Hey all, I recently left reddit like many of you. I have a question regarding lemmy and the fediverse on the history of banning and defederation. I have noticed several posts calling for varying communities to be disconnected. were these removal requests as prevalent before the mass migration? Usually I am all for communities existsting in their own spaces, barring illegal content. I am hoping that the new users are coming here with the intent to learn how this community works, before we try to remake the community we just left.
Seems to be popular to defederate from right-leaning instances. The Fediverse basically started as a far-left stronghold, so it isn’t surprising.
Most instances also defederated from lemmygrad (commies) so its not generally politically left either.
Also there is the problem of liability, if a instance hosts stuff that is legal where their server stands, but isn’t where yours is, you basically need to do it. (Burggit.moe for example, also LemmyNSFW)
Porn in general is also defederated by many because its problematic to moderate.
And then there are instances that just brigade a lot or make bots on mass that spam. They usually get blocked as well.
Last but not least, if your instance defederated nothing it will be defederated because its seen as unmoderated (wich could potentially result in illegal activities)
Most instances also defederated from lemmygrad (commies) so its not generally politically left either.IMO, Stalinists aren’t exactly tolerant either. You’re still talking about a totalitarian and authoritarian viewpoint, even if they’re on the left on economic matters.
IMO, if your point is to make a community welcoming, then you have to get rid of intolerant voices. That–broadly speaking–means that you have to remove people advocating for any kind of absolutist, authoritarian rules. It’s easy to see at a macro level, but it’s all fuzzy at a micro level.
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