Note: Judging by the comments, a lot of people are obviously not reading the post and are instead assuming we are calling for defederation of lemmy.world. That is not the case, and in fact the opposite is true. LW already temporarily defederated anarchist.nexus once, and the evidence suggests Mr Kaplan is now pushing for full defederation of all the FAF instances. We are trying to build a coalition of instances that will agree to defederate from lemmy.world IF Kaplan goes ahead with the defederation. Apologies if you weren’t aware of the context.

🏴‍☠️ Hoist the Black Flag: Pledge to Boycott Lemmy World!

… if Lemmy World dares to defederate from any ship in the Fediverse Anarchist Flotilla - https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/, https://anarchist.nexus/, and https://quokk.au/.

Mateys, we can’t let a mega‑instance captain bully the rest of the fleet just because their ship’s bigger. If Lemmy World tries to throw the FAF overboard, we’re calling for a show of solidarity: a fediverse blockade of Lemmy World in response, until the landlubbers see reason (i.e., there is an acceptable change in their leadership and/or this policy).

This is about mutual aid, not mutiny - standing together so no single admin gets to rule the seas unchallenged. A united armada of smaller instances can absolutely blunt Lemmy World’s outsized influence (and, let’s be honest, their ego).

☠️ A word to the captains: before hoisting colours or locking in a course, we ask ye to let your crew have their say. Run a poll, open the deck for discussion, and listen to the voices aboard your vessel. These seas belong to all of us, and decisions that shape our fediverse should be made together, not from the captain’s quarters alone.

If other captains be keen to chart this course with us, drop anchor and make the pledge public in the comments. The more hands on deck, the harder it is to sink any one of us. Let us know if you are holding a vote!

dbzer0 and AN members can vote on this pledge in [email protected], and quokk.au will be holding their own vote.

🏴‍☠️ Solidarity forever, and fair winds to the Flotilla!

governance type: sense check

  • CannonFodder
    26·
    3 months ago

    It’s important to look for the reasons, the perspectives and try to understand the different sides. That doesn’t mean one can’t have convictions and support one side over another when push comes to shove. A good compromise is usually when all sides are equally pissed off. If you don’t recognize that, then you are doomed to fight to the death (one side or the other). Sometimes that’s the only way, but it’s better to look for reasonable alternatives. Murder is a pretty solid red line, but the problem is that we can go back for weeks, years, decades and find excuses to murder because of murders, and that never stops. In the current situation with Isreal, there is no valid defense of Isreal’s actions. But imagine if the Palestinians somehow got the upper hand militarily - would they have the right to murder Jewish civilians? I’m sure there’s enough hate that it would happen. Who would you support then?

      • CannonFodder
        27·
        3 months ago

        Right, but humans being humans, we know that would happen. So would you then have sympathy for that to any degree?

          • CannonFodder
            21·
            3 months ago

            I agree, but I’ve been banned from some subs on Lemmy for saying as much in the context of anyone other that Israelis murdering people. And that’s the point. The bans are stupid and I can understand why people are annoyed with them and the defederation by some who hate the ban-happy instances.