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How do you feel about the level of censorship in your current instance ? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by shapis@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Since Lemmy is federated, and the admins of each instance choose what’s allowed and what’s not in their own instance.

How do you feel about what’s allowed and what’s not in your current instance ?

I’ll start: I’ve read people complaining about my instance admins, but I haven’t experienced nor seen anything I specifically disagree with.

And I’ve read things they wrote that I absolutely agree with, like not federating with Meta under any circumstances.

So for now, I’m happy with it. If I get banned randomly, I don’t think I’d go to a different instance, though. I’d probably just stop visiting Lemmy altogether.

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[–] That_Devil_Girl@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I feel OK about it, for the most part. I can say "genocide is always wrong" and not get banned here.

[–] GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago

Scientists working to end West Nile virus by eliminating mosquitos ability to reproduce.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

Until you get specific

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

But ya can’t see the word bitch (or a bunch of other swears)

[–] NotLuigi@hexbear.net 22 points 1 week ago

How will I ever decide whether or not to make this tradeoff?????

[–] Kuori@hexbear.net 21 points 1 week ago

good. not everyone wants to deal with misogyny.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh no, not the tyranny of the regular expression filtering of a few bigoted words! This is fascism!

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Bitch isn’t a bigoted word lawl

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's misogynistic, pretty clear cut bigotry.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Not if you’re calling something cool “bitchin’”!

[–] tiredturtle@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I only see removed but this comment makes me think of female dogs

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yerp, that’s exactly correct hahaha

Other instances don’t remove words

[–] tiredturtle@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago

Definitely an example of an over the top word removal, while I get it could be purposeful with some words

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The root word is baked in misogyny, that doesn't change that dynamic.