remoteloveAug 14, 2023

Please fix Rule 1.

https://lemmy.world/post/3165787

Please fix Rule 1. - Lemmy.world

A shroom community was removed from lemmy.world as it was considered “illegal” content by the admins. The logic behind this is boggling, to say the least. Marijuana is considered an illegal substance in some states in the US and is still federally illegal. /c/trees should be banned, correct? Clown pictures of Putin are absolutely considered illegal in Russia, so that should require and immediate ban. Freedom of speech can also be considered illegal in some places. Incest is considered illegal so that should automatically trigger a ban on all incest porn, real or not. Hell, porn is universally taboo, so that shouldn’t have any place on this instance, I guess. You see where I am going with this? Rule 1 is a catch-all and needs clarification. Simply saying something is illegal is not quite enough. Owning and sharing pictures of shrooms is not illegal. Trading spores or mycelium is generally not illegal either. This is not about me being salty (which I am) about the community being removed and forced to relocate. It’s the odd bias that was applied to justify its removal. [https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/1f6633b7-1c13-4fb0-b4dc-62aeb71034b9.jpeg]

Show threadxthedeerlordxAug 14, 2023
So you’re all going to volunteer to be on the mod team or contribute to LW moderation in some way right? or go to a different instance that aligns with your views? With the huge variety of instances available, you come to the most mainstream, and complain it’s the most mainstream… wild
Show threadremoteloveAug 14, 2023

You are totally missing the point, just like you missed the point in your last deleted post.

I think we all want to see most instances and communities thrive. With this being the most “mainstream” instance, it gives many users their first glimpse into Lemmy and the rest of the federation. If the first thing people see is the same shitty admin actions that Reddit was known for, they puts a huge damper on adaptation.

If the first few days are spent looking for an instance where their communities and comments won’t get banned, it just makes for a shitty experience.

Show threadxthedeerlordxAug 14, 2023

If the first few days are spent looking for an instance where their communities and comments won’t get banned

this is just the other side of the coin of finding a community that aligns with you.

If the first thing people see is the same shitty admin actions that Reddit was known for, they puts a huge damper on adaptation.

So take accountability. If you don’t want people to just see posts of users whining, then do something constructive about it.

Ya’ll can hate how social media works all you want. Yet so few actually DO anything about it aside from complain. Just continuing to push the optics to what YOU want it to be rather than what the admins of LemmyWorld want to see. If that doesn’t align with you, then leave. it’s not complicated

Show threadremotelove

accountability

Your point of reference is flipped. I don’t need to take accountability for something that the admins are doing.

optics

Banning one community for being “illegal” while not banning another gives some fairly spectacular visuals.

Aug 14, 2023 at 11:15pmWeb
Show threadxthedeerlordxAug 14, 2023

Your point of reference is flipped. I don’t need to take accountability for something that the admins are doing.

Nah, it’s on you. No one is forcing you to use lemmyworld

Banning one community for being “illegal” while not banning another gives some fairly spectacular visuals.

false equivalence isn’t going to get you too far. If you think it’s so easy to moderate communities that walk the line of illegal/legal, then by all means, start your own instance.

fairly spectacular visuals.

this made me lol. it’s not some egregious action against the prestigious mushroom community… most casual users likely won’t even know this happened in a couple days, let alone give a single fuck…

Show threadremoteloveAug 14, 2023

false equivalence

Do you even know what that means? I am writing off this conversation as pointless.