They said why they don’t join there: federation with unsavory instances
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JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 2 days agoThere’s only one mexican instance
Join it and make it better.
it uses a whitelist and it fucking federates with grad
Change that fact, or accept it, or use blocking features (which are not lacking).
Sure, these won’t be popular suggestions, but IMO social media should not be just another form of shopping, where we pick exactly what agrees with us best, and annoys us least, and then lock the door to keep everything else out.
glimse@lemmy.world 2 days ago
JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Yes and I answered that argument
glimse@lemmy.world 2 days ago
But then you’re supporting an instance that in turn supports something you don’t agree with. lemmy.world federated with a furry server and I don’t mind just blocking it because I don’t want to see it…but if something like hexbear gets federated, I’m gone.
JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 2 days ago
This - IMO - is the kind of thinking that has got US politics into the state it’s in today.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 2 days ago
Your views here go against the nature of the fediverse. You’re telling people they should go there and be unhappy with their choices. That’s not how the fediverse works.
The fediverse way to to spun up a Mexican server which does have the views and federation people want, and encourage others to join naturally.
JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Well, if the true nature of the fediverse is to encourage people to silo themselves into echo chambers where they never have to deal with others who don’t already share all their values and opinions - if that’s truly the point of this thing - then yes, apparently I’m wasting my time here. I still hope there’s a better way.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 2 days ago
Ah I believe this is the Either/Or logical fallacy.
People not wanting to see hate speech or propaganda does not mean they are in echo chambers. Those are two different things.
It also doesn’t stand with my original statement. Go set up your own instance that is welcoming. That would prove that it’s not an echo chamber and expand the fediverse. Win win from what I see. Let us know when it’s up.
JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 2 days ago
You know that bad guys are now calling your ideas “hate speech” and “propaganda”, right? And they believe it as much as you do. How do you propose to get out of this mess if not by talking?