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Removal of piracy communities (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Earlier, after review, we blocked and removed several communities that were providing assistance to access copyrighted/pirated material, which is currently not allowed per Rule #1 of our Code of Conduct. The communities that were removed due to this decision were:

We took this action to protect lemmy.world, lemmy.world's users, and lemmy.world staff as the material posted in those communities could be problematic for us, because of potential legal issues around copyrighted material and services that provide access to or assistance in obtaining it.

This decision is about liability and does not mean we are otherwise hostile to any of these communities or their users. As the Lemmyverse grows and instances get big, precautions may happen. We will keep monitoring the situation closely, and if in the future we deem it safe, we would gladly reallow these communities.

The discussions that have happened in various threads on Lemmy make it very clear that removing the communites before we announced our intent to remove them is not the level of transparency the community expects, and that as stewards of this community we need to be extremely transparent before we do this again in the future as well as make sure that we get feedback around what the planned changes are, because lemmy.world is yours as much as it is ours.

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[-] [email protected] 45 points 10 months ago

Y'all realize that saying things like "You've just lost a user!" or "Deleting my account!" or "This is now the worst instance on Lemmy!"... you sound like a Karen telling the kid at the register in CVS that she's leaving a bad Yelp review... right? Y'all seeing this? Am I going crazy here?

[-] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago

Plus this is the Fediverse. They're effectively just saying "yo, I'm gonna reduce your server costs!". Oh no! What a horrible threat!

[-] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Haha I'm not deleting anything I have hosted here, just making a new account on another instance.

[-] [email protected] -5 points 10 months ago

Which moves your future server costs to that instance... Do you practice being this stupid or does it come naturally?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Wow, you're so nice! I bet you get invited to all the parties 🥳

[-] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago

Did you just necro two 4 day old comments? You should see if bozo is taken for a username. 🤡

[-] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Lol are you going through my comments? I feel so violated 🤷‍♂️

Yea sometimes when I learn new information I delete my hot takes. I understand why that triggers you.

[-] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago

No, you replied to me dumbass. 🤡

[-] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

Stay triggered ;]

[-] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

Stay stupid. 🤡

[-] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

Such a way with words. Oh, to be a poet.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

Yeah, it's a shame that simple things are beyond your ability.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Yea man, real shame.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

oh no, how dare users voice their opinions

[+] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

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[-] [email protected] -5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

CVS is an established megacorporation. A bunch of Karens saying that they wont get business from them anymore is meaningless to something that brings in billions of profit.

Lemmy.world is a similar situation for the opposite reason. It's a free service that does not make money. A bunch of users saying they won't use it anymore is meaningless because they cost Lemmy.world money every time they use it.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

If nobody uses the platform then there is no reason for it to exist. The fewer people who use it, the less functional it is as a social medium. Pretty obvious shit.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

If every single user of Lemmy.world, or even a significant majority, leaves because they're no longer able to discuss piracy, I'll fight both Zuck and Musk in a cage match. It's all hot air from a very vocal, overly entitled minority.

[-] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago

If every person left Lemmy.world @rudd and the admins could take on another free hobby that they don’t get paid to do like bowling or birdwatching. He also has a calkey server and guessing he doesn’t cry every night because there aren’t 10,000 users.

[-] [email protected] -4 points 10 months ago

But Lemmy.world isn't the whole platform, it's just an instance of it. You're right if the people are saying "I'm leaving Lemmy forever!", but most are saying they're simply moving to other instances.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I dont think youre going crazy, but this is also what lots of people on reddit felt about the users moving to Lemmy. Different people have different priorities, and there arent really a ton of ways to express displeasure with the admin decisions of your instance to say "I'm leaving and heres why" although some people are obviously being a bit hyperbolic.