We're closing this thread. Everything that could be said has been said. Thank you
Original Post:
Today, we want to inform everyone that we have decided to defederate from https://exploding-heads.com/. We understand that defederating should always be a last resort, and individuals can certainly block communities. However, blocking alone does not prevent potential harm to vulnerable communities.
After carefully reviewing the instance, reported posts, and multiple comments from the community, we have concluded that exploding-heads is not adhering to the Lemmy or Citizen Code of Conduct. Therefore, we cannot, in good faith, continue to federate with an instance that consistently promotes hate, racism, and bullying.
Examples:
https://lemmy.world/post/577526 - Community Moderator Harassment
https://exploding-heads.com/post/92194 - Systemadmin Post
https://exploding-heads.com/post/90780 - Systemadmin Post
https://exploding-heads.com/post/91488 - Systemadmin Post
https://exploding-heads.com/post/93725 - Community Moderator Post
Again, deciding to defederate from an instance is not taken lightly. In the future, we will continue to review instances on a case-by-case bases.
As for our community, please refrain from posting or commenting with hateful words as well. Arguing back and calling people names is not the solution. The best course of action is to report the posts or comments violating our server rules.
Lemmy Code of Conduct
https://join-lemmy.org/docs/code_of_conduct.html
Citizen Code of Conduct https://github.com/stumpsyn/policies/blob/master/citizen_code_of_conduct.md
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I would really love the ability to further delineate how severe a block we create. Ex we might want to block their content, or their users, or both. We might still want to allow them to view our content but not comment, or we might want them to be able to participate in a limited set of communities.
It would give federations a way to "keep the lines open" and allow a way for a possible future where we refederate.
I think that would be useful in general but perhaps more for the Beehaw type scenario. I took a look at the front page of exploding-heads and I support a complete disconnect in this case. I don't want that kind of content showing up on any site that I interact with. The wonderful thing about free speech is that I am also not obligated to listen. Let them have their echo chamber somewhere else.
I'd really prefer they reexamine their life choices and try to be better people but that's out of my control lol