this post was submitted on 16 Jun 2023
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The instance seems to be mostly right wing trolls. I know defederating is unpopular but I don't think much is to be lost in this case and it can save the mods some headaches.

Edit: the response on exploding-heads.com to my reporting of transphobia. Courtesy of the "second in command"

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was also kinda surprised that sh.itjust.works doesn't block exploding-heads as most instances I'm aware of do. That coupled with the fact that the instance doesn't block them but blocks lemmygrad made me think at first sh.itjust.works was going to be some far-right instance, but from what I've seen it isn't. Though, I don't understand why sh.itjust.works would want to federate with them, considering their content often violates the rules of the instance.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

And it has begun!

https://exploding-heads.com/comment/95292

The link is from exploding heads, but it's a comment on a post on the main board for sh.itjust.works

Want more?

https://lemmy.world/post/279473

Also on our main board.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (12 children)

We should absolutely not turn to defederation as a first action. You know how traditional social media bans opinions that are not acceptable according to themselves?

We must be better than that. It creates a ridiculous otherwise where people think everyone agrees with them and they are never challanged in how they think about things.

I think we should be exposed to different opinions as long as it's within the rules, meaning people must be polite, not hateful, not breaking the law etc.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

That place is gross. They have a parent community that is just trans hate. I can't imagine spending so much energy being a hateful idiot.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just as an outside observer - a lot of people from reddit are out searching for a new home. Convos like these will set the tone for every new entrant so you have the opportunity now, before it all goes really big like reddit, to shape a community based on mutual aid, love, earnestness instead of one focusing on building capital at any cost.

There are so so many socially conservative sites and spaces fully dedicated to those communities, big enough that even normal media covers them. But how many Gabs or Parlers exist out there for marginalized people, how many communities are willing to do the hard work of ensuring there could be a beloved community where hatred and minimization is curtailed, who don't act according to the will of private investors demanding incessant growth?

I hope there can be spaces like that which can grow from a watershed moment like this. It would be really cool if it were this one 😌

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it would be better, to be able to block a whole domain/instance per user, like we can do it with communities

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hey kbin users if you want to block this domain just go to https://kbin.social/d/exploding-heads.com and block that domain there.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (28 children)

IDK why people are thinking he's gonna de-federate for transphobia when he has allowed the matt walsh documentary to sit on his instance for days now

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah okay I get we’re all upset but he has read the patriot act, so…

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