Contextual Idiot

Thanks for sharing this info with us, I for one appreciate the transparency. And thanks for the work the admins and mods put in to keep the spam at bay!

I’ve been seeing that error, and sometimes when I click on a post it sends me to an error page instead. Reloading seems to work, eventually.

I owe you an apology, @sexy_peach@feddit.de . I didn’t mean to direct that comment only to you, but I see how it came across that way.

Upvotes and downvotes don’t have modifiers that let you say whether you agree or disagree, whether you think the comment is relevant, or whether you appreciate that someone took the time to respond but you disagree with their points. They’re too broad.

So without further information, like a reply, no one can really know why an upvote or downvote was cast.

So, would you care to discuss what I wrote in reply to your post?

Yeah, it was sad. One dude shouting to the void, basically. If that’s all it takes to get an instance defederated, then the Fediverse is doomed to be small oases in an ocean of fear and hatred.

I guess to some people, tolerance is conditional on whether you agree with what they said.

I’m not going to tolerate neo-nazis over here. I’m going to call out any of their shitty views and takes. Because they aren’t going away. Racism didn’t die, white supremacists didn’t fade away. Folks like to think they came back with Trump, but guess what? The call was coming from inside the room. It was always there, it was just taking a nap and waiting.

Cutting them off will just put them back into waiting mode, ready to pop up and spread their shit again. We, the society we, need to push back against their shit to keep regular folk from falling for their lies. It’s not going to be easy, and it’s certainly not a one person job. All of us need to do what we can, even if it’s just a downvote.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to unblock TheDonald to see what’s worth downvoting.

I just posted my comment in the Lemmy.ml thread, so we’ll see how THAT goes…

I just don’t get it.

Block the c/TheDonald community. That’s it. That’s all you need to do.

When it gets no visits, no views, and only it’s handful of users meme-ing each other, it’ll die. One of the big reasons TheDonald took off on Reddit was because of all the attention it got.

So, don’t give them attention. Don’t feed the trolls.

I’m not saying to tolerate neo-nazis. But running from them isn’t exactly a time proven strategy, either. They will exist, and it’s up to all of us to remind them that their views are garbage.

Click bait title, sounds like Musk talking out his ass again. No way either of them take the risk of injury or disability.

Hold up, HOLD UP. Do you love democracy?

_{r/prequelmemes has infected my brain.}

_{I feel dirty.}

We’re going to end up with sexy John Oliver posts, aren’t we?

All kidding aside, I think this is a great idea. I would put in another caveat though, that only users from this instance can vote for rule changes. But we should definitely invite ideas from everyone across the fediverse.