https://lemmy.world/post/14769946 https://lemmy.world/post/14798866

Blahaj's admin has refederated with Hexbear, using most Blahaj users unhappy and baffled. No communication from the admins regarding the change, though one user speculated it was a halloween trick. Multiple pings to the admin Ada have gone unanswered, even though Ada is clearly still active on Lemmy.

[email protected] Reactions: https://lemmy.world/post/4684388 [Lots of angry lemmings in this post](https://lemmy.world/post/4695749?scrollToComments=true)

> Things got heated on the piracy community at lemmy.dbzer0.com when the admin, db0, announced plans to use a GenerativeAI tool to rotate the community's banner daily with random images. > > While some praised the creative idea, others strongly objected, arguing that AI-generated art lacks soul and meaning. A heated debate ensued over the artistic merits of AI art versus human-created art. > > One user threatened to unsubscribe from the entire instance over the "wasteful BS" of randomly changing the banner every day. The admin defended the experiment as a fun way to inject randomness and chaos. > > Caught in the crossfire were arguments about corporate ties to AI image generators, electricity waste, and whether the banner switch-up even belonged on a piracy community in the first place. > > In the end, the admin stubbornly insisted on moving forward with the AI banner rotation, leaving unhappy users to either embrace the chaotic visuals or jump ship. Such is the drama and controversy that can emerge from a seemingly innocuous banner change! — Claude, Anthropic AI

I'm kind of okay with this. It was a reasonable take -- not a hot take or an incendiary comment or something. Mods using their power to shut down discussion -- expected on that instance I guess ;)  This is my first time getting any sort of ban on any lemmy instance. Now I just need to get banned on a right-wing server for some other centrist take, to keep balance in the universe ;) How many of you have experienced this on lemmy.ml?

Good job LW chadmins for doing something Reddit badmins failed at; taking care of these evil stochastic terrorists that harasses innocent people.

[This is my best summary of this situation](https://hachyderm.io/@db0/111103424978269058), as I understood it as someone from the outside looking in. [However mastodon.art](https://mastodon.art/@simcha/111103704573744361) is firing back that this is all due to low-key bigotry by the admin of artisan.chat inside secret discord channels, which has been going on for a while. Blogposts linked with accusations against each other.

[They also shut down registration](https://lemmy.world/post/3995057?scrollToComments=true) Whoever is spamming CP deserves the woodchipper

[archive link](https://archive.is/VVuvo) Original thread about Hexbear discovering rdrama: https://hexbear.net/post/1688372 rdrama discovers Hexbear (warning: may contain bigoted content): https://rdrama.net/post/246507/apparently-rdrama-has-their-own-offsite

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/6892121 > > > In the recent [Lemmy developer update](https://lemmy.ml/comment/4569805), there's a reference to one Lemmy developer, [SleeplessOne1917](https://lemmy.ml/u/[email protected]). > > > > I found some horrifying comments from this user. > > > > https://lemmygrad.ml/comment/2649200 - "There is no such thing as an Israeli civilian. All settlers are valid targets." > > > > https://lemmygrad.ml/comment/2649472 - "15 year olds are military age. That makes them valid targets for killing." > > > > https://lemmygrad.ml/comment/2649732 - "... There is no such thing as a zionoid civilian. Everything that moves and isn’t Palestinian is a valid target. ..."

[Hexbear reacts](https://hexbear.net/post/824201?scrollToComments=false) [Lemmygrad reacts](https://lemmygrad.ml/post/2347226?scrollToComments=true)

Are there any lists of high profile Mastodon (ActivityPub) accounts? (Or, have they all been chased away?) [@fediverselore](https://lemmy.ca/c/fediverselore)

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/22957810 >Ok, so, I crossposted the documentary “Four Horsemen 2012” to [email protected] and it got removed for not being “a solarpunk themed documentary” - all good, it was my mistake I didn’t check it’s a community for documentaries with a specific there/topic. >**Then**, I wake up to the message from the SAME PERSON ([email protected]) removing the same documentary from [email protected] which I assume is a GENERAL PURPOSE instance for documentaries about all topics. Their reason was: “I’m going to remove this documentary out of solidarity for Ukraine” even tho the documentary had NOTHING to do with Ukraine and doesn’t even mention it ONCE! I’m super confused. The rules for this community don’t even say anything about certain documentaries being allowed or not. What is happening? Ideological censorship?

