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lemm.ee is shutting down at the end of this month (lemm.ee)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by Pro@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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The key reason is that we just don’t have enough people on the admin team to keep the place running. Most of the admin team has stepped down, mostly due to burnout, and finding replacements hasn’t worked out.

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[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 0 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Why couldn’t they just leave it be? People can block anyone that they don’t want to see posts from. Is it really that important to have an army of people banning anyone who they disagree with?

What else do the admin team do other than ban people and remove posts and comments?

[–] perestroika@lemm.ee 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Not providing a platform for activities that harm society (e.g. scams, disinformation).
Not providing a platform for activities that will get you sued or prosecuted (e.g. piracy, child porn).
They had to pay a considerable amount for the service.

On social media, putting the burden of blocking on a million users is naive because:

Blocks can be worked around with bots, someone has to actively fight circumvention.
Some users don't have the time to block, simply conclude "this is a hostile environment" and leave.
Some users fall for scams / believe the disinfo.

I have once helped others build an anonymous mix network (I2P). I'm also an anarchist. On Lemmy however, support decentralization, defederating from instances that have bad policies or corrupt management, and harsh moderation. Because the operator of a Lemmy instance is fully exposed.

Experience has shown that total freedom is a suitable policy for apps that support 1-to-1 conversations via short text messages. Everything else invites too much abuse. If it's public, it will have rules. If it's totally private, it can have total freedom.

[–] kazerniel@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Some users don’t have the time to block, simply conclude “this is a hostile environment” and leave.

This exactly.

As the anecdote puts it, once you start tolerating Nazis in your bar, it becomes a Nazi bar.

They poison the space, and the regular folks leave.

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world -2 points 3 days ago

Exactly, the censorship and banning on there was ridiculous.