This unfolded on "United States | News & Politics@midwest.social". Owner 'seahorse' showing the kind of person they are.

This is not how you run a server.

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https://midwest.social/comment/11535311

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[–] 44 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Confirmed its real, and now I am blocking that instance. Thanks for the info. There is enough content on lemmy, a few instances can be excluded.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    I personally think that's a bit much to block an entire instance over when just one admin is being mildly annoying. Their comment is basically nothing imo lol. Compare that to the OP of this post whose profile picture is a cartoon pony from a children's show having an orgasm.

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  • [–] 43 points 2 years ago

    So server admins are how we get the Reddit mod experience

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  • [+] 33 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (14 children)
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    [–] 18 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    But it is.

    Lemmy isn't set up to create a set of fairly moderated communities with buy-in from users. It is set up so anyone can be a dictator on their own server.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Users can still quickly leave until they found a fair admin

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  • [–] [S] 16 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    And when the fair become unfair then we move onto the next, as it should be!

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    I feel like relying on benevolent dictators only to run communities isn't the best option.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    At some point one instance is going to have democratically elected mods and admins, that would be interesting.

    In the meantime yeah, we are still using other people's servers

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Sorry to hear, I love the Lotr memes community

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    Never too late to make your own. Especially if enough people decide this is worth blocking the instance entirely.

    !theonion@sh.itjust.works

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  • yeah i have my problems with midwest. i think a succinct way to put it is that instance does not appreciate the federation process.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    "Can't even downvote in Ohio"

    For those who don't know what this means, but want to, you can read https://www.distractify.com/p/what-does-ohio-mean-slang and https://www.distractify.com/p/only-in-ohio-tiktok-meme.

    TLDR it's a phrase that people use now similar to "Florida man".

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I remember there was a far right mastodon server

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)
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    [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I've never blocked an instance.

    If I block an instance, that blocks all users too, right?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What does "spits their dummy out" man in this context? Is it just "says dumb shit"?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    ..so was this about his take on the Gaza war? That he thought support for Palestine would lead to a loss of democracy?

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    [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    So how do i block an instance?

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