According to Rimu, the main developer of PieFed, all PieFed instances come with a 3000-long block list of resources that cannot be linked to. These include all sorts of right-wing outlets. There is no easy opt-out, forcing existing instances to follow the blocklist.

The flagship PieFed instance also rolled out a feature marking various other sorts of outlets - among them, resources considered AI slop and Marxist outlets. These are specific to piefed.social.

Related discussion: https://piefed.social/comment/11254679

Why YSK: Many users have hard time choosing between Lemmy, PieFed, and Kbin/Mbin. Users that prefer a more curated and politically uniform experience might prefer PieFed over the alternatives. Users that are right-wing, Marxist, or generally concerned about global censorship of the Fedi-/Threadiverse, might opt for other options instead.

Note: The post is only meant to inform users of the potentially important differences between Threadiverse platforms. Any ideologically charged discussions are better left in the respective topic.

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[–] 13 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Fox news argued in court that they're fictional entertainment and no reasonable person would take their reporting seriously.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    I get that, but we can’t play the free speech for me, not for thee game

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Free Speech means the government shouldn't prosecute people for their speech, that's all its ever meant. It doesn't mean non-government places must allow Nazis to say their piece on your platform. That just turns places into Nazi bars.

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  • [–] -1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    This isn't allowing them on a platform, this is disallowing platforms to choose whether to allow them on a platform based on the opinions of a guy that has endorsed genocide and child rape.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago* (1 child)

    this is disallowing platforms to choose whether to allow them on a platform

    The block list is editable by any admin, and the sysadmin can delete the block list entirely.

    based on the opinions of a guy that has endorsed genocide and child rape.

    Uhh, gonna need a source for that one, Chief.

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  • [–] -2 points 4 months ago

    The block list is editable by any admin, and the sysadmin can delete the block list entirely.

    So your choice is trust the genocide guy, spend WEEKS vetting a giant list that is mostly filled with dead links, or have no blocklist?

    Gee wilkers I wonder which one most will pick.

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