Hi, there have been some controversy on lemmy and in particular lemmy.ml with regards to affiliation with Putin.

I was wondering what were the point of view of the owner of Lemmy.world on the topic.

    • @nivenkos
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      101 year ago

      Does it accomplish much? The same users can just create accounts on lemmy.ml or here.

      The brigading is an issue, but defederating doesn’t seem like a huge help right now.

      • @[email protected]
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        111 year ago

        Doesn’t defederating mean posts won’t show up? That seems like probably the main reason to defederate. You’ll never stop people from creating new accounts or a new instance, but defederating creates friction forcing people to take an alternative route if they want to troll.

        Regarding lemmygrad, has there been any trolling via alt accounts on instances that have defederated? Even if I disagree with their politics they seem generally respectful of the communities. But I’ve been away from Lemmy for a while so maybe I’ve missed something.

      • @certain_people
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        61 year ago

        Oxygen of publicity spreads toxicity. Defederation would take away a huge part of their potential to reach people, if they’re being toxic.

      • @FantasticFox
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        31 year ago

        It makes it harder. I doubt most people are that determined.

      • cura
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        21 year ago

        Genuine question: What do you think will help lemmy.world for that matter?