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  • “Lemmygrad doesn’t seem to be a very friendly instance unless you have those specific political loyalties, and it seems self-isolating as well to an extent, I just want to foster a culture of not letting anyone control what you see or what you can say, and also a culture of accountability and feedback. I just think thats what makes communities alive and good.”

    So do that. Create your own instance. Here you’re just complaining that the people in this instance don’t have the same opinion towards fostering open lines with asshats.





  • I’m talking about the fediverse since tech has advanced quite a bit from when email was first starting up which has increased the capability of trolls to cause problems.

    As for why you should help out, you’re the one demanding access to a community that has set rules and doesn’t have the tools to enforce it exactly the way you want so… Maybe step up and stop complaining so much? How is it such a crisis that a community closes it’s gates? It’s likely not permanent and can be reversed when said mod tools reach the usability needed.


  • In another example, cell phone companies allow users to keep their number and call anyone on any service.

    However they also have laws to block people who use that accessibility to troll others (spam calls).

    You’re expecting an open sourced, volunteer network to have the same controls as private companies with departments dedicated to keeping these issues in check. Your analogy does not work.

    In your country example, each country has users verified (passports) and travel between two countries is not allowed without proof of their verified identity which comes with other controls for restricting individuals on a case by case basis as they break the laws of the country they immigrate to. Lemmy does not have those tools yet, so until they do the point is moot. How about you help create those tools since you view the current status as such a travesty?




  • Ah, I was even thinking just a profile for each instance.

    Like one instance ticks the “users need verification” like beehaw vs “free entry” like sh.it just.works, or political leaning restrictions like tankies/no tankies so that each community can better decide which instances to federate with based on their values. You could either have them set by the mods or through community vote so that each instance has the chance to develop more organically with users able to find instances they likely will match with.



  • Bigotry is “obstinate or unreasonable attachment to a belief, opinion, or faction, in particular prejudice against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular group”

    When they are outright denying abuse of a minority group and supporting the power that abused, that becomes bigotry as an example.

    I would also expect exploding heads to be defederated due to the same reasons.

    We should apply that evenly and if the admin does not, then I will likely move to a server that does.

    As it stands now, it would have been nice if there was an announcement but even the examples brought up in this thread of “discussion about defederation in other instances” it was a user who asked why a server was defederated and the mod responded. There was no vote or community feedback at the start.