My primary argument is that they post hateful content and covid conspiracies and it is irresponsible to platform this by including it in our federation. Secondly we already got rid of lemmygrad. Thirdly, there’s little to be lost in the defederation given the type of stuff being posted over there. Do as thou wilt

Aye and nays pls

Edit: putting the screencaps I posted below here for clarity

I should probably put a content warning so

CW: homophobia, transphobia, and just being a shithead.

Edit 2: let’s try not to downvote people just saying nay. Unless they are making bad faith arguments we should respect their opinions even if we disagree.

Edit 3: Imma be real with y’all, this has been a real shitshow. We gotta work out some kinda single voting infrastructure because the ayes and Nays isn’t efficient at all.

  • sugar_in_your_tea
    52·
    1 year ago

    Nay

    I think we should also unblock Lemmygrad. If you want to access hateful content, you do you, but I think we should only block instances if their users cause problems here. I am not impacted by you accessing a stupid instance.

    • socialjusticewizard
      6·
      1 year ago

      Go read lemmygrad then. I do. I also read beehaw. Defederation doesn’t delete it from your internet, it just stops them from using this instance as a platform extender.

      • sugar_in_your_tea
        23·
        1 year ago

        I don’t because I’m not a socialist and wouldn’t be welcome there. I consider myself libertarian, and as such believe that people should largely be able to make their own decisions. Blocking instances just feels wrong, even if those instances spread dumb ideas.

        I think instances should only be blocked if they present one of the following:

        • illegal content - don’t want the community shut down
        • pornography - same reason as illegal content; I don’t want the site shut down for accidentally hosting images of minors or something
        • trolls - if an instance attracts the type of people that harass people here, it should be blocked

        Basically, anything that would put the instance in jeopardy or is a source of systemic rule breaking.