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There's no lemmy admin, there's only admins for lemmy instances. Some instances like lemmygrad are far left and literal communists, while I'm sure there's already some popping up that have nazi sympathizers.
Part of being a federated service means anyone can start up their own instances. The only thing that can be done is blocking problematic instances.
This is super important to take note of - the whole idea of a Fediverse is that if you don't like a particular community or instance, you can create one of your own that subscribes to your ideals. It's a feature not a bug.
I think a lot of people are going to have difficulty coming to terms with the implications. There are no doubt going to be unapologetic nazi instances out there at some point, if there aren't some already.
I think the benefits outweigh the downsides, but it's something people should keep in mind. You can't just ban people from the fediverse like you can Reddit or Twitter.
I personally can see it both ways. I think the biggest problem we have in society atm is we live in echo chambers on the internet. So having a platform that makes that inherently a feature I'm against.
But at the same time the great thing about the fediverse is I can just roll my own instance that doesn't ban anyone if I wanted to.
Exactly my thoughts 👍.
If things get more hairy, I might even just do that. It'll be a lot of work maintaining it, but... IDK, maybe it will be worth it.