MeanwhileOnGrad

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Meanwhile On Grad

Documenting hate speech, conspiracy theories, apologia/revisionism, and general tankie behaviour across the fediverse. Memes are welcome!

What is a Tankie?

Alternatively, a detailed blog post about Tankies.

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Basic Rules:

Sh.itjust.works Instance rules apply! If you are from other instances, please be mindful of the rules. — Basically, don't be a dick.

Hate-Speech — You should be familiar with this one already; practically all instances have the same rules on hate speech.

Apologia — (Using the Modern terminology for Apologia) No Defending, Denying, Justifying, Bolstering, or Differentiating authoritarian acts or endeavours, whether be a Pro-CCP viewpoint, Stalinism, Islamic Terrorism or any variation of Tankie Ideology.

Revisionism — No downplaying or denying atrocities past and present. Calling Tankies shills, foreign/federal agents, or bots also falls under this rule. Extremists exist. They are real. Do not call them shills or fake users as it handwaves their extremism.

Tankies can explain their views but may be criticised or attacked for them. Any slight infraction on the rules above will immediately earn a warning and possibly a ban.

Off-topic Discussion — Do not discuss unrelated topics to the point of derailing the thread. Stay focused on the direct content of the post as opposed to arguing.

You'll be warned if you're violating the instance and community rules. Continuing poor behaviour after being warned will result in a ban or removal of your comments. Bans typically only last 24 hours, but each subsequent infraction will double the amount. Depending on the content, the ban time may be increased. You may request an unban at any time.

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According to the .ml tankies latest propaganda now it was a "Diplomatic Maneuver" not an invasion OR a "special military operation" (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/meanwhileongrad

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This is pure misinformation/propaganda that won't be removed, I'd bet money on it. Join the boycott of lemmy.ml today! No posts, comments or upvotes on the .ml instance comms!

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Why do you need to boycott instances?

To reduce their power and influence and encourage more "decentralized" postings. A big reason why other instances defed from the rest of the Triad but not .ml is because "some of the biggest comms are on there". It should be up to the instance admins and the community under them to decide who and when to defederate and they shouldnt be "forced" to maintain federation with a toxic instance just because big comms and traffic is on there

.ml is also a problem because it's the admins and mods enforcing a certain narrative, we're not talking about an instance that just isn't taking care of rouge users or something

A better idea is to let people know what they are saying, bring it out in the open

That's what this comm is for, multiple approaches can be taken at a time

not by trying to ban opinions or misinformation.

"A lie crosses the globe while the truth is getting its shoes on", you wouldn't be saying the same thing I bet if there was a literal Nazi instance trying to spread their "opinions"

Opinions are fine if you're allowed to criticize them as well, but .ml does not allow that. It's also good to ban actual toxic misinformation and propaganda.