One of the developers actually marketed Lemmy as "communist-developed": https://www.reddit.com/r/socialistprogrammers/comments/mzqv37/lemmy_release_v0110_a_comm

One of the developers actually marketed Lemmy as "communist-developed": https://www.reddit.com/r/socialistprogrammers/comments/mzqv37/lemmy_release_v0110_a_communistdeveloped/ https://www.reddit.com/r/socialistprogrammers/comments/mzqv3... There's nothing wrong with that, per se. The larger issue preventing widespread adoption is that the authors really don't want you to modify/customize the software in certain ways. The slur filter was hard coded and unmodifiable for a long time. There was a ton of drama around that, all because the developers don't like right wingers. https://www.reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/hvz2l9/a_lemmy_dev_we_are_never_going_to_remove_the_slur/ https://www.reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/hvz2l9/... Lemmy is a good alternative for certain subreddits who want their own website. It's not a replacement for the entire reddit platform though, and I don't think any of the reddit alternatives really come close in that regard.