We’re closing this thread. Everything that could be said has been said. Thank you
Original Post:
Today, we want to inform everyone that we have decided to defederate from https://exploding-heads.com/. We understand that defederating should always be a last resort, and individuals can certainly block communities. However, blocking alone does not prevent potential harm to vulnerable communities.
After carefully reviewing the instance, reported posts, and multiple comments from the community, we have concluded that exploding-heads is not adhering to the Lemmy or Citizen Code of Conduct. Therefore, we cannot, in good faith, continue to federate with an instance that consistently promotes hate, racism, and bullying.
Examples:
https://lemmy.world/post/577526 - Community Moderator Harassment
https://exploding-heads.com/post/92194 - Systemadmin Post
https://exploding-heads.com/post/90780 - Systemadmin Post
https://exploding-heads.com/post/91488 - Systemadmin Post
https://exploding-heads.com/post/93725 - Community Moderator Post
Again, deciding to defederate from an instance is not taken lightly. In the future, we will continue to review instances on a case-by-case bases.
As for our community, please refrain from posting or commenting with hateful words as well. Arguing back and calling people names is not the solution. The best course of action is to report the posts or comments violating our server rules.
Lemmy Code of Conduct
https://join-lemmy.org/docs/code_of_conduct.html
Citizen Code of Conduct https://github.com/stumpsyn/policies/blob/master/citizen_code_of_conduct.md
“We are committed to providing a friendly, safe, and welcoming environment for all, regardless of level of experience, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, personal appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, age, religion, nationality, or other similar characteristic.”
Debates don’t convince people to change their minds.
I have a tendency to debate people, even when I already know I might as well bash my head into a wall for all the good it’ll do me. But I still do it and here’s why:
You’re not trying to convince the person you’re responding to. Everyone knows that certain people, e.g. anti-vaxxers, will never be convinced, no matter how many sources you cite. You’re not putting in the effort for them; you’re doing it for the people who might be reading, the ones who aren’t lost causes yet, the people who simply aren’t knowledgeable about a subject and could fall victim to such misinformation if it were to go unchallenged.
It’s a public forum, there’s always someone reading.
Edit just to say: I fully embrace this defederation. That instance is a cesspool and no amount of ‘debate’ would ever change that. I don’t want that on my feed and everyone who does is free to join them or make their own instance.
Debates don’t convince close minded people from changing their minds.
This kind of attitude is defeatist - if the person you’re discussing with isn’t willing to budge on an issue then it’s not a real debate. We should all approach discussions knowing that we are all fallible, but can correct our misjudgements.
I mean that’s literally debatable lol.