While it's shitty if they're doing that, I think de-federating is more just for defense of the instance against literal crimes/malicious content. Things like instances hosting CSAM or spam bots. Otherwise it's pretty easy for users to block instances nowadays (or even to just call for mass boycott)
this post was submitted on 30 May 2024
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I agree, and intend to block them on my account, but I am disconcerted with their readiness to censor based on personal bias and feel that their doing so is a critical matter that should not go unignored.
Even wirh defederation as the extreme, I brought it for discussion to make clear how critical I feel it is for the fediverse to acknowledge it's weakness to influence by bad actors embedding themselves in positions of social trust.
Nah I'm good.
Reads reason - ah this user definitely said some fucked up stuff and now they're butthurt about people calling them out.
Checks comment history - yup.
What's amazing is they're not actually wrong in their accusation about Lemmy.ML even though they are a shitty troll of a user. .ML is still a tankie shithole filled with genocide deniers and misinformation.
This is a false accusation right?:
i checked out the logs and no comment except to say that misgendering two trans women probably did not help your case.
You literally called another human being "it". Seems like you got what you deserve.
Quite the accusation to make without providing links to evidence (edit: or screenshots). Are you going to tell me to do my own research?
Petition to ban turtle stew for transphobia?
Maybe this guy is a false flag, trying to poison the slight groundswell against .ml by presenting such a despicable persona as supporting it?
My money's on the big brain psyop.
Proof? Proof. Where is it?
Yes, defederate. People should be allowed to speak freely with minimal censorship. Authoritarian governments masquerading as people should be cut off and shut down.
Defederated Lemmy.ml. Let the Fediverse be composed of real people with authentic interactions.
You can block Lemmy.ml in your settings. You have the tools to solve the problem, use them.