It was banned on Reddit because it is racist, hatefull and spread Conspiracies.

In my new community I expect the exclution of racist communities. It is easy now with defederation. Nazis can do whatever they want on their instances, but the instances I want to be part of should not amplify their shit and flush it into our timelines.

The instance-admin of !thedonald@sh.itjust.works did not reply to my message. Big instances seem not to defederate with them.

The new TD may not be a success, the point is not to give Nazis a platform like it is happening now. Fans of TD are racists.

Where are the instances that show face against racism?

edit: to contact the admins: @donut @TheDude @smorks

edit2: @TheDude deleted the community :)

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      Seriously. Defederation should be a last resort against spammers and outright attacks on other instances, not because you dont agree with a single community.

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        Historically this group has been responsible for an absolute shitload of spam and outright attacks.

        I was doxxed by them. They had links to a discord group that included my full name, address, email, and phone number. There was a whole list, it’s one of the first reasons they were quarantined. There was a comment that read “anyone with spare bullets can send them here”.

        This is a lot more than “I simply don’t agree with that community”. They are trash who will trash up any platform they can reach.

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          Sounds like a great place to practice OPSEC. But sucks if you get doxxed for real. I hope you’re safe.

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            And it was absolutely a case of negligent opsec.

            I suspect what happened is that I posted pictures on reddit that I also posted on Facebook. A reverse image search links my reddit account to my facebook account, and therefore a real name and name of city. With that, the rest is public information.

            It was a wakeup call that the internet contains the best and the worst of humanity, and the worst will come after you at the earliest opportunity.

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        Defederation should be a last resort against spammers and outright attacks on other instances, not because you dont agree with a single community.

        100% agree

        Also, it should be noted that this ‘The_Donald’ community is literally just one user making posts.

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      Just blocking the community doesn’t prevent the users in that community from harassing minorities and generally spreading disinformation and hate. It’s offloading extra moderation work to every instance who federates with them. Unless that instance is also okay with fascists interacting in bad faith, of course.

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          No one is saying everyone in the instance is guilty; people are saying that the instance is going to become toxic to the point where it becomes hard to tell.

          If you are in that instance and don’t want to tied to this rhetoric, talk to your admin about banning the Donald.

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        You’ve got a good point. Ultimately every instance is responsible for its users and their behavior. Harassment should not be tolerated.

        SIJW needs to make a decision. IMHO it’s perfectly fine to say that your instance is not prepared to deal with that kind of shit regardless of how open and accommodating you want to be.

        If they believe there’s a space for “moderate trump supporters” that’s their decision but they are on the hook for any harassment caused by their users.

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        Yes! Hold the instance owners accountable for allowing that shit to fester and be rebroadcast.

        Nine people dining at a table with a Nazi means you have ten Nazis.

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          Nine people dining at a table with a Nazi means you have ten Nazis.

          This doesn’t make any sense.

          One of my long time friends is a genuine racist. Am I a racist then too because I’m friends with him even though our views on this topic (and many others) differ quite dramatically?

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              I agree that it depends. However such nuance was not included in the original statement. It was absolute

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                Oh, no, it is absolute: if you say and do nothing, then at best, you’re allowing the harm they cause to happen, and at worse reinforcing their behavior.

                So yes, if you have racist friends and you sit silently then yes, you’re a racist supporter.

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      I support defederatiom personally because it sends a stronger message from the community. Blocking the community is “I don’t want to see this.” Defederating is “we don’t want to see this.”

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        So, from what I’ve gathered, many consider the broad lesson learnt from various defederation dramas over on mastodon is that making a genuine attempt to voice concern with the instance admins prior to defederation is almost always the better way to go. It avoids drama and inconvenience while promoting a better ecosystem of cooperation between instance admins and their users.

        Obviously at some point when there aren’t better options and users need to be protected, use defederation, that’s what it’s for.

        But at this point, I’d try to talk or have our admins talk to the instance admin first.

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        I agree. It may help send a message that the community isn’t tolerated, hopefully getting it removed.

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        Unfortunately, users don’t have the option to block entire instances. We need to rely on our moderating overlords to do it for us.

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          It would be pretty easy to filter content from specific instances in a Lemmy app without Lemmy explicitly supporting it on the server side. I’m working on an Android app right now, as soon as all the basic stuff is done I’ll implement it.

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          Facebook attempts to join- “We must stop this to prevent corporate power and growth.” Bigots join- “Let’s hear them out.”

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            Let’s hear them out

            …I mean… they might have something to say that we haven’t heard and been repulsed by a thousand times already!

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          Difference between instances (Facebook) and communities (DT). Latter is easily blocked by users themselves, former might threaten the longevity of the fediverse.

          Not saying I agree with that, but comparing the two is not fair.