I remember when I joined here that tchncs did not federate with Lemmygrad. Is there a reason why it is now? I don't think it's a good instance, since it full of (roleplaying) communists hating on the western world... and I wouldn't want that shit in my "All" feed. Thank you.
sorry about that. i was sure i had it added again after the restore of our blocklist based on mastodon a little while back. it is now on the list... again... .
Thanks so much for hosting this instance.
Sorry for my ignorance, but would you mind clarifying which of your rules lemmygrad violated to get on your blocklist?
- caused problems under German law
- caused technical difficulties
- engaged in hostile activity
- engaged in malicious activity
i understand that you are disappointed and it does not have to be a permanent decision. right now i lack time and energy to give it a close look again. earlier the instance did not look like something we should federate with based on its general content and our experience.
I dont like them either, but I prefer to federate with as many instances as possible. Its our choice as users to block instances on our feeds or not.
So you would be ok to occassionally get Gore, Nazi shit, CSAM and other awful stuff in your feed?
I want to be able to choose what I see. I think we all should. This is just my opinion.
While I don't agree with Lemmygrad politically, they are civil, respect community rules and don't spam. It's not like they are calling for violence or posting CP or unmarked gore. If you don't want to see socialists in your feed, just block them.
Having a central committee of approval sure sounds like communism to me.... /jk
Seriously though, we are all going to want different stuff in All. As a user I would like the choice to block an instance, or not.
People need to stop agitating for defederation on the basis of politics.
If you want a safe space for one or another "team," start one yourself. I'm not interested in participating on instances which engage in this type of petty behavior.
Because tchncs understands that without free speech we have no hope of dealing with any of the problems that concern us.
Federation status
social.tchncs.de does not believe in censorship. Federation is a network service and suspension of federation with another server will only be implemented as a last resort where content from another server may cause problems under German law, or in cases of technical difficulties or hostile or malicious activity.
Because tchncs understands that without free speech we have no hope of dealing with any of the problems that concern us.
I just had a blog post detailing tax records of a software org get deleted because a mod doesn't like the guy pointing out the tax records.
overpowered mods. this is exactly how a dictatorship regime starts
