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I think a this is a bigger issue then just .worlds stance on piracy. Lemmy.world has put it self forward as the "front page of lemmy" but has now also removed one of the largest community using lemmy. And did so with no input on a discord server (not on any instance). This front page status was already shakey with all the down time and clunk. This seems like maybe not the best side to show new users.

Just wondering and looking at the mod log for one admin and maybe I am crazy but are they unbanning and rebaning users? (Keep in mind it goes new on top):

• admin Banned @snake from the community Lemmy.world Announcements reason: troll
• admin Unbanned @snake
• admin Banned @soviettaters from the community Lemmy.world Announcements reason: Troll
• admin Unbanned @soviettaters
• admin Unbanned @ilfi
• admin Removed Comment Spineless pieces of shit. by @sused reason: toxic
• admin Banned @sused reason: Bye
• admin Banned@ilfi reason: Inactive account comes back to troll. Bye

Yeah but in this case you still keep your seed, but now I also have that seed..... MAGIC!

Did they get any? I mean I have got some and I don't even host anything at all. I am wondering what they did or did not get in relation to legal action.

But we have no tools to migrate users or communities. We can not vote with our feet so much as start over and over and over.

Maybe I should just crosspost this to !mander@mander.xyz

Hmmmm, and it does not help the controversy when this issue seems to happen to then fill smaller instances with .ml posts.......

So are reddit mods, does not make this less slimy

I don't think it is so difficult but I also think that would lessen the depth and breadth of lemmy as a whole by limiting full participation behind self hosting.

I can not in good conscience do that and my statement had nothing to do with the nature of the fediverse. I am saying it is a bad look to tell the world you represent Lemmy but also censor instances. This is not a fediverse technical issue but a broader more general issue of integrity and claims.

What? I am actually confused here, are you saying anyone can represent a group or individual without their permission or knowledge? And this is not some ethical issue?

Yeah, that is kinda what these boxes are for.

make a new account on another instance? You could I am sure get fancy but eh, its not a bad process.

I wonder why sand makes it red out but smoke seems to make it more orange out. Do you think this will be normal weather to people soon? Like 60% chance of RED today?

Do they have the right to be our "front page"?

And yet they are still struggling to sell the 8.8 million they make a year.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/06/2022-us-auto-sales-are-worst-in-more-than-a-decade-.html

Well there is a big issue with LW to any smaller instances if this is working like you think. Right now being on mander is like having less then half of lemmy and I would guess that if it can happen with mander it can/is happening with others.

Yeap, no point in using mander right now ether.

Well we would also not want to be here if .ml was favoured over any other instance, that would kinda make the idea of federation a bit pointless.

Sorry I would have replied sooner but .world was down again.

I think the issue is that .world has put itself forward as some sort of super lemmy. The landing page for new users. I agree people should move but also that we do kinda need a superish lemmy, but one that maybe has all the good and bad. Would it make any sense to have an instance that has no communities of its own but also has all the instances?

Almost under a day. I can now see .world, midwest.social, .ee and others in my feed.

Are you actually childish enough to whine that people are using a comment based website to comment?

Why are the thank you posts getting upthings when they provide no substance? I mean the tone above is not very nice but at least it highlights the need for migration tools.

But they are the ones putting themselves up as the superlemmy instance? They are trying to convince people this is the new reddit but somehow that there would be nothing questionable posted?

I agree but that is what .world has asked of people. They have placed themselves here as the landing place for new users.

Yeahhhh, please leave reddit (they still run ads there for this instance) for lemmy.

I guess they wanted people to feel at home?

The issue is that they have called themselves the "front page of Lemmy" and have taken the role to represent all of us to the larger world. This is I think the reason it rubs me the wrong way. Any other instance did this, cool. This one, not so cool.

"A generic Lemmy server for everyone* to use.

The World’s Internet Frontpage Lemmy.world is a general-purpose Lemmy instance of various topics, for the entire world** to use."

*everyone we approve **entire world may not include you

The advertisement and push they did on sites like reddit and their listing on join-lemmy.org (when they where still listed) made them the biggest instance. And with the name Lemmy.world they did nothing to dissuade anyone from thinking that. If this was all randos pushing the instance then boo to them, but I also saw nothing from .world not claiming to be the bigger instance(super lemmy)

.world took those 100k happily and with open arms........