Hi guys,

Do you think we should have a mega thread (maybe even a locked one if that’s an option) explaining why each specific instance is blocked from this instance?

Just to give some clarity.

  • rosesandlillies
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    1 year ago

    I’m very new here and I don’t know much, still learning. However I only found my two favorite reddit communities (dota2 and formula1) on lemmy.ml. It seems that lemmy.ml is a lot more mainstream so I’m not sure about defederating it. Would like more input from you as I’m very clueless still

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, probably shouldn’t defederate from lemmy.ml even if they’re probably okay with tankies since it’s still the main instance. Lemmygrad though… Definitely. I’ve already blocked a few subs over there myself, and if I can figure out how to block the instance itself I’ll definitely do it.

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        1 year ago

        But unless they are not doing anything illegal, why should even considering defedarating with them if you don’t agree with their political or other views, ,just don’t visit/follow/post. I just don’t see why would you block access to it - seems a bit authoritarian for somebody to decide that because you belong in this group, you are not allowed to view/access this group.

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          They’re tankies lol, they’re genocide deniers. It’s not really a matter of “I don’t agree with them” it’s “these people are awful”, and I don’t want them to come in here to “debate”. They’re not nazis, but they’re in the same vein. Just from scrolling All/new, I randomly got a post about how “North Korea is actually doing great and all the defectors are lying”.

          I’m not a mod, I have no authority, and I don’t decide at the end of the day.

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              yeah even just looking at some post on asklemmy there was just a random “I don’t want to see liberals on lemmy, it was made by communists for communists”, which… eugh.

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            1 year ago

            Sounds reasonable! And if somebody doesn’t agree, can either create an account under a particular instance.

            Still, I believe in the spirit of transparency, it should be widely declared and known why specific instance got defederated.

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              1 year ago

              yeah no absolutely transparency is the best

        • rosesandlillies
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          I don’t agree/disagree as I don’t fully understand the nuances, but I’d assume it’s more of a protection as this server is more tailored towards a vulnerable minority, and eliminating a group of people who would pose a danger to this minority isn’t necessarily a bad thing, especially if you can just access it through another account or so. Now I haven’t interacted with or seen content from said tankies so I don’t know how bad the situation is etc, but theoretically speaking.

          • Lanthanae
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            1 year ago

            I agree that we shouldn’t never tolerate intolerance, but I don’t think we need to block of access to an entire server of people in response to the intolerance of a few. That’s more appropriately handled in the realm of community/individual level blocks in my opinion.