Defederation from Lemmygrad.ml

lwadmin@lemmy.worldmod to Lemmy.World Announcements@lemmy.world – 1629 points –

Hello World,

Today, after careful consideration and evaluation of recent events, we have decided to defederate from Lemmygrad.

Regrettably, we have observed a significant increase in hate speech and calls to violence originating from the Lemmygrad instance. Due to the severity of the posts and comments, we are not waiting for the next Lemmy update that will allow users to block instances.

At Lemmy.world, we have always strived to foster an inclusive and welcoming user environment. However, recent posts and comments from Lemmygrad have clearly violated our server rules and, more importantly, our core values. We firmly believe that hate speech and incitement of violence have no place in our community, regardless of personal beliefs or affiliations.

As always, we encourage all users to report any content they deem inappropriate or harmful. No matter one's stance in any conflict, Lemmy.world will always take immediate action to remove and ban any posts or comments that incite violence or propagate hatred.

We encourage everyone to continue engaging in discussions within the boundaries of respect and understanding. As we move forward with this decision, we remain committed to providing all community members with a safe and welcoming space. We appreciate your continued support and cooperation in upholding our shared principles.

Thank you,

The Lemmy.World Team

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Isn't that also kind of what is happening to Twitter right now?

Yep. In welcoming back the Nazis, Elon made it clear he intended to make it a Nazi forum. Oh, he said a few things about "free speech zones" or something, but when you peel back the veneer of idealism, you just find a bunch of Nazis.

They love "free speech zones," because no one wants to share a forum with Nazis and leave when the Nazis take over.

Whenever someone makes a big deal about allowing "free speech," it always ends up meaning hate speech.

You can value free speech without supporting that.

Indeed, and most places do.

I'd hope so, but I hardly see anyone mention free speech without painting it as being on the side of bigots and bringing up arguments against it.

Because bigots love to wield it as a weapon and use the term in bad faith.

You sure that's why? I can't help but feel like a lot of people are genuinely anti free speech now.