[-] IcyPractice@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks for this community I will be contributing as much as I can

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1271267

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What do you guys think about this? (Wasn't sure which community to post this in)

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[-] IcyPractice@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

It's the way a Telegram bots deliver the links. See response above.

[-] IcyPractice@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

It's a Telegram bot that filters top rated articles in news.ycombinator and it links them like that. You can click the 'comments' link and see for yourself.

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[-] IcyPractice@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Thanks for your answer.

I understand, I assume it was during all that backlash against Lemmy and the devs, when even r/LemmyMigration mods created r/KbinMigration and closed that one due to the devs political affiliation and moderation policy.

Lemmygrad doesn't seem to be a very friendly instance unless you have those specific political loyalties, and it seems self-isolating as well to an extent, I just want to foster a culture of not letting anyone control what you see or what you can say, and also a culture of accountability and feedback. I just think thats what makes communities alive and good.

I understand (and it's something kind of ingrained in the Lemmy logic itself) this idea that you have to just join an instance taking into account things like politics. But I like the idea of having more neutral spaces, for example if you see why some users like your instance, they perceive it as an "apolitical", "chill" place with a good technical leadership.

As you say it's a personal conviction, maybe you thought your own instance should reflect your values and not federate with those that you don't like. But right now, don't you think that essentially mean limiting the access to the information? It's not "big deal", yes, they can create another account, but why? Why is it so needed?

I think you could perfectly run the instance and let everybody block what they don't want to see, and moderate on individual basis until circumstances require otherwise.

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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.

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[-] IcyPractice@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that's why I don't like much how they are using this place to repost memes or tweets. It's not content I really like, a written thought like yours will always be more genuine and personalized.

[-] IcyPractice@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

I was a Facebook user for years. Had my groups, valuable people I met, great knowledge and experiences. Gradually the algorithm screwed the fanpage experience, then they fucked up the groups, content started being more and more monotonous and low-intelligence. Now you open FB and it's half a 6 people echo chamber and half a TikTok imitation with low quality entertainment and information.

Switched to Reddit, and now seeing the same path to fuck the user experience and get us addicted and watching ads all day.

I doubt this will be ever massive but that does not matter, what matters is the ability to mantain a solid knowledge agreggator and an environment of open communities. I love to be part of Lemmy and want to contribute as much as possible.

Fuck capitalists and their ROI.

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Hello, I am thinking of running a new instance for LatAm users and topics, and I see from the Lemmy documentation that "country and hosting must be chosen carefully to avoid issues, takedowns, loss of data" (roughly paraphrasing)

Looking for advice from you guys on the best hostings out there and best practices to avoid legal or hosting issues.

Do domain providers matter?

[-] IcyPractice@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

Lol there are useful products on those ads sometimes, but they choose the most bullshit product to show in that example, and, oh god, the timing, fucking scoundrels!

[-] IcyPractice@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

No offense, and I've seen several people requesting porn, but to me that kind of lowers the level or seriousness of a community. I'm OK if a platforms allows NSFW content, but there's a difference between actively browsing for porn and getting spam to your account. Porn is a very distracting stuff with addiction potential.

To me the best thing about forums, reddit, lemmy, etc. is the aggregation of general human knowledge, and it's better if you don't have to swim over a load of attention-grabbing content for it.

[-] IcyPractice@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

Not overloaded with porn. Reddit is full of bots and porn accs. Not the greatest issue ofc

[-] IcyPractice@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you so much!

I plan to open an instance focused on Latin America communities and topics, if anybody else have similar ideas and we can join together, hit me up!

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I don't know if this the right place for it, but I plan on creating a Lemmy instance, though my technical or development skills are not the best, I have some experience with website administration (simple stuff like WordPress).

Is this the best /c/ to gather advice for it? Is it something worth at all being that I'm not an expert on this stuff? If you can refer me to other communities or resources on instance setup I'd appreciate! It's a fun project and I want to contribute to the fediverse.

[-] IcyPractice@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

It doesn't even shows everything. In my experience the integrated Lemmy search engine was better for subscribing to an specific online community that I already knew the name for, but feddit.de wasn't showing anything at all.

[-] IcyPractice@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

I'm sorry, but I think the statement "You will be able to see content from anywhere" might be misleading. There are three type of instances: open, blacklisted, and whitelisted. So, as far as I know, controversial instances such as lemmygrad.ml don't have access to beehaw.org for example. Admins can choose to un-link or un-federate their instances. Correct me if I'm wrong.

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