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The banner went up on all Lemmy instances. Not just world.
And it went up last year, too, but when I asked them what they were doing to prevent or remove it, if it just somehow flew under their radar, the World team responded by thanking those horrible people for creating a solution to our problem.
And I was right there with you criticizing it as well. Maybe I missed it. But I didn't see any announcement from them about it this year or any show of support. Just an automated software trigger for the banner on all Lemmy instances.
You did, actually. I quoted it in the comment you replied to, and I included a link to it. You saw it.
No, I legitimately hadn't. And upon going back and looking, it's not what you claim it to be. But you are more than welcome to continue pyrrhicly downvoting. I'm sure that will convince someone you're right.