I’m part of one of those instances and we’re defederated from the worst of the liberals. If other instances are still federated with them, that’s their choice and the obvious consequence is having to interact with social fascists cheerleading every war they can see as White Vs Evil. Once you do blacklist them it’s pretty great.

I don’t believe Reddit’s reactionary culture is natural. Board members being on the Atlantic council for example can influence the zeitgeist there. I don’t see how Lemmy could be somehow immune to such influence steering.