FIY, my account was banned on lemmy.world for sharing the info on one ofLemmy developer, SleeplessOne1917. The post was also removed from lemmy.ml. I made this throwaway account yesterday because there was always the possibility of getting my main account banned. It's important for everyone to know the comments of the dev (donors to the project the most) because ["TBF the future lemmy developer isn’t too far off. I’ve been discussing being added to the NLNet grant along with another person, phiresky, with Dessalines and Nutomic."](https://lemmygrad.ml/comment/2592588). I've archived the post here: https://web.archive.org/web/20231010071241/https://lemmy.ca/post/6892121

When did the lemmygrad defederation happen? Chris Remington mod A couple of days ago. alyaza about aug 10, mostly motivated by their lack of moderation/lack of compatibility with our values but also because we’re trying to figure out why our server is using so much more space than it should be (because if we don’t figure it out soon our hosting costs will need to double). one of the presumptions is who we federate with has something to do with it and lemmygrad was the biggest place we federated with, but we don’t really have overlap with their userbase so it doesn’t make very much sense to assume any additional load they might be adding.

When trying to open the site it reads the message: “Hey, I apologize but for the time being this instance must go down. I cannot deal with two instances at once during the ongoing issues with lemmy and people spamming illegal content into the federation. I don't know when or if this instance will be back, but I will try my best to bring it back up when I can. For continued info, please go to literature.cafe, I love and appreciate you <3”

https://lemmy.world/comment/6369739 https://lemmy.world/comment/6354432 https://lemmy.world/comment/6382389

https://hexbear.net/comment/4154051

A few days ago, [Beehaw posted an announcement in their Chat community](https://beehaw.org/post/7754304) about the challenges of content moderation and the possibility of leaving Lemmy. That post was eventually locked. Then, about two days ago, Beehaw posted an [announcement in their support community](https://beehaw.org/post/7776438) that they aren't confident about the long-term use of Lemmy, due to so-called concerns about Lemmy. [RedditAlternatives discussion](https://old.reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/16gmjql/beehaw_considering_leaving_lemmy_and_the_fediverse/) If you currently use Beehaw and want to stay on the federated Lemmy network, consider migrating your account to another instance like lemm.ee.

Cross-posted from [[email protected]](https://waveform.social/c/waveform) Hi there, I have decided to take down waveform.social. There are too many nefarious actors trying to break it and I don't have the time or energy to keep fighting them off. For your information: Over the pas month I have had to: 1. Add various DDOS prevention measures to block unwanted (repeated) signups. 2. Delete a bunch of literal white noise uploads that filled my 4TB picture storage... Twice. 3. Repair Lemmy (or rather pictures) after it crashed because of full storage. I will keep waveform.social active until Friday next week so you can pull data from here, though I expect most of it has been federated to other servers anyway.

A user posted the question [What opened your eyes to what's happening in Palestine?](https://lemmy.ml/post/8593526) on [email protected]. As is evidenced, multiple comments have been removed by mods. The [Mod log](https://lemmy.ml/modlog/8?page=1&actionType=ModRemoveComment) shows the moderator removing multiple of these comments due to "rule 1", which on lemmy.ml is: >No bigotry - including racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia. Code of Conduct. The mods then also [banned](https://lemmy.ml/modlog?page=1&actionType=ModBan) some of the commenting users for a few days. This all lead to [a post ](https://withachanceof.com/post/68568)by one of the affected users to AskLemmy, accusing the mods of "removing all comments critical of Hamas". "No comments critical of Israel were removed", the user alleges. The post has since been removed by the lemmy.ml mods as well and the user banned for 14 days.

The admin banned people for saying that calling everything transpobia isn't the way to make you seem reasonable and all non blahaj TLC get removed by default.

After [a thread was made](https://lemmy.world/post/3175920) in [email protected] asking to defederate from lemmy.dbzer0.com for "the facilitation of piracy, and copyright infringement in general which is illegal", the admins of lemmy.world [deleted it](https://lemmy.world/comment/2387588) prompting discussions on [!asklemmy[@]lemmy.ml](https://lemmy.world/post/3182834) and [!piracy[@]lemmy.dbzer0.com](https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/2095345).

The comments section is ultimate drama. 😹😹

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/6137607 > now users must use VPN for login lemmy.ml

