Greetings gamers and those who wisely abstain,
It has become clear to us that even in the short while we’ve federated, the situation with sh.itholefor.nazis is entirely untenable and we will be defederating immediately. Multiple instances of ableist and homophobic slurs directed at our users, overwhelming litigiousness against even the most innocuous comments by our users, and just a general ethos of reactionary behavior. We’re done and out.
One of the concerns with embracing TC69 thought on site bans with federation is that the user would basically be just hexbear-side hidden and blocked from our comms, free to post reactionary content without the fear of Lenin behind them. That was a silly concern. We will resume our pre-federation policies regarding site bans.
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I was ambivalent about it "How bad can one more instance of chuds be?" but it's definitely upped the anxiety I used to get from :reddit-logo: of constantly arguing with people.
The main difference is that this was probably the most reactionary instance we had federated thus far.
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that place is much smaller and they don't post nearly as much. also, they don't DM nasty shit to vulnerable people. but yes, the pure concentrated hacker news energy emanating from that place is odious.
This is an important point. Thanks for commenting that comrade.
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