Many of the users here are attempting to replace Reddit with Lemmy. As we go along, we will create our own culture. I very much hope it doesn't include panicky screaming in all caps.

[–] SamuraiBeandog@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

This is the most reddit post I've seen all week.

[–] vikingtons@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

WHY ARE WE YELLING?

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 6 points 1 month ago

IT'LL GO PLACES WITHOUT YOU THEN. THANKS FOR PIPING UP.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

So you will fit right in then?

[–] dumbass@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago

You do know you can like block and filter shit on here... You have more control on what you see on the fediverse, if all you're seeing is Reddit trash, then block and filter it, fucking complaining about content and users here is stupid.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I don't remember reddit being infected by memes to extends lemmy is

[–] Kierunkowy74@piefed.zip 2 points 1 month ago

BROWSE MICROBLOG TAG MORE, THERE IS MORE TWITTERISM (OR RATHER MASTODONISM) THERE!!!

(could not resist)

[+] zaugofficial@lemmings.world -6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I agree. At some point we're going to have to see a split between the heavily censored instances and the ones that let people say what they want.

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There already has been. But it turns out the ones that value "freedom of speech" and "libertarianism" all end up relatively small and isolated, or turn into Nazi bars.

The majority of us are fine with letting instances and communities censor what they want. You can always create your own if you don't like the way others do it, or you can join one of the instances that have been cut off from the rest of the Fediverse.

[–] zaugofficial@lemmings.world -3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There already has been.

Really? Can you give some examples?

[–] Skavau@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

hilariouschaos

[–] zaugofficial@lemmings.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Checking their TOC, it looks like they don't really value freedom of speech.

[–] Skavau@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't see a TOC on their frontpage

[–] zaugofficial@lemmings.world 0 points 1 month ago

It's there when you try to make an account.

[–] Skavau@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There's hardly any instances of any kind of size that aren't 'heavily censored' (so to speak)

[–] zaugofficial@lemmings.world -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I know. People are afraid to make them out of fear of defederation.

Eventually, we're going to have to accept that there will be different parts of the fediverse for different people. And that's okay.

[–] Skavau@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I know. People are afraid to make them out of fear of defederation.

So there's clearly not enough of a local audience for it. I know many instances have specific political bias that preclude certain arguments fron being advanced to varying degrees (such as lemmy.ml, slrpnk.net, lemmy.dbzer0 etc) but there are also many general use instances amongst them, that are not defederated that really only ban people for hurling slurs and being abusive.

[–] zaugofficial@lemmings.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The modlogs should give some insight into how much demand there is for instances that won't censor people.

The fediverse as a whole is still tiny, so it may seem that getting defederated from the established instances is a death knell, but it isn't.

[–] Skavau@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The modlogs should give some insight into how much demand there is for instances that won’t censor people.

Well, maybe, but given how a massive chunk of the modlog that you refer to here are just people having their posts removed for hurling abuse, making threats etc. How do you think those types, blacklisted from the 'censored' fediverse clustering all together on a single 'free speech' instance would go?

The fediverse as a whole is still tiny, so it may seem that getting defederated from the established instances is a death knell, but it isn’t.

If there's enough people who want 'free speech' instances, they can easily organise if the numbers are supposedly there.

[–] zaugofficial@lemmings.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They would probably not be acceptable by people who approve of the current state of lemmy moderation, and that's okay.

[–] Skavau@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I just see it being a repetitive, boring troll infested collection of communities

[–] zaugofficial@lemmings.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's fine for you to think that.

It looks like you're happy with how things are going, so it's not really a concern for you.

[–] Skavau@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I can't fathom why its so important for some to be able to freely hurl abuse on online platforms.

That really seems to be all its about here.

Moreover, I'd also suggest that the reason a lemmy instance of this nature does not exist is because there's no need for it for them. There are already sites that allow them to do this. Why would people of this nature be drawn to the style of Lemmy or Piefed? The entire structure of the Reddit-clone is built around curation and filtering.

[–] zaugofficial@lemmings.world 1 points 1 month ago

That's fine.

It's clear that you don't want such instances to exist, so you're trying to convince others not to want them as well.

You can just go on about your business and if those instances ever pop up, you can just ignore them.