So lemmy needs a “soft” block. A system that moderates it out of the default streams, but allows an individual user to still add communities they want to see in their subscriptions.
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CoderKat@lemm.ee 1 year agoIMO it’s not a good solution to just say “just block the bigots”. The problem is that for new users, they are going to see those bigoted posts. They’re going to either think that’s what kind of site Lemmy is and potentially leave, or they’ll potentially get pulled in by the bigots. Both are bad situations.
Especially for blatant bigotry, it makes perfect sense to take measures to ensure that the site is safe for everyone by default, without every individual person having to take action (especially those without accounts or not signed in).
mwguy@infosec.pub 1 year ago
melmc@freeatlantis.com 1 year ago
@CoderKat
I guess you define “safe” as “never being exposed to an opinion that offends you”. Good luck with that standard. It seems entirely subjective.
cc: @jonne @fr0g
fr0g@infosec.pub 1 year ago
You’re strawmanning so hard here, it’s an actual fire hazard.
stilgar@infosec.pub 1 year ago
They are correct though, it is subjective and it will shift over time as the “acceptable” political lines change over time.
fr0g@infosec.pub 1 year ago
Bigotry, blatant bigotry especially is hardly subjective. It’s more subtle forms might be harder to indentify without making some biased judgements, but that doesn’t make it inherently subjective.