Lemmy.world blocks problematic communities all the time. The bigger your platform grows, the more important moderation becomes. If you want to browse it, you’ll have to register an account with another server, or host your own instance.
They’re trying to avoid law enforcement and lawyers at their doors.
Even if you prevail, either can be a very expensive and/or destructive process.
Make no mistake, Reddit’s recent refusal to provide details surrounding users that were discussing piracy is highly unlikely to happen in the fediverse. Admins are going to get hit with a subpoena and comply because they can’t afford not to.
They don’t want to be arrested lmao. I am pro-piracy, but I would never want to host pirates content from my own servers. You can absolutely be jailed for that.
I don’t think they’ve even customised their Lemmy codebase at all, let alone have an ad programme set up.
Moderation sucks, especially in communities where it’s hard to decide what is and isn’t over the line. No moderation isn’t an option, and there are as many opinions about what should or shouldn’t be removed as there are people on this earth. The easiest way to avoid problems and toxic drama is to removing you and your moderators from areas of discussion that you know are going to cause headaches down the line.
It’s a matter of time before Lemmy servers across the world are going to get hit with DMCA claims for piracy related communities. Maybe they’ve received one already. I’m not going to fight it on my private instance, and honestly, I don’t think all but the most daredevil (or foolhardy) servers are going to bother with gathering the necessary legal aid and fees when that day comes.
Exactly. I don’t get why people are freaking out so much when it’s easy to create a new account and clients support multiple accounts anyways. Big instances are a big target so they need to protect themselves. On Reddit the piracy subs are neutered because they can’t link to anything. What’s good about the fediverse is you can have sub verses within it. It’s dumb to have your piracy account linked to your main account anyways.
Lemmy.world blocks problematic communities all the time. The bigger your platform grows, the more important moderation becomes. If you want to browse it, you’ll have to register an account with another server, or host your own instance.
I don’t really get it though, it’s not like they’re trying to court advertisers.
Or are they?
They’re trying to avoid law enforcement and lawyers at their doors.
Even if you prevail, either can be a very expensive and/or destructive process.
Make no mistake, Reddit’s recent refusal to provide details surrounding users that were discussing piracy is highly unlikely to happen in the fediverse. Admins are going to get hit with a subpoena and comply because they can’t afford not to.
They don’t want to be arrested lmao. I am pro-piracy, but I would never want to host pirates content from my own servers. You can absolutely be jailed for that.
I don’t think they’ve even customised their Lemmy codebase at all, let alone have an ad programme set up.
Moderation sucks, especially in communities where it’s hard to decide what is and isn’t over the line. No moderation isn’t an option, and there are as many opinions about what should or shouldn’t be removed as there are people on this earth. The easiest way to avoid problems and toxic drama is to removing you and your moderators from areas of discussion that you know are going to cause headaches down the line.
It’s a matter of time before Lemmy servers across the world are going to get hit with DMCA claims for piracy related communities. Maybe they’ve received one already. I’m not going to fight it on my private instance, and honestly, I don’t think all but the most daredevil (or foolhardy) servers are going to bother with gathering the necessary legal aid and fees when that day comes.
Exactly. I don’t get why people are freaking out so much when it’s easy to create a new account and clients support multiple accounts anyways. Big instances are a big target so they need to protect themselves. On Reddit the piracy subs are neutered because they can’t link to anything. What’s good about the fediverse is you can have sub verses within it. It’s dumb to have your piracy account linked to your main account anyways.
Having multiple accounts is an inconvenience that shouldn’t be required
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