drama

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3249941

Highlights:

Chadmins are also banning everyone for saying they're leaving

What surprises me is that people think making a community specifically for illegal activity isn’t a problem, and that they should only be called on their behaviour when a copyright holder notices them. There are plenty of places to go for piracy online, so what’s the need to add a community for it here? Or are you people claiming a piracy community wasn’t primarily intended for piracy?

https://lemmy.world/comment/2426956

Time to host my own instance. I disagree with this move.

https://lemmy.world/comment/2429393

The people whining are not the people that could face multimillion-dollar lawsuits over the issue. Like it or not, media companies are powerful and will go after websites seen as promoting piracy. Do what you reasonably have to do.

https://lemmy.world/comment/2426973

Oh no. Wtf. Do you know what’s funny? I actually joined this instance from piracy subreddit.

I guess it’s time to leave.

https://lemmy.world/comment/2425186

I don’t think this was the right call. Don’t have it hosted on here, fine. But defederated? I don’t see how being federated would be an issue at all. Oh well guess i got to actively go seek them out now.

At this rate, you might as well as defederate from all instances. Cant be too careful.

https://lemmy.world/comment/2427348

Bootlicker [-8]

https://lemmy.world/comment/2427940

These communities are not even hosted on lemmy.world, this is an absurdly overreacted response. There were no signs of any legal trouble and I can’t understand how lemmy.world specifically would be the target of such legal action. If you want to host an instance, you should do everything in your power to allow discussions on any topic, while in necessary cases disallowing direct posting/linking of illegal content. Instead, you chose to block a community that has long been known to avoid having any trouble with the moderators.

https://lemmy.world/comment/2421890

Doesn’t matter if they are hosted here or not. The way federation works is that threads on different instances are cached locally.

We have NO issues with the people at db0 - we are just looking out for ourselves in a ‘better safe than sorry’ fashion while we find out more. As mentioned in the OP we would like to unblock as soon as we know we can not get in any legal trouble. [chadmins]

https://lemmy.world/comment/2421890

What the absolute hell? What makes this place so good is that there’s not people making idiot decisions at the top. This is an idiot decision. Plus side of the fediverse is vanishing.

https://lemmy.world/comment/2424687

Uh, @[email protected] … what’s up with the banning going on in this thread? I noticed on a.lemmy.org that someone was labeled “banned” and their comment was simply “Ight, I’m out”

The mod note was “Let us help you”.

There are more similarly weak (spiteful?) bans that certainly don’t seem to be at a standard for a ban. “Litterally 1984” was another one. Is that all it takes to be banned here?

Edit: Many (all?) the users I referenced as banned are now unbanned from the site, but now banned from this community. :marseyban:

https://lemmy.world/comment/2422473

Please make announcements on lemmy instead of exclusively on discord moving forward. That is the biggest issue here, the lack of public transparency. Such a decision affects all instances, not just lemmy.world and making it publicly known is important

This was a misunderstanding from one of the team members. It has since been discussed and will not happen again. Lemmy.World and this announcement community is our primary platform, [chadmin]

https://lemmy.world/comment/2421280

And once again we have people thinking that the instance owners would have to discuss everything they want to do with them and get the approval of everyone. It’s already great that they’re making announcements instead of doing it silently until people notice on their own. Plus, it’s not hard to make an account elsewhere if you don’t like it here. I doubt you’re restricted to this single instance.

https://lemmy.world/comment/2424187

Ight, I’m out

https://lemmy.world/comment/2421940

Surely there is a discussion to be had around what is and isn’t allowed, there are plenty of subreddits discussing piracy without dolirect links that are playing within the rules.

https://lemmy.world/comment/2420730

fucking hell, its time to leave lemmy.world, you are no better than reddit :marseysnoo:

Says the redditor

https://lemmy.world/comment/2422227

What is the legal theory being used here?

