This is in regard to Lemmy.world blocking piracy communities from other instances. This post is not about whether you agree with the decision. It's about how the admins informed their users.

A week ago Lemmy.world announced their Discord server. This wasn't very well received (about 25% downvotes, which is rather bad compared to other announcements). The comments on that post were turned off, presumably to avoid backlash.

Before that, announcements about the instance used to be posted to !lemmyworld@lemmy.world. This time, the information was posted on the Discord server instead.

I don't agree with this. Having to use a proprietary platform to participate in an open-source one goes against the very purpose for me, especially when the new solution isn't really an improvement (as before the information about the platform was closer to it).

Edit: Corrected the announcements community name.

Update: Lemmy.world finally released an announcement and promised they would inform about similar actions and gather feedback in advance in future.

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[–] gabe@literature.cafe 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It’s also likely to get into legal issue. I like sdf but the fact they aren’t defederating from the pedophile instance is really really bad.

[–] wahming@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Which instance is that?

[–] gabe@literature.cafe 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Lemmy.sdf.org they are a very very very old internet tech focused community that’s been since the late 80s. They’ve been pretty much everywhere on the internet as it’s grown

[–] WldFyre@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I think they meant which instance is the pedophile one haha

[–] wahming@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I know what sdf is, what is the pedophile instance you're referring to?

[–] gabe@literature.cafe 2 points 11 months ago

Ah my bad. I don't really feel comfortable saying their name completely openly because they are very aggressive to any and all people who point that out, but they allow loli/shotacon and attract a lot of open pedophiles. Wont say the name outright, but if you go to https://lemmy.world/instances and scroll down to "blocked" and look at the first one, that's it. Do not go to that instance. I'm serious, the content they host is illegal in many jurisdictions.