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> You're free to not use it if you disagree with how it's moderated. Yes, and I urge everyone reading this thread to also not use it. I'm telling them why they

> You're free to not use it if you disagree with how it's moderated. Yes, and I urge everyone reading this thread to also not use it. I'm telling them why they should opt not to use it. I disagree, and I disagree to the extent that I think it would be counterproductive for anyone who believes in open source or freedom of speech to go use an instance run by people who clearly hold positions counter to those values. Because at the end of the day you don't trust people who support authoritarian censorship with the stack that you try to speak freely on.

imiric 3y ago
You're still missing the point that this article is about Lemmy, the software, and not about a specific instance. There is no single Lemmy "platform". Maybe you didn't read it, so I'll reproduce a part of it here: > As you can see we are not a faceless corporation that is accomodating to everyone. We are individuals with our own opinions. If you disagree with these, it is no problem! You can still freely use the Lemmy software on different instances. If you host your own instance, we have no control over it at all and are unable to censor what users say. For more details read the documentation on censorship resistance. In practice, the instance list already contains various instances whose content would be banned from lemmy.ml immediately. Whatever disagreement you have with the developers, it has no relevance to the software. I hope you realize the harm that comments like yours do to the adoption of software that benefits society. You're doing more harm than whatever you blame these developers for.
- bioemerl 3y ago
  I detailed very specifically why their opinions are of interest here. Unless you have a reason to tell me that their support for a country which actively and happily censors people and the ideals which allow that censorship to happen is not relevant, you aren't making a solid point here. This isn't just a cute little disagreement of opinion that you can brush over. And you cannot disconnect the developers from the software. They are very connected in the developers still have a lot of influence over it, even if it's open source.

imiric 3y ago

You're still missing the point that this article is about Lemmy, the software, and not about a specific instance. There is no single Lemmy "platform". Maybe you didn't read it, so I'll reproduce a part of it here: > As you can see we are not a faceless corporation that is accomodating to everyone. We are individuals with our own opinions. If you disagree with these, it is no problem! You can still freely use the Lemmy software on different instances. If you host your own instance, we have no control over it at all and are unable to censor what users say. For more details read the documentation on censorship resistance. In practice, the instance list already contains various instances whose content would be banned from lemmy.ml immediately. Whatever disagreement you have with the developers, it has no relevance to the software. I hope you realize the harm that comments like yours do to the adoption of software that benefits society. You're doing more harm than whatever you blame these developers for.

bioemerl 3y ago
I detailed very specifically why their opinions are of interest here. Unless you have a reason to tell me that their support for a country which actively and happily censors people and the ideals which allow that censorship to happen is not relevant, you aren't making a solid point here. This isn't just a cute little disagreement of opinion that you can brush over. And you cannot disconnect the developers from the software. They are very connected in the developers still have a lot of influence over it, even if it's open source.