We’re closing this thread. Everything that could be said has been said. Thank you
Original Post:
Today, we want to inform everyone that we have decided to defederate from https://exploding-heads.com/. We understand that defederating should always be a last resort, and individuals can certainly block communities. However, blocking alone does not prevent potential harm to vulnerable communities.
After carefully reviewing the instance, reported posts, and multiple comments from the community, we have concluded that exploding-heads is not adhering to the Lemmy or Citizen Code of Conduct. Therefore, we cannot, in good faith, continue to federate with an instance that consistently promotes hate, racism, and bullying.
Examples:
https://lemmy.world/post/577526 - Community Moderator Harassment
https://exploding-heads.com/post/92194 - Systemadmin Post
https://exploding-heads.com/post/90780 - Systemadmin Post
https://exploding-heads.com/post/91488 - Systemadmin Post
https://exploding-heads.com/post/93725 - Community Moderator Post
Again, deciding to defederate from an instance is not taken lightly. In the future, we will continue to review instances on a case-by-case bases.
As for our community, please refrain from posting or commenting with hateful words as well. Arguing back and calling people names is not the solution. The best course of action is to report the posts or comments violating our server rules.
Lemmy Code of Conduct
https://join-lemmy.org/docs/code_of_conduct.html
Citizen Code of Conduct https://github.com/stumpsyn/policies/blob/master/citizen_code_of_conduct.md
“We are committed to providing a friendly, safe, and welcoming environment for all, regardless of level of experience, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, personal appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, age, religion, nationality, or other similar characteristic.”
It’s been brought up and is on his radar it seems. Until he can address it kbin does at least have the ability for users to individually block instances.
https://kbin.social/m/kbinMeta/t/103709/Antiwoke-magazin-on-kbin-social-posting-bullshit-like-how-to-end#entry-comment-420377
I think I’ll go ahead and find and block them, thanks. Both of you.
@hypelightfly
Yes, but to block an instance as a user doesn’t offer the same level of protection that to defederate the instance. If a user blocks an instance, she/he doesn’t see the posts coming from this instance in her/his thread. But the user cannot avoid being seen from the blocked instance and potentially being harassed.
https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core/issues/375
@lwadmin @genoxidedev1 @Ragnell @Kaldo
Thank you for linking that. I’d seen the original thread before he’d had a chance to reply. Even with help, I worry about his workload, but I’m always grateful to have such an open and dedicated admin
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This response is really great. Part of the reason I stuck with Kbin was Ernest