Lemmy.world announces blocking communities via Discord [update]
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.
For me, it's not that the community was blocked. That is the prerogative of lemmy.world admins. My problem is it wasn't announced here, it was only announced on Discord. That feels like they don't respect us as users of their community unless we're that deeply invested.
It wasn't announced anywhere. I'd wait and see what is announced. If the admins were served they might not legally be able to talk about it yet.
OP claims the opposite.
Anyone that has seen this discord post knows there is a lot more to it than what was posted here.
That's sort of the point.
Here's the announcement for anyone who wants to see I guess