We should try to keep this instance as a Free Speech destination, rather than yet another island controlled by the thought police.

Could we please set some rules for defederation? I’d like to suggest these two:

  1. Is it spam?
  2. Is it illegal?

If either is yes, then go ahead and ban it, otherwise allow free discussion and don’t get upset that some people think differently than yourself.

  • Difficult_Bit_1339MEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I think having an approach of de-federation where we decide guidelines and then depend on the admin staff to implement them on the individual instances is more sustainable than having to have constant vote threads about the topic.

    Illegal content, places where people congregate to plan violence or doxing, etc.

    This instance is not a ‘free speech zone’ and we have rules for people posting on communities here. I don’t think we should get in the habit of using de-federation as a downvote button for instances that have opinions that people find objectionable. The block button exists for that, it isn’t just a tool for passive aggressively winning arguments.