A Chicago-area landlord has been arrested and charged with murder and hate crimes after authorities said he stabbed and killed a 6-year-old boy and seriously wounded his mother, allegedly because the tenants are Muslim.
Except other instances don’t allow hate speech and behavior like Hexbear admins do. Their whole instance is dedicated to trolling and spreading hate and disinformation. So they really can’t just go anywhere and act like they do.
Once again your interest in the subject has nothing to do with the subject themselves and everything to do with you. It’s not about what’s best for the community but what is interesting and relevant to you.
That’s not gonna stop them. They can arbitrarily make as many accounts as they need to do it, and just bounce from account to account one comment at a time if necessary.
There’s a finite number of servers though that they can create accounts on.
The admins of those servers would notice someone spamming account creations just to make comments and bypass bans.
What you’re describing is not a federation issue, it’s a server admin issue.
If they have that much spare time then let them. They can rule over lemmy and the rest of us get to enjoy the actual world while they’re tied up screaming at their keyboards.
Except other instances don’t allow hate speech and behavior like Hexbear admins do. Their whole instance is dedicated to trolling and spreading hate and disinformation. So they really can’t just go anywhere and act like they do.
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A bad and broken system isn’t an excuse for doing nothing about a problem.
Defederation is the best option available.
Much better than requiring individuals to block toxic instances.
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People who don’t have skin in the game often like to point out the facts, or play devil’s advocate.
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Once again your interest in the subject has nothing to do with the subject themselves and everything to do with you. It’s not about what’s best for the community but what is interesting and relevant to you.
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This has been enlightening…
There’s a finite number of servers though that they can create accounts on.
The admins of those servers would notice someone spamming account creations just to make comments and bypass bans.
What you’re describing is not a federation issue, it’s a server admin issue.
Yep, the same thing happened on Reddit. Account banned? Make a new one.
If they have that much spare time then let them. They can rule over lemmy and the rest of us get to enjoy the actual world while they’re tied up screaming at their keyboards.