Did the admins poll the community about it? Why was such measure so needed? If the tankie content is so annoying why not let users decide what they want to see or not and what they want to block?
I don't like that the admins want to censor the content I can view or not. You guys are not protecting us nor doing us a favor, you're imposing your views over everyone else by limiting the information we are able to receive.
I don't support the devs views or the views in lemmygrad, but this is a dangerous precedent.
I've read several of the "arguments" for blocking the instance and all I can see is a bunch of people talking about politics and arguing about "floods in the frontpage". Well, let the user block communities if that's the case, same way I'm already blocking communities I'm not interested.
I think the admins want to feel like Facebook moderation. I'd be OK with it if any instance repeatedly generated spam, security, doxxing or any other concern that couldn't be solved by banning individuals, otherwise it's just plain censorship.
I just don't want the admins to use their power to decide what I can see or not. If this is going to be like this, I'll leave for a better instance because I can see where this is going to.
So, a political thing? And why I'm not allowed to see denialist content? Am I a baby? You feel like a baby that needs parental control from admins?
Sorry for the hostility but that's what this boils down to. Admin decisions over users. And I don't care about whatever political/worldview controversy they use to base their abuse of power.
What's the line, though? No content should ever be moderated/removed? I'm sure there is a topic or viewpoint you have no interest in being inundated with that is fine for someone else. If there isn't, that's abnormal based on my personal experience.
Yes, I regularly block communities from my feed. It is my decision. I am not delegating this decision to the admins. What's the line? I already mentioned: overall security, spam, legal issues, totally fine to me.
All I'm doing is to ask questions and express discomfort about the server owner restricting my access and you guys get all defensive
I think you not wrong but at the same time, you should look at the context here. Instances are being run by private people, not professional corporations.
I feel like you expect company level support here and want explanations why things are moderated a certain way. But this is up to the instance owner. You can ask why but if you don't get a response, that's basically your answer.
Good thing is, you can pick an instance where the moderator actually does respond to you and engages in discussions about why he did what he did. I love that we are federated.