People chatting about piracy is now a crime in US? I thought the crime was uploading or downloading copyrighted content…

https://lemmy.world/comment/2421667

Lovely this happened because someone complained after being banned from the piracy instance for being a transphobic asshole. :marseytransplushie3:

https://lemmy.world/comment/2421151

Yea, I’m leaving. Not as a protest, I just want access to something without caring if devs like it or not.

All hail Piracy!

https://lemmy.world/comment/2421558

Well said! I think the entire LW community would prefer a heads up for major actions. It’s understandable that piracy could lead to liability issues which none of us want. Thanks for giving us a run down.

https://lemmy.world/comment/2420912

Is it a liability when the discussion happened outside of lemmy.world?

https://lemmy.world/comment/2421575

Deleting lemmy now I guess as well [-3]

https://lemmy.world/comment/2424715

Wtf? I’m leaving.

Is there a way to migrate a community? [-3]

https://lemmy.world/comment/2428100

I’m sure this comment will receive plenty of hate, but I’m really struggling to understand why piracy seems to get so staunchly defended by seemingly everyone here. Piracy is stealing. It is morally wrong. We can argue all day about how it’s a ‘victimless crime’ or how media conglomerates are greedy and deserve it, but at the end of the day there’s nothing that makes it ‘right’. With maybe a few exceptions, no one needs the things they’re pirating and it’s just childish to refuse to pay for content and go on pretending it’s a necessity. What needs to happen is more money going to the creators whose content we all enjoy so much.

There’s plenty of places to go where you can still interact with these communities, and we shouldn’t be surprised that a large and general instance wants to be distant from them. Personally I applaud the decision. [-6]

https://lemmy.world/comment/2426834

Literally 1984 [-14]

https://lemmy.world/comment/2421877

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/387482

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/805172

Big Drama Llamas...

User @[email protected] posted a call to pressure the devs to return CAPTCHA support before v.0.18 arrives on the community [email protected].

Mixed response from users and beehaw admins.

Lemmy issue #2922 is where it was removed 2 weeks ago due to its effectiveness being limited, Lemmy issue #3200 is the issue where it is suggested to have it return. Repo maintainers are somewhat perceptive to reverting it but would be more willing to accept a full implementation of graphical CAPTCHA over the previous version.

Alternative links: https://lemmy.ca/post/793011, https://beehaw.org/post/667199. (Note that if you view from a defed instance with Beehaw you will only see a handful of comments).

Discussion welcome here.

Can people with down syndrome watch, classic movies? guess it go over the head.

I’m just curious about this that I am an adult with down syndrome that watches classic movies like the shining and to the grapes, of wrath, etc. I’m just wondering about this doesn’t want to have any thoughts on this thanks.

His Reddit bio says:

I am. Man. And movies and I’m a Christian. And I don’t have any pronouns, and I’m not woke a adult with down syndrome

The thought about an anti-woke person with down syndrome who's not like the other downies is absolutely hilarious but this comment thread is actually kind of sad:

Do whatever makes you happy buddy.

[OP] Please don’t call me buddy

My bad.

[OP] That’s OK I just want to be treated like everyone else like you

She started by posting in /r/CPTSD about how she was scared of her new puppy.

...Today we had her at a local flea market and she was being her wonderfully sweet sYou will never be a real lab. And even if you trick a mentally ill dog mom into taking you home, they'll bring you back the minute they get one look at your genealogy results. elf. Everybody thought she was a lab puppy and I would tell them no a lab mix. One guy asked me if I knew what she was mixed with I told him no. That's when he told me that most shelters will label dogs as lab mixes but they are really pitbull mixes because it is easier to get them adopted.

I caught my curiosity and that is when I began to Google pitbull mix puppies. She maybe looks like she possibly could be? That is also when news articles and stories started coming up about pitbulls and unknown mixed breed dogs biting, maiming, and killing children. My heart sank!! I have been so upset and anxious about it all day now. I feel like I brought a ticking timebomb killer into my home! What kind of person thinks and feels like this about their new puppy?! Apparently me

https://www.reddit.com/r/CPTSD/comments/13o8lzp/scared_of_our_new_puppy_wtf/

Despite receiving a few "don't worry sweaty, pibbles are cuddlebugs" type comments, her fears were not assuaged, and she took it to BPB.

