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Anything about the lemmy.ml instance and its moderation.

For discussion about the Lemmy software project, go to [email protected].

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It should come as no surprise that the lemmy.ml admin team took about 2 minutes to decide to pre-emptively block threats / Meta. Their transparent and opportunistic scheme to commodify the fediverse and it's users will not be allowed to proceed.

We strongly encourage other instance administrators to do the same, given the grave threat they pose to the fediverse.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (4 children)

People left reddit because of corporate f*ckery, and some of them are now making excuses for meta?? What kind of mental gymnastics is this?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (7 children)

A lot of people left Reddit because it was a drowning ship. They didn't flock to the fediverse because of what it stands for, and they'll happily bounce over to the next popular corporate run data farm at their earliest convenience.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I agree with your sentiment, however I don't think Reddit is a sinking ship. It sucks, me and many other people are angry with them, some of us left but it's not nearly enough to make them actually sink. Reddit is too recognizable a brand.
They're too big to fail.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I would like to also add this argument into the discussion, since I've seen a lot of people who are voting for federating with meta, with the argument that defederating just because we don't like someone goes against the idea of Fediverse, and interconnected network of diverse servers that is should inclusive and allows people to connect.

It's quite the contrary - allowing Meta in goes directly against the idea of Fediverse, and we should fight it as much as possible.

This is a literal quote from the main header on https://www.fediverse.to/

The fediverse is a collection of community-owned, ad-free, decentralised, and privacy-centric social networks.

Each fediverse instance is managed by a human admin. You can find fediverse instances dedicated to art, music, technology, culture, or politics.

Join the growing community and experience the web as it was meant to be.

Judging by this main selling point of the Fediverse, it sounds to me like Meta shouldn't be in the Fediverse do begin with, and every instance should defederate from them by default.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

100% I will only be using instances that don't federate with corporations.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I spent a month getting an instance set up on .world, wearing my account in, putting up with the lag and other constant problems... then I read about this threads™ nonsense and how .world were playing a "wait and see" game with an evil empire. Read this thread (heh!), moved to .ml. Much smoother and more glitch-free experience. Just have to start over again. So far so good!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What's the difference between lemmy.world and Lemmy.ml? Completely different instances? Sorry I'm new and still don't understand everything

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Every time I see a picture of him I think it has to be edited or something. He’s like a walking Snapchat filter.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Does any other human out there love smoked meats ?

Context for those out of the loop

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The best part about the full smoked meats vid is when his "friends" (i.e. employees) come over. What really gets me is that the friends NEVER speak unless spoken to, because it's just a really awkward work event where Zuck has to pretend he has friends.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

He always looks AI-generated

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for saving us lemmy.ml Admins.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (7 children)

o7. We're out here for yall, and we're gonna make sure the fediverse stays inoculated from threats.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes excellent! No corporations!!! Just blocked on mine.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Kudos...... It's very much appreciated and a refreshing change to not be let down by something you enjoy online.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Awesome. This is great news. I just joined this instance and happy to see this position.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Thank you for your integrity and ethics. This action sends a strong message to the capitalist leeches where we stand.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So... you're not gonna try Threads then???

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Good riddance to Meta's bullshit. Stop them before they get to the first E in EEE.

Here's a sign to put up at the border between Lemmy.ml and Threads, which will surely have a 100-meter wall built on it with 50 kV electric fences, barbed wire, watchtowers, snipers, and whatever to keep those Meta corporate fuckers out.

Threads Quarantine Zone sign

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Joined a few Lemmy instances, but the admin team taking actions like these might make lemmy.ml my main place to go. Anything corporate is irredeemable.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I hope Lemmy.world does the same.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Lemmy.ml is devil they said. Who ? Capitalist's Nazis fasicts

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

A welcome move. F**k megacorps polluting everything on internet.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I think a preemptive block on threads and meta is a wise move! I did it for both my Mastodon and Lemmy instances.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

God I can’t wait to stop seeing his face, so much of it lately

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am a little new to this. What do you mean by not letting them in, or blocking them? Not allowing them to create a "lemmy.threads" instance or something like that?

[–] sonstwas 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Threads will support the same protocol as Lemmy (which is called ActivityHub), meaning Thread-content is accessible in Lemmy (and other services) and the other way around.

By blocking Threads no content from there will arrive here and the other way around.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thank you Lemmy.ml Meta can F off.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Completely support .ml defederating. But most Twitter/Reddit exiles want/need a bigger network for the breadth and depth of content they got from those sites. Universal defederation does nothing but hand those users (and their data) to Meta.

I want to get Meta's data without giving them my data. If there are no instances that allow me to do that, I will cry.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Most twitter/reddit exiles want/need..." Nope. You don't speak for me, I like it here.

"...Does nothing but hand those users (and their data) to Meta" OK? That's their choice to leave then, who cares?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Do you understand what the word "most" means?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

But most Twitter/Reddit exiles want/need a bigger network for the breadth and depth of content they got from those sites. Universal defederation does nothing but hand those users (and their data) to Meta.

And? If they want to run from one corporate overlord to another that's their own prerogative. Most people here are here because they've had it with corporations fucking them. The people here don't need to compromise their worldview for the people who are either indifferent or opposing of their worldview.

I want to get Meta’s data without giving them my data. If there are no instances that allow me to do that, I will cry.

If you care so deeply about it there's a fairly simple solution, make your own instance of Lemmy and don't defederate Threads. If you feel like others also need to have that option make your instance open.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is the kind of thing that made me choose this instance in the first place. Thanks for making my online social place of choice feel safe.

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