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[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 71 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (8 children)

news@lemmy.ml restricts saying anything even vaguely anti-russian in a time when Russia is effectively trying destroy the west. At the same time, they're allowing rather blatant anti-west sentiment. And I'm not saying that that's fundamentally bad, but rather that there is no such thing as unbiased.

Reddit sure sucks and needs to die though. But their bias of not supporting murder is somewhat understandable.

By inconsistently choosing when they will moderate supporting murder and when they won't, they are essentially deciding what murder is okay. And that "should" disqualify them from section 230 protections. It doesn't because section 230 is too broad. But by picking which third party content to allow they are essentially editorializing using other people words.

[–] ubergeek 26 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

But their bias of not supporting murder is somewhat understandable.

Its not murder, it's self defense. A mass murderer was stopped by Luigi, end of story.

[–] i_ben_fine@lemmy.one 9 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

The government has accused Luigi of stopping a mass murderer.

[–] ryper@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 hours ago

And somehow they've spun that as terrorism.

[–] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 6 hours ago

Hmm, I shit on Russia all the time every chance I get and as far as I know I was never warned about it, even on lemmy.ml

[–] Vopyr@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

news@lemmy.ml restricts saying anything even vaguely anti-russian

Cringe

[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 16 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Great thing about Lemmy is that I can block all instances from lemmy.ml.

[–] Literocola@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

How do I block .ml results?

Are there other servers which amplify problematic content?

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (3 children)

So the Tankie Triad is:

  • lemmy.ml
  • hexbear
  • lemmygrad.ml

Edit: ~~The trouble is that, as far as I know, there's currently no way as a user to block an entire instance. You can play whack-a-/C and block communities as you bump into them. The other option is to look for instances that have de-federated from these instances, and make a new account on one of those instances.~~

As @Samskara@sh.itjust.works pointed out, instance blocking is possible:

You can block instances in your settings. For your instance, that's lemmy.ca/settings then selects blocks and add the instances you want to block

Are there other servers which amplify problematic content?

There's a lot more than the 3 listed above, the ones I listed are militant in their belief that Russia and China are Marxist-Leninist utopias. There's some communities and users across all the instances that are problematic. If you see something you don't like, block the user or community.

[–] holdstrong@lemm.ee 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

There doesn’t seem to be a way to block all users of an instance though unfortunately. You can still see posts and comments they make on other instances

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 hours ago

Whack-a-mole sadly, but I will say that not every user on an instance you don't want to interact with is necessarily going to be promoting content that you find objectionable.

[–] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

There's a lot more than the 3 listed above, the ones I listed are militant in their belief that Russia and China are Marxist-Leninist utopias.

  1. Hexbear hates Russia. They call Putin a fascist dictator / capitalist all the time.

  2. No one on Hexbear calls Russia or China a Marxist utopia. Pointing out that the CCP is using their power to build highspeed rail, nuclear energy, tons of public housing, and huge solar projects might seem like glazing, but I think those projects are worthy of praise. If the US built 40000km of highspeed rail, entire cities of public housing, tons of clean nuclear power plants, etc then I would be overjoyed to praise my country for doing something good.

  3. Supporting genocide is true tankieism. Anyone who isn't critical of the US's funding of genocide or the military industrial complex are the true tankies.

[–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

You can block instances in your settings. For your instance, that's lemmy.ca/settings then selects blocks and add the instances you want to block

[–] Literocola@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 hours ago

Thanks! Found it and blocked. Appreciate the help!

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 hours ago

Perfect! I'll edit my post.

[–] Silk@lemm.ee 17 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I saw the Hammer and Sickle on lemmy.ml and that was enough for me to know that they were probably Campists and Stalinists lol.

I guess it's good Lemmy has the different instances(?) even tho it's a bit annoying.

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 5 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

The beauty is that you can just block the annoying instances. I've blocked lemmy.ml so I don't see their communities, but can still see their users commenting on posts.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Not all of us are happy with it. The Pro-Russia, pro-China posts are enough to make me raise an eyebrow and keep my mouth shut when a mod comes around.

But... it's genuinely one of the better moderated instances. It is quite peaceful compared to other communities. I dont see lemmygrad, I dont see beehaw, it's just, restful

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

That's why I like my instance, the admins are great and we have the same mindset of federation: let the users decide who they want to block and only defederate from a instance if they're hugely problematic or doing something illegal.

I think lemmy.ml is federated with lemmygrad right? I never see their stuff either, it's probably such a small instance that it kinda gets lost from the activity of the bigger and more popular communities.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 hours ago

Yeah on second glance, it is federated with lemmygrad, but I somehow don't see the posts from there. Apparently, I've only blocked one sub from there "GenZedong", but that seems to be enough for me to not see any of their stuff at a ll.

I am currently slowly migrating towards another instance, but I genuinely do feel comfortable on lemmy.ml

[–] LittleBorat3@lemmy.world -1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

How idiotic to stay there get on an instance that does not have such a bias with the moderation.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 hours ago

I have accounts on other instances, but lemmy.ml is genuinely quite peaceful. I find myself always coming back to it.

There's a distinct lack of general abuse there, and people seem to restrain themselves from needless insults

[–] Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world 0 points 11 hours ago

Yes but its better that if people who are easily misled find .ml they don't just see a bunch of propaganda with noone arguing about it. It makes it look more normal. The best thing is to constantly call them idiots and accuse them of solvent abuse. That way when gullible idiots come across it they know it's stupid. A lot of people need to be told.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world -2 points 9 hours ago

The lemmy trash server triad is blocked here. Do they really even exist?

[–] LittleBorat3@lemmy.world 0 points 9 hours ago

Reddit can die when there is something better around and I don't see that in Lemmy etc. Especially with the shittier instances you mentioned.

If all the people came here and with them propaganda I think in terms of moderation you would be woefully unprepared.

Not you personally but all the mods on the instances.