After years of reddit/twitter/facebook propping up fascism/bigotry with algorithms & bots I’m honestly surprised and relieved to be in an online space that clearly rejects their ideology.
They can have reddit/facebook/twitter. AFAIC the only way to reach some of these people is to leave them alone long enough to realize on their own.
Lemmy.world admins are doing an amazing job dealing with everything. Their recent decision to defederate from exploding heads (or whatever its called) really goes to show that they’re in it for the right reasons.
While I certainly understand the appeal of “free speech no compromises” the evidence is real clear that any online forum that adopts that mentality invariably becomes a bigoted shitpile, I’m not going to make a choice on philosophical grounds when the reality of the situation makes itself so obvious
Is it a coincidence that every single place that claims to be “free speech - no exceptions!!1!” is an absolute trash fire inside of a rat hole? NOPE. That’s the Paradox of Tolerance proving itself true.
We need to heed the warnings, and I’m glad the Fediverse exists to do so.
Relevant xkcd for the occasion: https://m.xkcd.com/1357/
Those “free speech” places just end up degenerating into a cesspool where people who were banned elsewhere end up congregating.