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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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[-] Bronzie@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 hours ago

Sh.itjust.works has been brilliant, tbh.

High uptime, reasonable admins.

Very happy with it

[-] Mwa@lemm.ee 1 points 7 hours ago

Both on lemm.ee and thelemmy.club its not very strict its just Common sense rules.

[-] needanke@feddit.org 0 points 6 hours ago

I am very happy with feddit.org . I have not seen an issue with overmoderation, but I have also not seen a problem with spam or trolling. I believe hexbear is (rightfully so) defederated but other then that i did not notice any defederations.

The do not allow pornography which I support as you would essentially be hosting it yourself when it is federated which can become icky quickly. But I think this is a bit of a difference to other instances.

The instance also has a nice little community which is active enough to not be boring but small enough to feel like a community (might also be because of having a common language)

[-] frostysauce@lemmy.world 14 points 18 hours ago

I'm on world. Fuck the admins of world.

[-] balsoft@lemmy.ml 0 points 8 hours ago

I've had some disagreements with admins of my instance and mods of some communities here and I'm yet to be banned. So, it's alright I suppose. Although I must say that I'm on the same general side of the political spectrum as the admins.

[-] kristina@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

hell yeah brother 1,000,000 banned reactionaries and transphobes

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 5 points 23 hours ago
[-] pH3ra@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 day ago

"Censorship" has become a buzzword and lost all of its meaning

[-] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 6 points 21 hours ago

The line is at least very blurred with moderation. One person's moderation is another person's censorship.

[-] SilentStorms@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 hours ago

Its the same thing. People are just primed into thinking that censorship is universally bad in every instance.

[-] infinite_ass@leminal.space 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It simply means that somebody stopped you from talking.

That's it.

[-] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's meaning in abstract is simple, but it's actual manifestations are usually quite complex. Self-censorship for example: If you self-censor out of fear of a negative social reaction, to what degree is that actually someone else stopping you from talking? Everyone else, or the idea of everyone else? I would say that any view that's held by a group of people that's pervasive enough to cause others to calibrate their words towards them, any cultural context strong enough that visitors feel a need to adjust for it, automatically and unconsciously practices censorship.

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[-] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 31 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

.ml here, I'm happy with this community. I know the reputation it has, but honestly, I haven't really seen it. I'm a hardcore leftist, but I've been very critical of China, Russia, etc. And I'm not a tankie. Obviously haven't been banned or had my comments removed.

The mods here seem quite reasonable, and of course if folks don't agree, there are a lot of other instances.

I used to be a free-speech absolutist when I was young, but then I realized that there isn't such a thing. Even the few places online that pride themselves on having "no censorship" like 4-chan still have a handful of things that they don't allow.

Quite frankly, I think those places are pretty nasty overall and I have no desire to emulate them. Racists, Pedos, lgbt-phobes don't need a platform or to have their opinions elevated or taken seriously.

I wouldn't think a top university's physics department is improved by devoting classes and curriculum to flat earth or 7-day creationism. Likewise, I don't think a forum or server is made better by allowing racists and bigots to have a safe space on it.

Of course, you have to decide what crosses the line, but welcome to real life. There's a difference between a hardcore neo-nazi who thinks Jews and black folks are literal sub-humans, and your 87 year-old grandpa who unironically calls the employees at his favorite asian buffet, "Chinamen."

[-] tiredturtle@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 hours ago

In general communities it's ok here but in global events it's easy to see in the modlog that certain topics which are not favorable for Socialist-In-Name-Only are hidden very fast.

[-] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 hours ago

I haven't checked the log, but I get my news from several different sources, Lemmy is only one of them.

[-] socsa@piefed.social -1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

I have been banned twice from .ml just for mentioning that Russia shot down a civilian airplane in Ukraine.

[-] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 hours ago

Can't really speak to specifics. I'll just say that there are definitely posts on .ml news and commentary communities that go against the typical views of many .ml members, and they are left up by the mods and allowed to be discussed and debated.

Every community has censorship, it's a spectrum. But that's what I love about the federation model and FOSS in general. There are always different communities with different focuses and standards, something for everybody. And still we all have the freedom to block content we don't want to see or support.

[-] daggermoon@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

I haven't really had any bad experiences with .ml communities or users. I consider myself a Marxist actually. I mostly saw the China, Russia, and North Korean dick sucking on Reddit. I remember someone on Reddit actually arguing that leftists should use Redstar OS (North Korean Linux distro designed to spy on its users) because its made by a socialist country that cares about its people. Guess that's why they're executed for stealing bread. I'm sorry about your instances bad reputation, I really haven't seen it. Besides, there are assholes in every community.

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[-] Shimitar@feddit.it 5 points 22 hours ago

I am the only (AFAIK) Italian instance and pretty happy. No censorship.

I don't know how people from Lemmy.world stand it, honestly.

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