Diva (she/her)

wait until they conclude that you’re all just my alts

i did qualify that it’s important to read things critically; there can be things which you take away that resonate even if the source is problematic. for example his sentiment of wanting build a society where he would be eventually also be eliminated for being too right wing. generally i try not to limit myself to any one author, i’ll even read marxists for their perspective.

that said it does take time and effort though to read things critically. that’s why i point out that just straight up saying ‘read proudhon’ is not doing anyone any favors, isn’t educating people, and just looks like posturing. it also reminds me of people saying ‘read bookchin’; another guy who makes some good points, but also has a lot of issues and should really be read critically.

Maybe i should try audio book but that’s harder because i’m deaf.

i have a lot of friends who swear by audiobook, but i can’t really focus on analyzing what’s being said if it’s being read to me.

openstars getting on a soapbox about how other people are liars and toddlers but simultaneously can’t stop vomiting up disinfo and gaslighting about widely documented events.

also comparing people they disagree with on the left to incels, classic authoritarian liberal horseshoe tactics

i agree, i don’t think he’s an avowed transphobe, but he’s certainly got it out for leftist instances, which do happen to be very trans. my observation has been that a blind eye gets turned to bad behavior if it benefits him though, for example people promoting piefed as a place to be free from ‘degenerates’

i will say the harassment has been really gross and persistent. i’ve noticed flare-ups every time the issue of zionism on the platform + governance comes up. most recently after dbzer0 defederated feddit.org, and when .world defederated anarchist instances for banning one of their admins for zionism.

it’s a bit diabolical how piefed is constructed so that moderation for their preferred politics is opaque and targets whole instances and they try to spin the lack of transparency as a good thing by making posts about ‘see how much more other instances ban’ and now just censoring the modlog and silencing instances they don’t like.

the main theme is that anti-imperialist leftists (who are often queer/trans) are to be silenced and hidden from sight if not outright defederated. hexbear is largely non-cis/trans and is not even on that list because it’s entirely defederated (for being outspoken and communist/anarchist/antizionist). blahaj is still federated, but they’re not as outspoken on anti-imperialism at an instance level so they are ‘tolerated’.

@Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip

how is this “Shadowbanning Instances from Discoverability”, when instead it is plainly simply a banning?

Instead, it is an even ban, always looking the same way to everyone.

if you’re on the banned instances you see your posts, but then they never get the replies that they should, because they are hidden from the feed, despite being ‘federated’. sounds like a shadowban to me.

authlib.social actively attempting to re-create the worst aspects of reddit

I don’t read Proudhon as Libb do

it’s probably for the best that you don’t. certainly not to read him uncritically, he was a misogynist and anti-semite. completely baffling to be telling people to ‘read proudhon’ as libb does.

i can see this just fine, along with animation

Modlog Reason for the action is only shown if it is from trusted instances, so abusive mods wont have an audience. Admins can still see the reason though.

pughitler is a mod on piefed.social and nobody seems to care about his abusive behavior.

rimu gets temporarily banned for ‘emulating a zionist’ and now suddenly it’s a priority to address moderator abuse… via censorship

incredible

on .ml the bans tend do also tend to be temp ones, unless someone’s seriously harassing. so like people will be complaining about the 1984 censorship regime here but then if you look at their modlog more often than not they got a slap on the wrist for insulting people or doing the laziest anticommunism ever put into text. often both.

The Hexbear Double Standard

The hypocrisy becomes glaring when examining how different instances are treated. Hexbear, known for its authoritarian moderation and open hostility to liberal democracy, remainsfederated while anti-Zionist instances are targeted. One user noted then ironic that Hexbear has large threads voting on who to defederate, but is not labeled as authoritarian.

This selective enforcement reveals that Lemmy.world’s real concern is not protecting users from threats but enforcing a particular ideological line. Lemmy.world will tolerate authoritarian communists but actively purges anti-Zionists. This is not moderation—it’s political persecution.

hexbear was actually defederated preemptively by axis.world before they turned on federation. this is not an example of a double standard, but rather of the commitment of .world to enforcing censorship of anything left of liberal zionism if they feel like it’s a small instance they can exclude.

I use browser, never really had a reason to switch

Don’t trust him at all, absolutely still CIA.

I find the mornings work best. I tend to take naps if I’m feeling tired, usually in the afternoon

Gulags were a practice that started under the tsar, deaths went down under soviet governance and eventually they ended it

If it’s not being used ironically or self deprecatingly I generally assume the person in question is a fash or some sort of right winger

Draculaura

• same hair
• vegan
• subsist on pink monster
• avoids sunlight
• would eat someone (the rich) if given the opportunity

From what I can tell the only person calling people ‘stupid’ so far is you.

If Epstein was ‘common knowledge,’ why didn’t that common knowledge stop him or his associates? I don’t think the point OP is making is not that all/most conspiracy theories are real, it’s that structural critique that used to be marginalized is becoming mainstream because reality is making it undeniable.

It’s okay if you have a visceral reaction to the term ‘deep state’ but the point is that there are power structures that operate largely independent of democratic control, have repeatedly acted against public interest, and face minimal accountability.

I would point to COINTELPRO, the various CIA coups, mass surveillance, and systematic lying about wars that happens with bipartisan consensus.

good, I love annoying people

I will straight up skip youtube videos that I might otherwise be interested in if it’s an english person speaking.

I just can’t take the accent seriously, plus it’s so grating