Exploding-heads.com is another instance on Lemmy where alt-right MAGA types tend to reside. Some people on this server want us to defederate from them immediately, some people want to save defederation as a last resort. They have 104 active users (more stats below).
It seems that exploding-heads has also experienced a recent botswarm invasion. This is obviously another point in favor of defederating them, assuming you are worried about botswarms, which is currently being discussed here.
My advice to you all is please try to discuss this in a civil manner, we need not allow them to create divisive conflict inside our communities. No matter how the vote turns out, you’re not going to be able to defederate from your fellow sh.itheads so be nice.
I’ve linked many of the previous discussions below so people who are out of the loop can get a general sense of the situation.
https://sh.itjust.works/post/216888 https://sh.itjust.works/post/225714 https://sh.itjust.works/post/281126 https://sh.itjust.works/post/410325
Lemmy.world just recently defederated them.
https://lemmy.world/post/747912
https://lemmy.world/post/577526
Although this could be considered a point in favor of defederation, it actually means even if we vote to remain federated, people have a great alternative in lemmy.world where they can still participate in our communities and simultaneously be protected from exploding-heads.
Ensuring diversity of servers is beneficial to the platform as a whole, but it is also not our responsibility to bear that burden.
TLDR, just wrap up any last points in this thread before we open the vote tomorrow. Please be civil.
EDIT: To clarify, this isn’t the official vote, this is the final discussion. The vote thread will be posted tomorrow and you will only be allowed to make a single comment saying Aye or Nay.
EDIT2: Vote thread is up, this thread is now locked. Very lively discussion thread sh.itheads. Please try to be more respectful next time.
You’re SO right. Grown men shouldn’t be twerking naked in front of children. Sexually explicit content shouldn’t be taught to second graders. Luckily, this shit isn’t allowed by anyone who isn’t, you know, a pedophile. I’m getting so fucking sick of these bad faith, slippery slope arguments.
“I’m getting so fucking sick of these” moral licensing, gaslighting arguments but I digress.
Even if you cannot see what fez is talking about you have to see this argument as valid in one way or another.
Do you think any comment in support of trump is an ill fathed dog whistle for white supremacy that needs to be banned?
What about any comment made by a Republican?
Should we continue to defederated places like lemmygrad for there vocal hard left beliefs?
Are center left people that make more money than you just crypto fascist who tow progressive line so they commit corpo/capitalist attrosictes without being looked at, and should be banned as well?
I’m sure you are a perfict arbiter of right and wrong and have no bad faith arguments in your beliefs on who to ban.
If you say it at a school board meeting, trans activists will show up to assault you.
