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Hello, is there any social media on this planet that does not ban people for things that are completely legal in all of the European legal systems?

Or is the fediverse the best choice because even though if moderators guide public opinion on the mainstream instances, people can still go to a smaller instance for refuge.

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[โ€“] Wanpieserino@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I'm looking for a place like r/capitalismvsocialism or r/purplepilldebate

Place where people communicate with eachother and nobody gets banned.

I'm quite sick of bubbles. Everyone just sticking with like minded people and removing the rest.

[โ€“] leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 1 week ago (3 children)

There's a reason they're called 'communities' on Lemmy. What you see as a bubble, other see as a place of refuge where they're not going to be attacked by people 'just asking questions'.

[โ€“] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

There's a study somewhere that states humans were never meant to have communities above a few hundred, and the bigger we grew the more we lost. I for one am happy with leaving some folk sad they're not allowed back in when they break community rules.

[โ€“] Wimster@lemmy.wtf 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well @Leraje, that's exactely what has happend to me. I asked a simple question in another community and get bashed by some people just like you would expect on some other social. Then I said: "I'm out of here" and I unsubscribed and blocked the community. Just to say that there are dipheads here too.

[โ€“] leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

" I asked a simple question..."

Without knowing what community it was and what the exact question was, I'm not sure what you're expecting me to say about that.

[โ€“] Wimster@lemmy.wtf 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That's OK. You don't have to say something about my post. I just wanted to inform you all that on Lemmy there are also haters, keyboard warriors or people that are so depressed that they can't see anything positive in a post, a question or a reply.

[โ€“] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

Sounds like you're the problem, if everywhere you going you're getting flak.

[โ€“] Wanpieserino@lemm.ee -5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Can't say that I share the sentiment of those people. I haven't blocked anyone in my entire life.

[โ€“] femtech@midwest.social 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Wanpieserino@lemm.ee -1 points 1 week ago

yep, my family has been living here in Belgium for a very long time.

[โ€“] tfm@europe.pub 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Why not start your own Lemmy instance? If people are interested into that, they'll join.

[โ€“] MemmingenFan923@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

How complex is this? And how much does it cost per month to host your own instance?

[โ€“] slazer2au@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Not overly hard if you can work a Linux cli.

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ansible

As for costs, will that depends on how many users, what hardware you run it on, and the yearly domain.

Several instances are on single circuit board PC's like Raspberry Pi with an attached USB HDD.

[โ€“] tfm@europe.pub 1 points 1 week ago

You should definitely be working in IT at least. Don't forget that you are responsible for personal data from your users.

Price-wise it's not that expensive to host a Lemmy instance. A few hundred users cost you 20 to 30 euros a month.

[โ€“] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Generally speaking, I've found Lemmy to be far less accepting of different viewpoints than either Twitter or Reddit in their heyday. The echo chamber is extremely strong here, even though the "correct" narrative is different.

[โ€“] Wanpieserino@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

I vote left wing, but left wingers in general are less accepting of freedom of expression. That's my experience.

[โ€“] edvardgm@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago

Yee, banning people who have a reason to look the way they do, will make the world a worse place. Soon the right activities bubble will burst