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

  • trailing9@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    It would be good practice if admins would link a selection of the offensive material. That would allow both sides to debate how they judge such behavior.

    Right now there are celebrating comments but I haven’t seen bad behavior myself, even in heated debates. That let’s me assume that many are thin skinned or unable to refute lemmygrad’s political opinion.

    If I understand lemmy correctly then banning lemmygrad will prevent its users from participating in any debate on a lemmy. world community. Does a lemmy instance exist that federated with everybody where important communities should be hosted?

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        1 year ago

        That’s besides the point and rises the suspicion that this is somewhat politically motivated. You have to judge them on how they behave in lemmy.world communities.

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          No, the admins on Lemmy.world are tired of having to moderate hate speech and other violations of their code of conduct. You’re welcome to view that on the other instances if that’s your thing.

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      It would be good practice if admins would link a selection of the offensive material.

      Duh. They already have. It’s there all day every day. Peruse it as often as you like, at your own convenience. You can even filter by removed posts, removed comments, and banned users:

      https://lemmy.world/modlog

      Modlog tells you all you need to know. Unless, of course, you don’t actually want to know it and you’re just JAQing us all off, lol.

      Right now there are celebrating comments but I haven’t seen bad behavior myself, even in heated debates.

      That’s because the moderators here are very, VERY good at what they do – which again, you’d know if you’d looked at the modlog.

      Does a lemmy instance exist that federated with everybody where important communities should be hosted?

      No one knows what “important communities” are to you. Stop looking for mind readers and start looking for instances that do not defederate for any reason, because they are out there.

      You’re not trapped here. You have options. Take them.

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          Yes, that’s how I know about it. When I want to find something specific I filter by action, and then I simply skim.

          It’s a little time consuming, but not at all difficult.

          The person to whom I was responding wanted a selection of offending comments, here it is:

          https://lemmy.world/modlog?page=1&actionType=ModRemoveComment

          I will note that usually the number of removed comments is so low that one page, maybe a page and a half will cover a full 24 hour period.

          From what I saw when I looked at it just now – over five pages of removed shite in just half that time, 12 hours – I support the admins’ actions even more than I did when I first posted. And I didn’t think that was possible.

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      It would be good practice if admins would link a selection of the offensive material. That would allow both sides to debate how they judge such behavior.

      Are you paying the bills? No? Are you doing the moderation? No? Are you doing any work for this site in any meaningful capacity? No?

      Then fuck off and shut the fuck up about how they run it. Go to lemmygrad.ml if you think there’s no bad behaviour there.