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Short version: yesterday, Lemmy.world announced essentially, though they buried it under lots of distracting verbiage, that they were going to follow in the footsteps of Vichy Twitter and Meta and allow hate speech and misinformation, and probably more to the point, they intend to force recalcitrant mods to allow it regardless of their own views on the matter.
And the head mod/creator/whatever they are of unpopular opinion took exception to that and locked the community in protest.
I'm another mod of the community. Admiral didn't let me know they were doing this.
I still 100% support their actions regardless.
So you don't support the LW announcement?
I just want to highlight the term "Vichy Twitter" because I really like that. Thank you.
Looks like I've chosen a good time to join up here.. I'm guessing that I'm going to be trying my 3rd instance soon.
I'm actually wondering what the draw of this place is gonna be once they decide to start behaving exactly like the rest of the platforms. It's been quite the last 24 hours for me just trying to get set up here between web pages that don't want to load properly, misleading servers and trying a bunch of different apps that all seem to have something either missing or broken. Like, you have to actually want to be here. I've put up with all of this crap so far so that I can use an alternative to Reddit, not just another Reddit with a different url.
If I wanted to hear conspiracy theories and put up with bigotry, I'd be using fucking Twitter.
The draw is supposed to end up being that you can continue to access more or less all of the same content with all of the same functionality regardless of how badly someone might screw up one or another instance.
Back when the big Reddit exodus happened, after the whole API debacle, lemmy.world ended up being far and away the most popular instance, and that hasn't really been good for it. It's had a bit of a "Reddit with a different URL" reek to it ever since.
But certainly not coincidentally, its popularity has also waned since, and it already has less of a share of active lemmy users than it had before, which is exactly the way the fediverse is supposed to work. And I would assume that after this last announcement, its popularity is going to take a definite hit.
I recommend trying a bunch of instances. They're all at least subtly different, and the best way to figure out which one(s) you prefer is to just spend some time with them. Over time, you'll just come to use one or maybe a couple more than the rest.
And I don't even bother with any of the apps - the basic mobile version of it is actually quite good.(on Firefox at least - I can't vouch for any other browsers).
It doesn't help that all of the major instances are just a vehicle to throw propaganda at you.
Either way, steers me clear of reddit and if it falls to the wayside no major loss on my end. I'll probably be better for it. Although, I have faith it will slowly grind it's way to the top.
all of the major instances are just a vehicle to throw propaganda at you.
How are lemm.ee, sh.itjust.works, feddit.org or lemmy.ca propaganda machines?
https://fedidb.org/software/lemmy/ filtered by monthly active users
You have a point. I concede even though I'm not too familiar with each one of those.
Come on over to !dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
Trying to decide if you're calling me dull or just suggesting an interesting subreddit lol. It does seem like an interesting sub though, sometimes the mundane can be oddly interesting. So thank you.
In the same vibe, there is !casualconversation@lemm.ee
If you are looking for 20 non-political communities, here's a list: https://lemmy.world/post/23952547
Very cool, thanks for pointing these out. I enjoy dishing out socio-political hot takes as much as the next person but I don't want it to swallow up my life. You've been very cool and helpful to me here, including on the other instance, so once again, thank you very much.
Vichy Twitter is a good one, I'm gonna write that down.
I thought this couldn't happen in lemmy. Oh well...
This can certainly happen on Lemmy. And you can bypass it by setting up yourself and your communities on a different instance with more reasonable rules.
Lemmy can't change human nature. It does not restrict bad behavior. It offers alternatives. Everyone gets to choose among instances and communities. The hope is that people will shift away from the ones that become toxic when better options are always available. It tends to be a gradual process, but I think it is working.
Everyone has the right to make dumb decisions :)
You have to allow a little raw chicken in the mayo now.
So now people are to be allowed to sealion and troll and JAQ off in your community, so long as they do it respectfully.
Or else.
Imagine running, say, a community for vulnerable trans kids, and being forced to allow a constant influx of 'helpful suggestions', just so long as they're phrased in pretty language.
Yikes
Anyone who's seen what happens when mods legitimize trolls knows it kills communities. I wish i could have stayed on blahaj but it's just as toxic as reddit lgbtq spaces now...
It is? What happened to blahaj?
Imagine running, say, a community for vulnerable trans kids, and being forced to allow a constant influx of 'helpful suggestions', just so long as they're phrased in pretty language.
What will happen is Trans kids will go over to one of the trans-friendly instances, and the .world will be where the trans defenders go to debate chuds.
https://lemmy.world/post/24135976
So they're trying cut back on echo chambers and power tripping mods. I like this, but I wonder how this going to play out.
We’re going to allow some “flat earth” comments. We’re going to force some moderators to accept some “flat earth” comments
You.. like this? Glad I'm not a mod, this is how places like Reddit became what they are today. Opinions should be allowed, but admins should be able to moderate blatant falsehoods.
We've already run into problems with that where mods banned people talking about Israeli war crimes as "misinformation". Despite it being headline news.
So that's obviously not a great system.
Did you document this on !yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com ?
Yeah I'm pretty sure I remember it getting called out there.
Define "blatant falsehood". See where the problem starts?
Reddit is a living emblem of the problem this is trying to solve so I have no idea what you mean.
Mods can’t be trusted to enforce the truth. It’s far too complicated and they invariably end up enforcing their own distorted view of the world instead.
Here’s the thing - who cares if someone wants to post about flat earth theories? If people like it, it will be upvoted, and if they don’t, it will be downvoted. Why remove it? That’s the point - let the users decide, not the mods. Power to the people, the mods just step in when they post 10 times in an hour about flat earth theories.
Unfortunately, you’ll have to switch to subscriptions when you sort by new.
I don't, but I also moved all the communities I mod off LW
Yeah. I'd rather have people rely on citations and inquisition than trusting mods to keep misinformation at bay.
You… like this?
Yeah. You know the saying, "Sunlight is the best disinfectant.".
That saying is total bullshit. I've seen people say it for years, only to one day turn coats and reveal that they supported the falsehoods all along.
Sunlight helps scum find other scum.
Policy sentiments aside, wow that post is so up it's own ass. There was definitely a more concise way to communicate the change.
I'm not an expert in political philosophy by any measure, but I kind of feel like lemmy.world is a small case study in the pros and cons of realpolitik.
Seems like they locked the community in protest of recent .world TOS changes. Although I think a much better protest would be to simply refuse to enforce the changes they felt are unsatisfactory.
...or just migrate the community to another instance? Like why are we in the fediverse? Have people forgotten that if you don't like a instance, you can just move to another one?
From the announcement in question:
Some communities will receive an immediate notice with a link to this new policy. The most egregious communities will comply, or their moderators will be removed from those communities.
Nothing like a good power trip from the admins. Even if mods are power tripping people can make a new community. This was a bad response by admins, they bowed to only the most vocal minority. Vast majority of people have been fine with the moderation on .world. only classy thing to do is to take it back and play it off like it was a trial run that didn't work out
.world continually making dumb changes
Mods are sad that this isn't reddit where their communities are their own little fiefdom
Well, time to make my alt community account my primary one. See y'all on the other side!
I make them perna ban me first. Fuck them.
But yeah. Gtfo, and be carful, if the world is flat that means it has an edge.
I have no idea, what is it?
Wtf dot world?
