Hello World,
Today, after careful consideration and evaluation of recent events, we have decided to defederate from Lemmygrad.
Regrettably, we have observed a significant increase in hate speech and calls to violence originating from the Lemmygrad instance. Due to the severity of the posts and comments, we are not waiting for the next Lemmy update that will allow users to block instances.
At Lemmy.world, we have always strived to foster an inclusive and welcoming user environment. However, recent posts and comments from Lemmygrad have clearly violated our server rules and, more importantly, our core values. We firmly believe that hate speech and incitement of violence have no place in our community, regardless of personal beliefs or affiliations.
As always, we encourage all users to report any content they deem inappropriate or harmful. No matter one’s stance in any conflict, Lemmy.world will always take immediate action to remove and ban any posts or comments that incite violence or propagate hatred.
We encourage everyone to continue engaging in discussions within the boundaries of respect and understanding. As we move forward with this decision, we remain committed to providing all community members with a safe and welcoming space. We appreciate your continued support and cooperation in upholding our shared principles.
Thank you,
The Lemmy.World Team
Why not defederate them before things got outta hand?
The lemmy.world admins did that with hexbear and received some backlash for being “overzealous and trigger happy.” This is one of those scenarios where the admins will always receive criticism for the timing of their actions. There will always be some who believe it’s premature and/or an overstep and others who believe it’s a long overdue action bordering on “negligence.” They’re damned if they do, damned if they don’t.
Frankly, I believe that if the best time to do something was yesterday, then the next best time to do it will always be today. And that’s what’s happened here.
Hmm well I don’t know much about this drama or what have you all I’m saying is if there having an affect on lemmy then it might been worth considering getting involved before all this hoolabloo one thing I noticed about lemmy from my short time here is there are tankies are everywhere tankies or any individuals similar to them in there mentality aren’t good in any capacity doesn’t matter what side of the political coin there on doesn’t mean they should be deplatformed though instead prehaps challenge there belives
They weren’t “deplatformed” they were told that their illegal content was not welcome in this server instance.
You’re new so I get that you might not understand how Lemmy works, but there are many servers that share conversations with eachother. If one server is tired of having to moderate illegal activity then they will “defederate” with the offending server and not show their content on their server. They are nit being deplatformed, they are being shown the door because they refuse to moderate their own server.
Hate speech is illegal in some countries, incitement of violence illegal in many more countries, and hosting said content could cause legal trouble for the federated server’s administrators.
They’re not being deplatformed, they’re being told that they’re not welcome at this party and need to stick to their own hate filled parties.
Paradox of tolerance lifts its ugly head again, I see.
The problem with “perhaps challenge their beliefs” as an approach is, well, I don’t know about you, but I’m here for information and entertainment, not for dealing with Nazis and other forms of authoritarian scum. If this place becomes just another battleground in the fucked-up “culture war” the PTBs insist on stoking, I’m not going to engage, I’m going to leave. Which means all you see, then, over time, on “perhaps challenge their beliefs” Freeze Peach sites is … the shitheads.