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2508036 > cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2508035 > > > [Hexbear thread](https://www.hexbear.net/post/281439?scrollToComments=false) > > > > ---- > > > > > Why is it wrong to be critical of western propaganda? > > > > https://lemmy.world/comment/1962328 > > > > > okay [this](https://lemmygrad.ml/post/158656) is freaking wild: > > > > >> We need a sub dedicated to bot building, trolling and brigading effectively. Screw morals, or decency. They’re tools that maintain the status quo. > > > > https://lemmy.world/comment/1959011 > > > > > I definitely appreciate the hesitation in defederation, but I’m in favor of defeding with both hexbear and lemmygrad. > > > > > I’ve seen more than enough “Stalin did nothing wrong posts” to know that discussions are pointless and would lead me only to frustration and a desire to drink. > > > > https://lemmy.world/comment/1958306 > > > > > Freedom of speech does not constitute an obligation to listen. > > > > > Good for you! > > > > >> Exactly. Freedom of speech != Freedom from social consequences :soyreddit: > > > > >>> Well, in a truly “free” society, yes freedom of speech would constitute freedom from “social consequences.” However, the United States, and in fact, no Earth government, is a truly free society. There are rules and laws that exist, thus restricting freedoms. However, specifically regarding freedom of speech as it is mentioned in US law, it specifically is a protection for citizens from retaliation by the US government, and does not cover interactions between citizens. > > > > >>> So I wouldn’t say “freedom of speech doesnt mean freedom from social consequences,” but rather “freedom of speech does not include a requirement that others listen.” There are laws with regards to how other citizens can respond, including laws against assault and libel and such. But there is no law that says anyone must to listen to what you have to say simply because you have the freedom to say it. Thats quite a preposterous idea. > > > > >>> At least in the US, each citizen has the right to say what they choose within the constraints established by law, and to choose who they will listen to. [-43] > > > > https://lemmy.world/comment/1958407 > > > > > As an instance owner myself some of this is concerning. I understand why lemmy.world would want to defederate from them. I won’t defederate on my instance at this point, but if personal attacks start to happen or rules get broken, then it will be considered. > > > > https://lemmy.world/comment/1958492 > > > > > I don’t agree with their sh*t and whatnot, but this move seems to me like “We will defederate you because your political beliefs are not the same as ours.” What a shame, Lemmyworld admins. > > > > https://lemmy.world/comment/1958923 ---- https://lemmy.world/post/2475933

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2433349 > One chain of drama starts [here](https://lemmy.world/comment/1908999), with TwoGems whining about the tankies which live rent free in his head. A tankie takes the bait, however: > >Stupid god damn libs complain about tankies every time for these threads > > this is just a teaser for the main event, however. Downthread, CCP hater Gamey [remarks](https://lemmy.world/comment/1894842) on lemmy's political character: > > >It’s facinating to see Lemmy go wild, kind of sad how many seem to support dictators with concentration camps and similar shit but also cool how many downvote them! > > In response, Israel hater Blursty responds with this based and dramapilled [take](https://lemmy.world/comment/1894842): > > >The only state with concentration camps in the real world is the USA and its colony in Palestine. > > The drama continues on, worth reading if you have the time. Here's some other snippets from this post: > > ryannathans who notices the [insularity of lemlibs](https://lemmy.world/comment/1892696): > > >Can’t exist on same server as people with different ideology reeeee > > and immediately [gets accused of being a conservative](https://lemmy.world/comment/1898268) 🤣 > > as well as attracting the [ire](https://lemmy.world/comment/1902245) of the above-mentioned TwoGems, who engages in misplaced anti-Turkish bigotry: > > >They’re like an infestation. Quick get the roach spray! > > Stupid anarchists (but I repeat myself) have a [stupid discussion](https://lemmy.world/comment/1885064) over some dumb shit, idk, I didn't read it. > > They miss out on the dumbest take award. Which I am proud to present to khajimak, for this [banger](https://lemmy.world/comment/1892219) of a comment, for complaining about being other people being redditpilled, before going on to engage in the most classic of redditor behaviors, moral grandstanding: > > >The entire thing sucks lol. Sorry you dipshits are so Reddit pilled you still only have one joke. Instead of saying lol he’s just like hitler lol he doesn’t like it when us dank memers refer to him as a cartoon character, you should share the numerous human rights atrocities he’s commited and call for his public execution > > And that's a wrap folks!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2167629 > cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/fediverse/t/242655 > > 3 day old post, but drama is drama > > > "i'm not having another plush.city moment so here's the fucking screenshots, read for yourself the outright hostility and bad faithb no alt text sorry i do not have the time, some other kind soul can do it or i'll do it at a later date (📎5) RE: holy shit contributors to iceshrimp are definitively hostile to firefish i had a fucking feeling this would happen and yep, it did"

Lemmy is full of plenty of people who hate me for being trans and disabled. And way too many self-identified leftists who think I'm being trans and disabled the wrong way and am therefore a right wing troll. Most of the well known Lemmy instances lean communist, even if their admins can be quite socially regressive. As such I've accumulated a reputation as being a troublemaker for the left. I want to go make trouble for the right to fix my reputation. I wanna go talk shit, stir up drama, and get banned. I want the modlogs to say a bunch of open bigots hate me instead of the closet bigots who hate me now. I wanna ruin some nazis' days and call them shitheads. Where do I go on the Fediverse to go make trouble for the open reactionaries?