Did the admins poll the community about it? Why was such measure so needed? If the tankie content is so annoying why not let users decide what they want to see or not and what they want to block?
I don't like that the admins want to censor the content I can view or not. You guys are not protecting us nor doing us a favor, you're imposing your views over everyone else by limiting the information we are able to receive.
I don't support the devs views or the views in lemmygrad, but this is a dangerous precedent.
I've read several of the "arguments" for blocking the instance and all I can see is a bunch of people talking about politics and arguing about "floods in the frontpage". Well, let the user block communities if that's the case, same way I'm already blocking communities I'm not interested.
I think the admins want to feel like Facebook moderation. I'd be OK with it if any instance repeatedly generated spam, security, doxxing or any other concern that couldn't be solved by banning individuals, otherwise it's just plain censorship.
I just don't want the admins to use their power to decide what I can see or not. If this is going to be like this, I'll leave for a better instance because I can see where this is going to.
Go check out the modlog, its publicly visible. It's their instance, they can do what they want. If you dislike how the admins handle their server's federation status, make your own. I'm going to eventually because I want to control what I'm federated with, but for now I accept that I'm at the instance admin's mercy.
Shifting control to randos via federation is a double edged sword. This is the downside, from your perspective.
Bro I am already planning on making my own for other reasons. What's the matter with someone asking questions or reasons for a ban? I know I can leave and probably will. This is a much needed conversation. Don't like when users let themselves to be treated as babies. That's why corporations do what they want with us.
There is nothing wrong with asking questions, you just seem to be taking the answers in a negative light and getting insulted by them. The fact that people are replying, is the conversation but it won't go anywhere. You won't change their minds. Make your own instance and be happy instead of getting upset. Be the change you want.
You fundamentally do not understand that I do not feel like I am being treated like a baby. I have zero interest in seeing tankie shit from lemmygrad. I signed up onto an instance that defederated from lemmygrad. The mods did not make an announcement, but the deferedation was publicly visible from logs. I am not bothered by this.
You're free to ask "why were the users not consulted or informed?" but you must also accept that "because we didn't want to" is a complete answer. If you don't like the answer given, then move on. The operators are not a corporation, you are not entitled to any specific level of service. Why you choose to get hostile when someone explains this to you is beyond me.
Best of luck in your lemmy adventure.