Comment on Why is programming.dev federated with exploding heads?

SuperFola@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Here’s the front page of exploding-heads.com. It has a picture of a trans person hanging themselves with slurs I censored with an emoji since it’s probably against the rules to post here

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  • markeuzu@exploding-heads.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I thought this one was funnier tbh

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  • apotheotic@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    God, that is actively depressing. Why can’t people leave us alone 😟

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• Shikadi@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  There’s a lot of disinformation and propaganda on it. They also used rammy.site to post exclusively harmful shit because it’s unmoderated

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  • SuperFola@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Thanks for the info

    Definitely looks like a place you don’t want to interact with

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    • Shikadi@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Np, I left my previous instance when I learned they don’t defederate at all. Beehaw might take it too far, but I can’t be part of a free speech absolutist group that doesn’t understand the consequences of giving a platform to those types of campaigns

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      • nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Sad to see it. I’m still holding out hope that they’ll do the responsible thing.

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• Blamemeta@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  They are not left wing, mainly.

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  • Akisamb@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    A particular flavour of right wing though. One that goes out of it’s way to say the most aboherent shit on people that are not like them.

    In France we’ve got laws to regulate this type of speech. Say that AIDS is god’s punishment to the homosexuals -> get a fine (or if it’s the twentieth time you do it, go to jail).

    I don’t find it shocking that people are banning content that some countries judge so problematic that they are ready to put people in jail for it.

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  • Darorad@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    No, it’s that they’re massive bigots that harass people

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  • Shikadi@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Go find me a left wing instance that spreads hateful disinformation and incites violence and I’ll ask to defederate with them too. Just because the right is the only side doing it doesn’t mean they’d be removed for being on the right.

    If someone goes to jail because they murdered someone, it wasn’t because of their political preferences.

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    • Blamemeta@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Hexbear? A stretch, but lemmygrad?

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      • Shikadi@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Just looked at hexbear. I’d defederate them too. Though given they’re shitting all over liberals and saying how great Stalin was, I wouldn’t call them left wing either, other than liking communism. But maybe it counts as not right wing?

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      • Shikadi@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        The time I spent interacting with lemmygrad, it seemed to me that although they were completely misinformed (Stalin denial and such) they believed what they were saying and weren’t actively and knowingly trying to hurt people. They believe the Chinese government is good and heading in the right direction for example. Their goal, while heavily misinformed, is to make life better for people. Not to spread hate and discrimination and violence. It’s a lot more gray area imo. I highly doubt the people spreading shit through exploding heads don’t know what they’re posting is bs. I could be wrong though. Regardless, I’d understand if the decision was made to defederate with them, but they’re not going around saying “kill trans people, kill the Jews” to my knowledge. I haven’t seen hexabear yet

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