cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/1797629
Some communities there are literally calling for the annihilation of Ukraine
https://programming.dev/comment/1999097
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edit: Since people are either willfully or otherwose are missing my point, this is a pro-russia, pro-fascist hate group, therefore we shouldn't give them the platform to spread their shit. this is not about me seeing their community or then causing issues accross other communities, it's about de-platforming fascists.
The link for the original doesn't seem to work. I assume there's some missing context here. Still funny that they're calling hexbear pro-Russia and fascist. The comment isn't even by a hexbear. It's by one of ours.
There's a lot to be said in favour of federation, and the innate us-them mentality that comes with the federate-defederate border control is a thing. It looks and seems like a downside, but it's far and away better than the centralized lib authority we had in places like reddit.
Just sharing a thought that reading this thread prompted.
It's just sad that many of the instance owners (world, beehaw, shitjustworks) are just as reactionary as the capital owners at the head of Reddit.