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Lemmy.world removes its rules against discrimination
Submitted 8 months ago by HardlightCereal@lemmy.world to fediverse@lemmy.world
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Comments
ech@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Geert@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yes but what about black lesbians? They are cool to harass right? It’s not literally explained in the document so it must be!
BolexForSoup@kbin.social 8 months ago
Have never read a discrimination clause before? You don’t have to list literally ever combination. This is ignorant at its most charitable interpretation.
Boiglenoight@lemmy.world 8 months ago
HEAR HERE! (I DON’T KNOW WHICH ONE TO USE WHEN SHOUTING THIS EXPRESSION IN SUPPORT OF WHAT YOU ARE SAYING)
BolexForSoup@kbin.social 8 months ago
Not a single mention of discrimination because it doesn’t say anything about religion/race/gender/etc. It needs to specify this to be a rule about discrimination. Even the US federal government - which is the base line - has this spelled out.
ech@lemm.ee 8 months ago
While I don’t think it would be unwarranted, it’s also not specifically necessary. They can interpret that line to mean anything they want. It’s a volunteer run, privately hosted reddit clone. It doesn’t need to be as intricate as US law (which I not sure why that’s “baseline” for anything).
YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Rule 5 covers discrimination.
BolexForSoup@kbin.social 8 months ago
There isn’t a single mention of discrimination in rule 5.
RickRussell_CA@kbin.social 8 months ago
What would "discrimination" look like in a reddit-link link sharing service?
I'm not even sure what word would imply in a discussion forum. It usually applies to things like wages, job opportnities, access, etc.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 8 months ago
Your name is rick and you are canadian!!! Downvotedd!!!
RickRussell_CA@kbin.social 8 months ago
California, actually. Although that's probably worse.
I would proudly stink of back-bacon and maple syrup, if given the opportunity.
Steve@communick.news 8 months ago
Doesn’t discrimination need to be allowed so the site can ban people for things without breaking their own rules?
Banning in one way or annother is kind of the definition of discrimination.
clueless_stoner@lemmy.world 8 months ago
breaking their own rules
While banning people? Impossible
decisivelyhoodnoises@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Are you the same people that say that by banning fascists you’re also becoming fascist?
Steve@communick.news 8 months ago
Hey! Fascists are more than just banning things, you know.
DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
Was there any discussion about this change? Or is this it.
HardlightCereal@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I can’t see any history discussing the change before today, but the posts from before today also seem to be more inclusivity-minded than this one. Maybe it’s just a huge oversight and they forgor. But it’s definitely not a nice look. The new rules also say you’re not allowed to report content for things that aren’t a violation of the terms of service. So if you report a content for being racist, that’s against the rules.
Geert@lemmy.world 8 months ago
So if you report a content for being racist, that’s against the rules.
If that is what you make of it than you’re either playing dumb or you know, not pretending
simple@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I’m pretty sure the ToS only exists for legal reasons, don’t make a big deal out of this.
Geert@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It’s always the same trolls. Who would read the ToS and say “ok guess racism is back on the table”.
quinten@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Lemmy Silver
redballooon@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Then why the change?
simple@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Nothing was changed, it’s a new document.
BolexForSoup@kbin.social 8 months ago
If it’s not a big deal then it shouldn’t be too hard to mention you can’t discriminate against someone’s religion/race/gender/etc.
simple@lemm.ee 8 months ago
A) They weren’t removed, this is a new document
B) As other comments mention, discrimination and harassment is covered in section 5
C) Consider messaging the admins about it rather than push the alert button and causing needless drama
intensely_human@lemm.ee 8 months ago
How would a user of an internet forum exhibit discrimination?