Since the lemmy.world admins here are refusing to clarify their own rules, selectively enforcing their vague rules, using communities for user counts before banning them and just being, well, spez-like, it’s time to find a new home.
So far, I am liking lemmy.ml, but I still have a list I am going through.
Where are you going?
Oh, before you go, make sure to file a CCPA or GDPR data deletion request. If they are so inclined to “stay legal”, they can start with those items.
Start your own instance. Then it’s the best™
Interesting point to say they are spez-like while they just want to comply with local regulations
They can do that! As a matter of fact, I support compliance with local regulations.
The problem is, they aren’t. They are picking and choosing laws to follow. Their instance is located in Germany, but yet, their marijuana legalization laws are only in draft: https://www.forbes.com/sites/dariosabaghi/2023/07/10/germany-unveils-draft-bill-to-legalize-cannabis/?sh=5ed53b322726
They are using the justification that “some things are illegal in some countries” as grounds for community suspension, yet, they are picking and choosing.
The admins are Dutch. Marijuana is legal in the Netherlands.
The instance is in Germany from what I understand. Regardless, their justification was that shrooms are illegal in most places. That being their main point sets up the contradiction that I am referring to. It casts a bit of doubt on the intent and how to interpret rule 1.
The admins don’t have to abide by their rules, but we do.
lemm.ee is pretty great (may be biased), you should try kbin.earth, its compatible with lemmy!
My own 💅
The vast majority of comments in here seem to be focused on the attitude of “why you trying to start shit”
But legitimately from an outside presiding perspective, which instances have people found to be decent, there seems to be a heap of Lemmy instances, each with their own rules and vibes, so what’s the go?
The usual resource is to look at https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/list, filter by 1m, and then have a look at the top 20.
spez-like
That’s probably the biggest insult you can say ton any person on this platform
If the shoe fits though
You say a lot of things, but do you have evidence of them? Or is it just related to them doing what’s actually required to avoid giving the people DDoSing them another means of taking them down, fake DMCAs based on communities hosted in other instances that promote breaking the law?
And before anyone gets any idea, if they tried doing the same because they are mad, expect for it to backfire. Spectacularly. As in you might want to think twice before moving directly into the servers hosting those communities. And that’s not a threat, that’s because anyone with a brain can read, specially those in the legal world who have jobs because there is literally a separate aspect of legal proceedings involved in collecting evidence called discovery where lots of people with brains are able to read and understand the same conversations you and me are able to understand for instances that might indicate aiding, abetting, and collusion, being able to discern them from the false accusations thereof as well.
I hope in real life you don’t come across as as much of a dick as you do here
As a dick who makes wild claims yet provides no evidence of them?
Yes, that does factor into it quite heavily.
Well, considering they just decided to ban my account and delete all of my content on their server without even a warning for simply criticizing their terms of conduct, I guess you were right and I was an idiot for defending them.
You pay their legal fees in full, then, if someone comes after them because of the content make available via their site. Or host your own instance and stop bitching.
It’s illegal to talk about piracy and shrooms? I can see posts getting deleted for directly trafficking in pirated stuff or if someone was trying to openly sell sketchy drugs.
Anything that is allowed on this site could be a target for legal action. Even their unverified access to porn is grounds for legal action in most places.
You need to look at the complete picture of the bias that is involved.
It’s still their community for which they were the administrators. Don’t like their administrative decisions? Don’t use their instance. Then you aren’t beholden to their guidelines but still get to participate in communities resident to that home server.
I am on other instances. The problem is that they are, like it or not, the first impression that new users get of Lemmy and the rest of the federation.
beholden to their guidelines
I am all for that! They need to properly define those guidelines. While it is “their” instance, the intent is for it to be publicly accessible. Continuity with their own guidelines is kind of important to help this space grow as a public instance. I don’t care what those guidelines are, just make them consistent.
Wow. People are salty that lemmy.world wants to stay legal? Interesting…
Is this because of the recent defederation from piracy instances?
This instance is a “open to everyone” instance.
I was already considering switching over to kbin fully just because they’re set up to interact with both Lemmy instances and Mastodon. Unfortunately the Mastodon side still feels a bit janky, but I’m hoping that’ll change as time goes on.
Definitely not going to stay with an instance that pre-emptively bends over for corporate interests. That’s one of the biggest reasons why I’m shifting away from Reddit in the first place.
Definitely not going to stay with an instance that pre-emptively bends over for corporate interests.
Which one are you thinking about? No instance has corporate interests AFAIK
