3w ago

Lemmy.world policy change "Respectful Dissent" - "We're going to allow some “flat earth” comments. We’re going to force some moderators to accept some “flat earth” comments."

A user should be able to (respectfully, infrequently) post/comment about a study showing marijuana is a gateway drug to !marijuana without moderation tools being used to censor that content.

Some communities will receive an immediate notice with a link to this new policy. The most egregious communities will comply, or their moderators will be removed from those communities.

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Hexbear unveils it's masterplan to overtake lemmy:
- another example of the 'do nothing, win' meme in the wild.

the wise admin bowed their head solemnly and posted: "theres actually zero difference between true & false things. you imbecile. you fucking moron"
- this is what you get for resisting our fake bias checker bot

: Unlike those perfidious Hexbears, we believe in allowing respectful dissent
1 years later
: Why are there so many Nazis and grifters here?

The same instance that preemptively defederated hexbear as a last resort. They'll allow dissenting views only if they agree with their hitlerian agenda and exhaust anyone to the left of Reagan

What are the chances that this policy extends to allowing left leaning dissent in their bubble?
- 0 They are going to ask why there is Nazism in their anticommunism, and/or implode before they allow leftism.
- Communist flat-Earther sounds like a kino bit.
  
  There actually was a dangerous Soviet psychic research division, but that's just what siege socialism called for. They needed to develop psions to help fight against the Amerikan Empire's techno-feudalist Lemurian allies from beyond the Icewall in the Arctic. You can read all about it in my newsletter Cryokinesis: Letters from the Psychic Cold War.
  
  I'm an Ancient Alien Possadist thank you very much
- All the users seem to be mad about it because they may have to deal with tankies.
  So all that will change is it becomes a nazi haven faster

shoutout to the comment I made a while ago about how the flat earth thing is just fed shit used as a measure for the effectiveness of their ability to convince the public of whatever they want because no one could seriously post anything about believing the earth is flat ten years ago without being laughed at but now suddenly you're faced to treat this shit as if it's a serious thing to believe in all kinds of online spaces

I assumed you were exaggerating but no, that title is a direct fucking quote.
- They have the worst PR/spokespeople.
  Even when they do smart decisions they message it in worst ways (not that this is one of them)
  Like when their worldnews and politics comms banned amp links, not because they are terrible but because the mbfc bot couldn't handle them
- I assumed it was actually something else more reactionary. My expectations for them are lower than the settler in chief.

Building a new reddit, but somehow even worse
- Not just permitting but FORCING flat eartherism (among other 'perspectives') have some comments 'be permitted' to be unremoved LMAO
  And some of the comments bootlicking 'tHanKs FoR aLlOwInG tHiS' as though it is a service to be forced to routinely debunk obvious falsehoods as though you're in debate club
  
  oh i assumed those are admin sockpuppets

At least there's exceptions for marginalized safe spaces...

There's exceptions for marginalized safe spaces right?
(Trick question there's no marginalized safe spaces on .world)