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How do you feel about the level of censorship in your current instance ? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by shapis@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Since Lemmy is federated, and the admins of each instance choose what’s allowed and what’s not in their own instance.

How do you feel about what’s allowed and what’s not in your current instance ?

I’ll start: I’ve read people complaining about my instance admins, but I haven’t experienced nor seen anything I specifically disagree with.

And I’ve read things they wrote that I absolutely agree with, like not federating with Meta under any circumstances.

So for now, I’m happy with it. If I get banned randomly, I don’t think I’d go to a different instance, though. I’d probably just stop visiting Lemmy altogether.

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[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 days ago

I generally disagree. Lemmy.ml is more broadly federated than slrpnk.net or Lemmy.world, as an example, so really it's just "censorship" of a different bias and a different manner. All instances "censor," whether it be removing content that breaks the rules or defederating from instances that are ideologically opposed. This is especially prevalent on Lemmy, as the demographics largely fall ideologically into either the liberal camp, the Marxist camp, or the Anarchist camp, and these camps are concentrated on different instances.

[-] HootinNHollerin@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Correct on being more federated yes. ml and world are both just too heavy handed with overzealous mods IMO. I’ve started using a couple other accounts that are on instances more federated and less moderated as well

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 days ago

More gets removed from Lemmy.ml as a consequence of its own broad federation, which appears as overzealousness.

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