2026-09-05 22:48 UTC
Lemmy is not a hosting site, it’s a forum, it’s fundamentally different.
I disagree with plenty of ideas, but I also reject the notion that someone should be barred from publishing them, because that tool will inevitably be used against those same people when the pendulum swings.
To wit, those mods didn’t stop existing, they were just hosted elsewhere, because a hosting site is not social media, it’s not a place of dialogue or community, it’s a utility, and thus fungible. Gatekeeping it accomplishes nothing.
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@FooBarrington@lemmy.world 2026-09-06 04:48
But there are realistically always some rules on what kinds of hosted content is allowed on a page. Open racism/transphobia are, I’m guessing, not allowed. Why is this a step too far compared to other cases that go beyond legal limits? It’s also important to note that 1) they weren’t barred from publishing the mod, and 2) they’re totally okay with using said tool in lots of cases where it was never used before - why would they suddenly care about it?