lwadminAug 15, 2023

Removal of piracy communities

https://lemmy.world/post/3234363

Removal of piracy communities - Lemmy.World

Earlier, after review, we blocked and removed several communities that were providing assistance to access copyrighted/pirated material, which is currently not allowed per Rule #1 of our Code of Conduct. The communities that were removed due to this decision were: - [email protected] [/c/[email protected]] - [email protected] [/c/[email protected]] - [email protected] [/c/[email protected]] We took this action to protect lemmy.world, lemmy.world’s users, and lemmy.world staff as the material posted in those communities could be problematic for us, because of potential legal issues around copyrighted material and services that provide access to or assistance in obtaining it. This decision is about liability and does not mean we are otherwise hostile to any of these communities or their users. As the Lemmyverse grows and instances get big, precautions may happen. We will keep monitoring the situation closely, and if in the future we deem it safe, we would gladly reallow these communities. The discussions that have happened in various threads on Lemmy make it very clear that removing the communites before we announced our intent to remove them is not the level of transparency the community expects, and that as stewards of this community we need to be extremely transparent before we do this again in the future as well as make sure that we get feedback around what the planned changes are, because lemmy.world is yours as much as it is ours.

Show threadsoviettaters
Ight, I’m out
Aug 15, 2023 at 4:12pmWeb
Show threadMereoAug 15, 2023
Understand that Lemmy.world is run by volunteers. It is not a company. They don’t have the resources to fight legal battles. The Fediverse is big, feel free to migrate to another instance if you want to participate in that community.
Show threadelia169Aug 15, 2023
But why would lemmy.world be the target of those supposed legal battles? These instances aren't even hosted on lemmy.world.
Show threadSilverserenAug 16, 2023

Because of federation, all federated discussions that have participants from an instance save a local copy of that thread to the source instance the user is from.

So any infringement on one instance will be an infringement on any instances participants came from.

Show threadOverfedRaccoon 🦝Aug 15, 2023
Between Beehaw and LemmyWorld, I’m on my third account at this point. What starts as an alt quickly becomes the main under the right circumstances. 😂
Show threadMubelotixAug 15, 2023
Join smaller instances, they don’t do that there
Show threadOverfedRaccoon 🦝Aug 15, 2023
I wish I could find the post/comment from a small instance admin that said it quickly became a nightmare trying moderate without a team, and people were filling their drive storage with white noise files and crap, needing to be purged twice. I believe they even mentioned they were shutting down the instance, and mentioned it being a cautionary tale of why not to join a smaller instance.
Show threadhoodatninjaAug 15, 2023
Make your own instance where you can attract the ire of the FBI yourself lol
Show threadBlazeAug 15, 2023
waveform.social/post/310138
Sunsetting Waveform.social - waveform.social

Hi there, I have decided to take down waveform.social. There are too many nefarious actors trying to break it and I don’t have the time or energy to keep fighting them off. For your information: Over the pas month I have had to: 1. Add various DDOS prevention measures to block unwanted (repeated) signups. 2. Delete a bunch of literal white noise uploads that filled my 4TB picture storage… Twice. 3. Repair Lemmy (or rather pictures) after it crashed because of full storage. I will keep waveform.social active until Friday next week so you can pull data from here, though I expect most of it has been federated to other servers anyway.

Show threadOverfedRaccoon 🦝Aug 15, 2023
Thank you so much for finding it! This is it
Show threadHauiAug 15, 2023

I read the exact comment you just quoted. I‘m not sure either who it was but I could check if I answered to it :)

But anyway, I‘d be down to help if anyone needs help. I already told the admin of my instance that I‘m game.

Show threadvoid_wandererAug 15, 2023
Any recommendation? I don’t want to accidentally sign up on some right wing instance etc.
Show threadspidermanAug 15, 2023
my instance is pretty cool, but i think it would be better for you to find an instance that’s tailored to your hobby/past time.
Show threadRiskAug 15, 2023
Gotta choose progressively smaller instances until you self-host.
Show threadLimeeyAug 15, 2023
You can solve your “problem” by running your own instance and federate with whoever you want
Show threadHauiAug 15, 2023
Thats actually what I‘m gonna do at some point. Your instance needs to be exposed, right? No chance it would work behind a firewall without a tunnel?
Show threadLimeeyAug 15, 2023
If you want to federate, then yes. Your instance needs to accept the activity pub messages sent by the instances you federate with. You would also need to send out the apub notices whenever you do activity on your instances
Show threadHauiAug 15, 2023
That makes total sense. I guess it was wishful thinking on my side. So I‘ll need to wait until I‘m ready to get a vps then. Thanks for elaborating. :)
Show threadm-p{3}Aug 15, 2023

From the modlog

Banned @[email protected] reason: Let us help you

That is petty and thin-skinned af lmao

Modlog - Lemmy.ca

Lemmy

Show threadzabilAug 15, 2023
The modlog is a great feature. Thank you for sharing
Show threadspidermanAug 15, 2023

At least there is a public modlog for accountability on Lemmy

This is one of the features I like in Lemmy so far.

Show threadSovietTatersAug 15, 2023
Here’s my new account. I found a random tiny instance and am chillin. I’d rather you not ban my new account (since I did nothing wrong) but bygones will be bygones.