DudePlutoAug 14, 2023

PSA: the largest piracy community is blocked from lemmy.world

https://lemmy.world/post/3193108

lemmy.world blocked the largest piracy community - Lemmy.world

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/2881638 [https://sh.itjust.works/post/2881638] > The largest piracy community is hosted over at [email protected] [/c/[email protected]] > > lemmy.world has blocked it. It appears to have also blocked [email protected] [/c/[email protected]]. > > If this is a problem for you, I’d suggest migrating accounts using LASIM [https://github.com/CMahaff/lasim/releases] to an instance that doesn’t block it (such as lemm.ee [https://lemm.ee/signup]). > > edit: > > An official announcement has been made: > > > [https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/209c5f83-f6a7-40a8-b1b3-ffaab9b6b5c3.webp]

Show threadFluffyPotatoAug 15, 2023
Turns out finding a good lemmy instance is a huge pain in the ass. I started on lemmy.ml but it was full of tankies so I moved to lemmy.world now they banned piracy so I’m on lemm.ee which gets a lot of crap from tankies still, not as bad as lemmy.ml but it’s really fucking annoying. Like I’m not interested in Russian propaganda or how the soviet union’s genocide was justified actually, please give the user a way to block all tankies and nazies and stop blocking things globally for everyone.
Show threadMadbrad200
Just block the ‘tankie’ communities and/or subscribe to communities you’re actually interested in instead of browsing c/all
Aug 15, 2023 at 2:42pmWeb
Show threadFluffyPotatoAug 15, 2023
But I like all, there’s often new stuff there I would miss otherwise. Also an excellent source of new things to subscribe to. Also blocking every community on like 3 instances would take way more effort than I want to put in. Like why not add functionality that let’s users block instances they want, why require defederation for such a simple feature.
Show threadMadbrad200Aug 15, 2023
I just block them whenever they pop up on my feed. It is annoying but they have have ~20 active communities on Lemmygrad and Hexbear each, at some point you’ll run out of places to block and they’re gone.
Show threadFluffyPotatoAug 15, 2023
Yea but what if lemm.ee decides to block piracy as well? Back to square one then. Honestly I’m thinking if self hosting at this point, at least then I get to decide on the bullshittery.
Show threadGorkAug 15, 2023

So far my experience with lemm.ee has been pretty good. No forced defederations that I’m aware of, generally free to browse whatever when in /r/all.

And it’s up pretty much all the time which helps.

Show threadbarooboodooAug 15, 2023
If you use one of the tools to migrate your account, the blocked communities are saved and come along to your new home instance.
Show threadTiefaAug 15, 2023
Could you post the tools to do that?
Show threadMadbrad200Aug 15, 2023
www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&…
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Show threadjohnthebeboptistAug 16, 2023
Oh my god thank you, been trying to find something that does exactly this for a while. Subscribed to hundreds of communities and blocked even more and I was seriously considering adding and blocking everything manually to another account on another instance. Thank god I was lazy with that.
Show threadArxCyberwolfAug 15, 2023
Problem is, people from Hexbear/Lemmygrad don’t stay in their corners. They brigade and flood into other communities and instances to spread their disinformation and vitriol, and shut out any real discussion. That’s been their explicit intended goal, to deny everyone else a forum. You can block their communities, but it’s the users themselves that are a serious problem. I’ve been blocking every Hexbear user I see and there’s still more that keep cropping up.
Show threadepicspongee [they/them or he/him]Aug 16, 2023
Where do they do this? Do you have links? So far what I’ve seen is they comment on posts that go viral on their instances, as they’re allowed to do. I can’t say I’ve had any problems with Hexbear users.
Show threadArxCyberwolfAug 16, 2023
Typically, it’s on any post that mentions China, Russia or Ukraine, especially on lemmy.ml. The defederation post on lemmy.ca (Link here) provides several examples of very poor behaviour by Hexbear users, and I can personally attest that it is worse than that, having seen it.
Deferated from hexbear.net - Lemmy.ca

Sorry (🍁) we did this without making a post, but after receiving several complaints we defederated from hexbear.net [http://hexbear.net] yesterday. Here’s a few quick examples of poor conduct by hexbear users: - Spamming bullshit links to the pig poop picture: https://lemmy.ca/u/[email protected] [/u/[email protected]] [https://lemmy.ca/u/[email protected]] - General trolling: https://lemmy.ca/comment/2146513 [https://lemmy.ca/comment/2146513] - Posting the pig poop emoji repeatedly and not adding value to discussions: https://lemmy.ca/u/[email protected] [/u/[email protected]] [https://lemmy.ca/u/[email protected]] https://lemmy.ca/u/[email protected] [/u/[email protected]] [https://lemmy.ca/u/[email protected]] - Calling for exections of landlords: https://lemmy.ca/comment/2154580 [https://lemmy.ca/comment/2154580] They warned their users to behave themselves, but that didn’t work: https://hexbear.net/post/280770?scrollToComments=false [https://hexbear.net/post/280770?scrollToComments=false] > Please read and respect the rules of the community instance in which you are posting/commenting. Please try to keep the dirtbag lib-dunking to hexbear itself. Do not follow the Chapo Rules of Posting, instead try to engage utilizing informed rhetoric with sources to dismantle western propaganda. Posting the western atrocity propaganda and pig poop balls is hilarious but will pretty quickly get you banned and if enough of us do it defederated. Realize that you are a representative of the hexbear instance when you post on other instances.