i left reddit for good today with their obvious attempt at controlling the narrative like the rest of big social media. long live the lemmy federation

  • kitnaht@lemmy.world
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    29 days ago

    Oh don’t worry - Lemmy will soon have people posting child porn, gore, or other things en-masse before reporting the site/domain. I’ve seen it on almost every Reddit alternative since Digg shut down.

    They’ll run hit pieces against this place for being extremist, they’ll do all sorts of nasty shit.

    So first they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you.

    • Makeshift@sh.itjust.works
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      29 days ago

      I wonder how resistant to that Lemmy will be, with the whole federation thing. Harder to ban it when it’s not just one domain.

      • lobut@lemmy.ca
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        29 days ago

        Yeah, I mean I barely understand this federated stuff. To my understanding, each instance has their own rules. I can’t post nudes on my Lemmy.ca to my understanding. I think if there’s an instance that is running “afoul” then the instance I connect with can block the entire instance?

        • Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io
          0·
          29 days ago

          Yep, that’s how we roll. Others can tell you the details. I’m just an end user. On my end I can block nazi’s, or anyone I don’t like. u/universalmonk was one, acted so surprised when I blocked and didn’t want to explain why. Funny thing, if you can block someone for being an asshat, suddenly they are less encouraged to do that, and have to find a more socially acceptable way to be. Cheers.

          • Buckminster Fuller@lemmy.wtfEnglish
            0·
            29 days ago

            u/universalmonk was one, acted so surprised when I blocked and didn’t want to explain why.

            Links to that? Because I’ve never seen Universal Monk act surprised when someone blocked him/her.

            In fact, he/she often recommended blocking them if you didn’t agree with what they said.

  • illi@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    29 days ago

    Welcome, hope you will enjoy your stay as much as I did. Water is just fine over here

  • Asmodeus77@lemmy.world
    3·
    29 days ago

    This was the straw that broke the camel’s back. I remember seeing something a while back on r/coolguides about alternatives for various sites, including Lemmy as an alternative to Reddit. Today, I saw the writing on the wall and decided it was time.

    The worst isn’t just the Luigi thing, it’s that in the future, they will most likely expand it to include any topic that the administration disapproves of.

  • ghostrider2112@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    29 days ago

    I think that it was more the fear in that he was the closest thing to bring so many of us together since, i don’t know, maybe ever? We can’t agree on who controls the price of eggs, but we all get fucked by healthcare and rich people!

  • Strocker89@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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    28 days ago

    Remember, they’re not threatened by Luigi. They’re threatened by the fact that so many people love Luigi and what he stands for.

  • TheObviousSolution@kbin.melroy.org
    1·
    29 days ago

    Kill one rich guy - complete and utter censorship.

    Be a rich guy who is a twice impeached convicted felon presidential traitor making decisions resulting in casualties over the thousands - whoah, now, wouldn’t want their feelings to be hurt!

    State of the world in a nutshell.