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We're the creators of Lemmy, Ask Us Anything. Starts Monday, 7 Aug, 1500 CEST (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by [M] to c/announcements@lemmy.ml
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This is an opportunity for any users, server admins, or interested third parties to ask anything they'd like to @nutomic@lemmy.ml and I about Lemmy. This includes its development and future, as well as wider issues relevant to the social media landscape today.

Note: This will be the thread tmrw, so you can use this thread to ask and vote on questions beforehand.

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[+] -24 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Wasnt free speech all about being able to express your opinion without getting banned?

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  • [–] 40 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    No. It's about being able to voice your opinion without going to jail for it. No one is going to jail for making transphobic memes or comments. But that doesn't protect them from me blocking them or banning them from my instance.

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  • [+] -17 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Ok fair enough. But (outside of the context) defederating/banning certain communities because they don't have the same beliefs as you can lead to a fully opinionated/based fediverse and should be prevented imo. Everybody should be able to express their opinions no matter what. I don't want lemmy to change into some kind off mass media like everything else rn. If a post isn't showing a good/kind, people respecting vibe, it will be downvoted and thus not shown to anybody. And later if lemmy creates an algorithm of some kind, these posts can be ghosted for certain individuals. But i don't think they should be completely removed and banned from the connected fediverse as this platform is one of the only ways to express ourselves online at this point. I hope i could get my point across

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago

    Defederation doesn't prevent them from being able to access the fediverse nobody has a right to harassing people thats like saying you are being discriminated against because you aren't allowed in the public park because you throw garbage everywhere and spray paint the children's play equipment but it's a public park my rights

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