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Chronicle the life and tale of the fediverse (+ matrix)

Largely a sublemmy about capturing drama, from fediverse spanning drama to just lemmy drama.

Includes lore like how a instance got it's name, how an instance got defederated, how an admin got doxxed, fedihistory etc

(New) This sub's intentions is to an archive/newspaper, as in preferably don't get into fights with each other or the ppl featured in the drama

Tags: fediverse news, lemmy news, lemmyverse

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I find this news disconcerting coming from such a large instance so early on. Many of the criticisms of Lemmy I've been fighting against on Reddit have had to do with defederation and the possibility of getting cut off from your favorite communities on your main account. I handwaved that away as being extremely unlikely save for the exception of NSFW or extreme political content. But this news has taken me quite by surprise. Perhaps I should have seen it coming given the community Beehaw is trying to foster.

This really makes me wonder what will happen to instances that make this decision. Will their communities diminish in favor of the more accessible ones? Will this decision hurt Beehaw in the long run? What does this mean for the Fediverse in the near future when fighting against its detractors has been such an uphill battle?

Thoughts?

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Decisions like this only hurt Fediverse as general. They become like Reddit where wrong opinion can get you banned, which is main reason for Reddit being shit. If they continue to blacklist instances just because they're not locked down for the sake of someone not saying N-word, they will eventually become just normal forums (and probably dead).

Safe spaces don't even exist in real life and people should just stop trying to censor everyone. They're too sensitive for everything and should finally learn to ignore all insults, etc.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Usual trend is that unmoderated platforms turn into 4chan /b/ and /pol/ clones, which is toxic to regular users. I agree with being able to discuss any idea on a platform in a civil way, but I don't really see the reason for allowing slurs used agains people.

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