submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by to c/news@hexbear.net
 

While I hope that I’m wrong, there is at least a very real possibility that in the immediate future, the US empire will launch an unprovoked and immoral attack on a socialist state (Venezuela) in order to secure that country’s resources. It is understandable that, should that happen, many of you will be feeling extreme anger at these acts and post about it here.

In light of that, the admins and mods of Hexbear figured we’d remind everyone:

No fedposting

That includes, but is not limited to, talking about threats of violence against people or groups of people; including if you add “in minecraft” or “[redacted]”.

We really don’t need to come under fed scrutiny (or worse). Ultimately, fed posting doesn’t even serve much purpose other than “blowing off steam” – and that comes at the cost of potentially putting the site and its users in legal jeopardy. There are more productive ways to vent that anger.

Also, if you end up having a comment removed for fed posting, I’d urge you to not take it personally.

And saying this as a user, not an admin: a little revolutionary optimism never hurt anyone. We must have clear eyes about reality, but as socialists we also should have faith in the power of people to resist oppression.

(Edited for grammar)

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[–] 14 points 10 months ago (13 children)

I mean you're probably right, but not everyone on here is from the US, right?

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (11 children)

    Yeah we have an international community, but afaik the admins can't see ip addresses and locations?

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago

    Admins could always reverse that policy or, much more likely, configure something wrong accidentally, and easily expose IPs. With the way the internet works the sender IP is always "leaked", it is just a matter of how careful the recipient is with the information. You should use precautions to avoid exposure but then act like you don't have any, as none of them are foolproof.

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah but they can make clearer rules that make sense outside of an American context, especially when it comes to protecting the site and admins.

    Doubt the feds here will start an investigation for joking about blowing Elon's head off. But you might get into trouble for wishing misfortune on the IDF or even just talking about freeing Palestine between bodies of water.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago*

    Well imagine you're joking, you're joking, and then somebody actually does it.

    Honestly even intels probably dont have unlimited funding given our overlord are hoarding all the money so you'd prolly go through the nets but why tease the devil

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago* (7 children)

    They can.

    Not only that but their provider can unless they host the website on a good old server on somebody's desk.

    If you're slightly computer-savyy I think the best option is to rent a vps in a random country and put wireguard VPN.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    They can.

    Lemmy doesn't log IPs anywhere so they're not associated with an account.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    Lemmy maybe, but what about the OS or architecture? This can be broken through temporal attack. They could know what IP connects when and cross that with the actual posting.

    Not trying to fearmonger ofc. But it's to be considered.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    If you're slightly computer-savyy I think the best option is to rent a vps in a random country and put wireguard VPN.

    Better to use a VPN provider in a favorable jurisdiction so you're sharing an IP with others and there are legal barriers.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    unsure. Legal barriers arent the only barriers and rule of law only goes so far. I mean VPNs are giving informations all the time.

    Maybe we should do hexbear VPN. best of both

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