Hexbear.net might be a better fit, you won't be able to interact with Lemmy.world that way. You can see Lemmy.world content and comment on it from Grad, but they can't see your content. Hexbear defederated from .world so it doesn't even show up.
Personally, I use all 3 depending on what I want to do.
I recommend checking out this guide by a good Lemmygrad comrade!
Thanks. Do only some of the instances have an old version? I see one for lemmy.zip but it doesn't show up for ml or lemmygrad.
I think? Not actually sure, really!