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Cake day: June 21st, 2023

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  • I was harassed by them and insulted for not agreeing with them (mistakenly commented in one of their instances posts) and elsewhere and they kept saying certain people deserve to die (which I’d classify as hate speech).

    When there’s so many that can bombard or overwhelm the rest of the discussion they should stick to their own echo chamber. I don’t see the same problem you do with defederating from them and am more likely to use the site more without their presence.

    Edit: We also don’t know what the mods or admins are seeing and removing from them. I couldn’t even have a conversation without being overwhelmed and shouted out/insulted




  • I don’t need hate speech and grief/bullshit on what I expect to be a private online forum. This incessant “free speech” approach for even the worst people ever is ruining online communities and I’m tired of seeing it defended. They are free to silence whatever hate speech they like.

    If people don’t like it they can create their own website and run it the way they like (like Voat, 8chan or Truth Social). It’s not a country and other people shouldn’t be forced to have to see or interact with it under the guise of “free speech” (on a private website).
















  • I actually prefer that instances can do this, the whole point is to find one you more closely align with like old school forums. The ones they’ve done this to are either mass brigading, full of Nazis or sharing CSAM. They have every right to protect their users from that kind of stuff or make those decisions when they’re individuals paying to run an instance.

    Until there’s a tool I can use to fully block instances myself (which I don’t see available) this is the way it’s run. Maybe the fediverse just isn’t for you? As someone who grew up using old school forums this is completely fine and expected. If I am running a website (or store) I have every right to manage it the way I see fit.