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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It is frustrating to have to have the same argument 10,000 times. But if we're going to get anywhere we need a whole lot more people on our side, which means talking to people and bringing them around.
We need proof of concept and to focus our efforts on people who are somewhat more receptive and who we've already been talking to. There's still a very long way to go with the libs we already have, no need to bite off more than we can chew.