Hello World,
Today, after careful consideration and evaluation of recent events, we have decided to defederate from Lemmygrad.
Regrettably, we have observed a significant increase in hate speech and calls to violence originating from the Lemmygrad instance. Due to the severity of the posts and comments, we are not waiting for the next Lemmy update that will allow users to block instances.
At Lemmy.world, we have always strived to foster an inclusive and welcoming user environment. However, recent posts and comments from Lemmygrad have clearly violated our server rules and, more importantly, our core values. We firmly believe that hate speech and incitement of violence have no place in our community, regardless of personal beliefs or affiliations.
As always, we encourage all users to report any content they deem inappropriate or harmful. No matter one’s stance in any conflict, Lemmy.world will always take immediate action to remove and ban any posts or comments that incite violence or propagate hatred.
We encourage everyone to continue engaging in discussions within the boundaries of respect and understanding. As we move forward with this decision, we remain committed to providing all community members with a safe and welcoming space. We appreciate your continued support and cooperation in upholding our shared principles.
Thank you,
The Lemmy.World Team
I reported a comment stating that the US genocide of indigenous was “rightful conquest” and it’s still up. I totally get defederating.
I know that’s why it seemed so weird why they wouldn’t moderate it.
But then I saw one of their moderators removed a video about how you can support Palestine for “fuck badempanada” (this badempanada) and just shrugged. Whatever it is is going on there i’m not going to get involved because it’s one of those things that usually resolves itself over time.
Did you know people can just lie on the internet without proof or anything?
You mean the person I’m replying to? I’m not super concerned about the anecdote, just relating that I see some points of view there myself that are confusing.
It’s why there needs to be tools for instance owners to remove comments for their users if they come from other instances. It’s completely unreasonable to expect them to defederate the entire instance over a few problem users/comments.
I agree, while I find some communities on certain servers tiresome or too provocative, they might also have communities with interesting humor or discussion about other topics. It’s possible to selectively block communities, isn’t it? I think that’s what lemmy.world did with certain kbin communities that were unmoderated and receiving spam, without fully defederating from kbin.
But you mean, I think, to federate just the posts and not show comments from other instances. That would be an interesting change.
That’s an existing out of the box feature. Admins can remove any content on their instance, wherever it came from originally. It’s just that the removal doesn’t federate to other instances unless they’re also a moderator of the community it was posted to
