Other interpretation: you and db0 admins have had disagreements in the past:

• https://sopuli.xyz/post/26484371/16400011?sort=Top
• https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/43426671/18476015

Those disagreements are what alter your perception of the instance, which is why they mention them.

Edit: I don’t care about pro or anti-AI, but this seems to be the new division point around here

how loud the Discuit advocates were at the time

Yes, kind of funny how things turned oud

mbin technically just adds to Lemmy

Indeed, same for Piefed