I just realised, I can’t post anything on lemmy.ml

So, I checked https://lemmy.ml/modlog, there’s a new moderator.

All posts and comments talking about China, Jinping, Russia, and Putin have been deleted and users banned

  • wit@lemmy.world
    13023·
    1 year ago

    I think this is bad for Lemmy as a whole, as a community but only due to misunderstanding and generalizations… People are going to equate the “censorship” on the server lemmy.ml as censorship on Lemmy, the platform/software. That is just NOT THE CASE. Please, whenever someone mentions lemmy.ml and its censorship or the likes, be fast to mention that that is a specific lemmy server and the beauty of lemmy is its decentralization and the fact that it is open source. There are plenty of other servers.

    I fear that this kind of thing drives people away from Lemmy, when it should not.

    • gelberhut@lemdro.idEnglish
      9116·
      1 year ago

      Well, the situation is a bit more complex. Admins of this “specific Lemmy Server” are creators and main maintainers of the Lemmy project as such.

      So, generalization you are afraid of makes some sense.

      • Kayn@dormi.zoneEnglish
        313·
        1 year ago

        Only if it’s actually having an effect on the Lemmy project.

        From what I’ve seen, the Lemmy devs recognize that their opinions aren’t welcome everywhere, and that Lemmy should not have any biases.

        • Natanael@slrpnk.netEnglish
          43·
          1 year ago

          That might still have secondary effects such as in what kind of moderation features they develop and support

          • hypelightfly@kbin.social
            35·
            1 year ago

            Hint: the moderation tools they are choosing to develop are none.

            They are intentionally refusing to develop any moderation tools despite current moderation tools not working and it being the biggest issue instance admins are facing.

            • Kayn@dormi.zoneEnglish
              71·
              1 year ago

              “Intentionally” is a bit overdramatizing, don’t you think?

              It’s just not as much of a priority, which is still questionable.

      • Socsa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        164·
        1 year ago

        It also has the largest worldnews community, which bans you for discussing a literal war in Europe

    • redtea@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Censorship is certainly the kind of thing that drove people away from dotworld for preemptively defederating from Hexbear by fiat.