I was on a walk with our new puppy and my 3 children tonight when out of a yard started running this big white snd gray pit! The owner was screaming at it to come back and managed to get a hold of it before it made its way over to us but I was horrified. I scooped our puppy up and stood in front of my kids. I was literally shaking, my legs felt like jello trying to walk away. All the moron said was sorry and waved his hand!! 🤬

I have also been struggling with feeling like we might have been duped by the rescue we got our puppy from. She is was labeled as a "lab-mix" They said they thought she was mixed with either border collie or shepherd. I am scared she could have pit in her or maybe even chow chow because she has some spots on her tongue. I ordered a doggy dna test and WILL send her back to the rescue if either chow chow or pit comes up!! I do not want an unpredictable beast in my home and what happened tonight truly drove that feeling home. Until I get results I am treating the puppy well but being very vigilant. I don't even let her near my kids unless she is on a leash. I am so paranoid. So far she is very calm and sweet natured. She really really doesn't look like a pit but I know looks are deceiving.

Of course the users there were much more likely to feed her anxiety.

Shelter staff have no problem lying to you

The “greater good” (getting all shit bulls out of the shelter) justifies any means

Keep us updated. The shelter may have lied, we know they’re desperate to offload these dogs to unsuspecting homes.

I will, just sent the test out yesterday. This is going to feel like the longest 2-4 weeks!

Now, she's discovered the horrible truth (and posted dog pics).

I promised everyone that I would update with my dogs DNA results. Well here they are! Just got them back today 😥 My "lab-mix" has no lab and her predominant breed makeups are aggressive breeds. My heart sank reading these results...I am really having a hard time. This sucks. I will never rescue another dog again..

Pibble, cattle dog, chow, GSD.

I was hoping she would be predominantly shepherd. My heart aches because she is a really good and gentle dog but she is only a baby. That chow and pit percentage is terrifying. It's over half her makeup. With small children in the home this really is not a bet I want to gamble....this sucks. I'm so conflicted but shouldn't be. My kids come first

Of course the users are on OP's side here.

Jesus christ so that's a mix of fighting dog - guard dogs - herding dogs. It's like someone was intentionally trying to craft a super demon

She's probably right to be worried to some extent, but they're also just feeding someone's mental illness with no second thought.

I just saw you have kids at home, so I'll have to correct myself a bit. Better safe than sorry. Your gut feeling is right.

It was then that I began to bark at myself in the the mirror with mounting alarm. My owner seemed to notice it, too, for she began looking at me curiously and almost affrightedly. What was taking place in me? Could it be that I was coming to resemble Nala and Luna?

One night I had a frightful dream in which I ate a toddler while dressed in a frilly tutu and a flower crown, and woke up howling in terror. That morning the mirror definitely told me I had acquired the Pittsmouth look.

So far I have not eaten chocolate as my uncle Tyson did. I tore into a kitchen cabinet and almost took the step, but certain dreams deterred me. The tense extremes of horror are lessening, and I feel queerly drawn toward the neighbors' young children. I hear and do strange things in sleep, and awake with a kind of exaltation instead of terror. I do not believe I need to wait for the full change as most have waited. If I did, my owner would probably return me to the shelter. Stupendous and unheard-of splendours await me over the fence, and I shall seek them soon. Iä-R’lyeh! Pithulhu fhtagn! Iä! Iä!

I would paste the actual content of the post here but it would probably get me banned from the instance, even with the slur filters (cringe).

Anyway. I didn't know who this cracker was before the mastodon spam post here and I've since done a bit of research. This was a recent post by whoever empress is, apparently they are seething all over reddit and it has spilled in this direction. She also really hates fitgirl, someone we all know and love.

If we have to restart r/drama here we ought not invite Lawz