Comment on Be the change you want to see in Lemmy
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week agoI don’t have any particular rules in mind, but some examples might include active moderation team, obviously registrations being open and if you really want to make it easy, either no application question or having it automatically approved by an automod of some kind
Hexbear meets those requirements, which rule would you add to exclude them? Back in the day, exploding heads would fit them too
That was just rules to make it work on the technical side - you’re not helping the user experience if you have to wait half a day until someone manually approves your registration.
The rest would need to be discussed and actually thought out (and agreed upon with Lemmy devs, who own the join-lemmy domain).
I haven’t given it much thought because I see no point if it never gets implemented.
Cooking up global fediverse rules specifically meant to try and exclude an instance is crossing the line imo. If you don’t like interacting with them, join one of the many instances that have already blocked them.
This kind of crusade goes against the spirit of the fediverse imo.
Have a look at that frontpage and tell me if you think an average potential new joiner is going to stick around: lemmygrad.ml
As long as it’s clearly labeled as something like “a communist instance”, why not? Some potential Lemmy users would probably feel right at home. It doesn’t even have to be a controversial label, just a factual description that the Lemmygrad people would agree with.
In that case I agree. The issue I see is people saying “just give new joiners a random instance across the top 20”, denying the unique culture of a few of them
These aren’t global fediverse rules, they’re constraints meant to apply specifically to the new user experience on Lemmy only.
ArtificialHoldings@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Personally I’m totally fine with just hand selecting starter instances rather than trying to maintain a facade of neutrality. So many instances defederate with hexbear that it’s a different experience and should probably be an intentional choice for the user.
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Interesting idea