Two years ago when I launched Exploding-Heads, Lemmy offered a way to let me
play a small role in fighting back against: - censorship - deplatforming -
propaganda - Big Tech tyranny, and - to help spread suppressed stories. I knew
Lemmy had its challenges, but I hoped it would evolve for the better. Sadly
after 2 years, the culture of censorship through defederation has only grown
stronger. Meanwhile a better alternative has sprung up in the form of Nostr: -
it lets you own your own profile - if you move to another Nostr app or site, you
still keep your content and followers - it makes censorship very difficult - it
is not perfect, but is evolving for the better very quickly. As a user you
should not be at the mercy of instance operators who are - petty tyrants, or -
benevolent dictators (who may turn tyrannical at any moment) I do not feel I can
alter the tyrannical direction Lemmy is heading in and I want to dedicate my
time and resources to a better alternative. So Exploding Heads is moving to
Nostr. Exploding-Heads.com [http://Exploding-Heads.com] will go offline August
31st 2023. Please join us on Nostr. Exploding Heads address on Nostr is
npub1qprptnnuwnqc6h6wxc2q07rfwcmj7cfc6g4r5dgnlkxaysmpr0mqc5365p Sounds
complicated, but it is pretty easy. Here is what I recommend to get started
Amethyst App - Lets you follow people - Lets you follow #hastags (I have been
using communities as a substitute for #hashtags on Lemmy - Has evolving support
for communities Habla.news - a Nostr alternative for Medium for long form
content If you have any questions about getting up and running on Nostr, please
ask them here https://exploding-heads.com/c/nostrblog
[https://exploding-heads.com/c/nostrblog] In closing, I sincerely apologize to
all of you who are going to lose their profiles and content (please get anything
you want off by August 31st), but it proves my warning about the problem with
relying on benevolent dictators. Please make sure to say hi to us on Nostr. I
hope the majority of our wonderful Exploding Heads community will make the move
to Nostr with us.
This is exactly the reason why I myself am suspicious of anyone who tries to start shit when some instance defederates (or even implies they’re thinking about defederating) from another.
Now, can “bad” defederations happen? Maybe. But the thing to realize is that each instance is it’s own community, and they all differ on what they accept and what they refuse. Some will be stricter, and some will do the bare minimum to not end up being Voat 2. And that’s why federation works, because you have the choice to pick where you stand in that spectrum.
The trolls need people to troll in order to not implode, and they will pull every trick in the book in an attempt to keep as wide a reach as possible. That’s why anything without moderation capabilities of sort (and isn’t, like, DMs or otherwise small groups only) do not work in the long term.
Good fucking riddance. Happy fizzling out in no-user-str.
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Chronicle the life and tale of the fediverse (+ matrix)
Largely a sublemmy about capturing drama, from fediverse spanning drama to just lemmy drama.
Includes lore like how a instance got it’s name, how an instance got defederated, how an admin got doxxed, fedihistory etc
(New) This sub’s intentions is to an archive/newspaper, as in preferably don’t get into fights with each other or the ppl featured in the drama
Good riddance. They were awful people.
Their announcement sounds a lot like “WAAAAA people have the ability to ignore us.”
This is exactly the reason why I myself am suspicious of anyone who tries to start shit when some instance defederates (or even implies they’re thinking about defederating) from another.
Now, can “bad” defederations happen? Maybe. But the thing to realize is that each instance is it’s own community, and they all differ on what they accept and what they refuse. Some will be stricter, and some will do the bare minimum to not end up being Voat 2. And that’s why federation works, because you have the choice to pick where you stand in that spectrum.
The trolls need people to troll in order to not implode, and they will pull every trick in the book in an attempt to keep as wide a reach as possible. That’s why anything without moderation capabilities of sort (and isn’t, like, DMs or otherwise small groups only) do not work in the long term.
Good fucking riddance. Happy fizzling out in no-user-str.