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.”
But you do vote. With your feet. If an instance owner (note: the instance is the owner’s property not your property) is too quick with the banhammer for your tastes, or defederates from sites you think they shouldn’t, feel free to move on. If enough people do that, the instance has been voted into oblivion.
It’s remarkably arrogant to say “I should have a say in how you use your property”.
Sure you can vote by leaving, but this schould be the last resort. I don’t say how the owner must deal with this issue, I mearly expressed my concern. Im not convinced its arrogance…the fact that I express my opinion (if it be right or wrong) shows that I care and try to engage in the discussion. The beauty of the fediverse is it doesn’t realy matter (and shouldn’t matter) on which instance you are registered. The beauty of social networks is that you can engage in discussions and exchange opinions and not just consume media. If all folks think the same you are in an echo chamber and there is nothing new to learn.
You are insisting on having a “democratic” say in how someone else uses their property:
That is as utterly arrogant as it gets. How 'bout I go talk to your neighbours and we all vote on whether you drive us to the sporting match this weekend?