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.”
I was hoping Lemmy could be the reddit replacement I was looking for, but obviously not. This type of idiotic bullshit “by design” is precisely why none of these federated sites stand a chance of replacing something like reddit.
I’ve only been here a week and there’s already been a bunch of defederations. I wonder how long it will take for all instances to defederate from each other?
You are free to either move your account or make a second account with exploding heads. With reddit, if /r/trump got banned, that’s it. The community is inaccessible. Here censorship is only a minor inconvenience.
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Maybe, maybe not. I’ve not tried all the alternatives and I doubt you have too.
Yes, I know. That’s what I said. Many people are leaving reddit and checking out lemmy only to discover all these quirks that ensure it wil not replace reddit. Since, that is what people are looking for, they continue looking.
It’s not hard to understand in the slightest. I don’t know why you thought I found it hard to understand. Did you just read my comment, completelty ignore it, the repond to some completely imagined bullshit? Why yes, you did!
Like you with your passive agressive bullshit above?
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Do you think everybody you speak to is an idiot that doesn’t know when you’re sneering down your nose at them like some toff on a high horse?
Yes, you hurt my feelings but I reject your apology as it clearly isn’t serious. So, you can either apologise properly like an adult or admit you’re just a childish troll trying to abuse people online but not having the wit to do so.
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Like I said, this federated shit isn’t for me and no, I will not be making an account with explodingheads at all, I’m as left wing as they come, the hint to that is in my name.
The problem with this federated censorship is that minority owners call all the shots, and refuse to put these decisions to a democratic vote. I’m leaving reddit to get away from that shit. Some Kum ba yah circlejerk where everyone defederates from everybody over the slightest offense is the last thing I’m looking for.