A shroom community was removed from lemmy.world as it was considered “illegal” content by the admins. The logic behind this is boggling, to say the least.

Marijuana is considered an illegal substance in some states in the US and is still federally illegal. /c/trees should be banned, correct?

Clown pictures of Putin are absolutely considered illegal in Russia, so that should require and immediate ban.

Freedom of speech can also be considered illegal in some places.

Incest is considered illegal so that should automatically trigger a ban on all incest porn, real or not. Hell, porn is universally taboo, so that shouldn’t have any place on this instance, I guess.

You see where I am going with this? Rule 1 is a catch-all and needs clarification. Simply saying something is illegal is not quite enough. Owning and sharing pictures of shrooms is not illegal. Trading spores or mycelium is generally not illegal either.

This is not about me being salty (which I am) about the community being removed and forced to relocate. It’s the odd bias that was applied to justify its removal.

Please note that I said fix Rule 1, not remove it. There are some really bad things on the internet that shouldn’t use lemmy as a safe haven.

    • @remoteloveOP
      5•10 months ago

      You are totally missing the point, just like you missed the point in your last deleted post.

      I think we all want to see most instances and communities thrive. With this being the most “mainstream” instance, it gives many users their first glimpse into Lemmy and the rest of the federation. If the first thing people see is the same shitty admin actions that Reddit was known for, they puts a huge damper on adaptation.

      If the first few days are spent looking for an instance where their communities and comments won’t get banned, it just makes for a shitty experience.

        • @remoteloveOP
          8•10 months ago

          accountability

          Your point of reference is flipped. I don’t need to take accountability for something that the admins are doing.

          optics

          Banning one community for being “illegal” while not banning another gives some fairly spectacular visuals.

            • @remoteloveOP
              8•10 months ago

              false equivalence

              Do you even know what that means? I am writing off this conversation as pointless.