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 means when choosing between allowing people who are minorities, or people who want to harass minorities, the admins here prefer the minorities.
You can have one or the other. I know which I prefer.
Also, horrible politically incorrect jokes are fun, however, the last few years have led to people genuinenly believing in them instead of making fun of them, so things are a bit more uptight generally in the world.
Your last point is so sad. I don’t know when it happened but at some point being awful on the internet went from a thing well adjusted people did occasionally for fun to an entire section of the internets’ entire personality.
Like that “The first pride celebration” meme is kinda funny until you realize “oh, the person who made this is literally just an asshole”.
That’s why I avoid making such jokes. It’s kind of a ‘first you form your habits, then your habits form you’ issue.
“You are what you meme.”
Nah it’s always been like that. You just got used to being in a space that doesn’t tolerate the lowest scum of humanity. Places like /pol have existed since the dawn of the internet.
Not gonna defend /pol, but there was a time when /b was funny, right? Like fucking with westboro Baptist church rather than livestreaming mass shootings.
Couldn’t tell you. I’ve never felt to urge to go and use 4chan. In fact I’m pretty sure I’d rather dip my balls in batery acid.
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