But yea, that’s why I advocate not going off the handle like a certain other user around here because you don’t know which tankies are just being manipulated and which ones are actually pulling the strings
Going straight from DEFCON 5 to DEFCON 1 saves SO much time though
They'll twist themselves into knots defending it. My personal favorite is "They proposed that the West let them take over Poland in exchange for an alliance, but the NAZI LOVING WEST cruelly refused, FORCING the poor Soviets to critically support their NSDAP comrades and invade and genocide Poland with them 😔"
Let's brainstorm. "Tone twats"?
I don't think China explicitly wanted Trump, unlike Russia. China just wanted to sow disarray in the US.
Golly gee, I wonder who could've predicted this, other than fucking everyone with an IQ above room temperature.
The admins, at least. I'd have to test those specific subs.
As I understand it, "Luigi was based and the CEO had it coming" is fine because it's already happened.
There seems to be a great deal of latitude allowed for comments regarding Madame Guillotine and how she must be fed as well.
Mostly it's probably accusations of incitement .world wants to avoid.
Especially funny considering Luigi celebration is widespread on .world.
They should. An announcement of passivity does not strengthen one's hand at the bargaining table.
I feel you have a very US-centric and litigious take on this. Afaik it’s not illegal (in most places, yet) to discuss the topics of piracy or anarchism on the internet, or to allow younger folks who are interested in these topics to participate in the discussion. Maybe we just have a different outlook on these things. There’s nothing we talk about here that hasn’t also been discussed on Reddit and many other websites for decades.
On the contrary, I want you to discuss the topics of piracy and anarchism online. That's not even close to what I'm trying to get across here. I love that about dbzer0.
The issue comes with the heightened scrutiny from allowing those underage to participate in the instance. There are a whole host of laws regarding how the data of minors is to be handled, and the reason that many sites, at least nominally, exclude minors is because it's a significant burden on limited resources, with a very hefty financial sword of damocles swinging overhead if it's not done 'correctly'. For non-profit, and especially small non-profit, orgs, this can be a deathblow.
CHOOSING to allow minors to participate is not inherently an issue, but DB0 calling other instances PTB and unreasonable for exercising caution in dealing with minors very much calls into question just how seriously it's being taken, especially considering the opinions of other admins in this comment thread. If you aren't covering your asses on this, and on the ball about it, not just "Well, we don't follow laws in these parts", it can end very badly - and very abruptly. It's not some minor point of law that only the bootlickiest of bootlickers even bother to follow - it's a weapon used to take down the unprepared.
On one hand, I certainly have a US-centric take, because that's what I'm most familiar with, and a litigious one, as that's what I'm most concerned with. On the other hand, the EU is considerably stricter about the data of minors than the US, so that's not necessarily against the main point being made here.
The alternative is to go the LW route and preemptively self-censor discussions to the point that users can’t express their honest opinions any more (e.g. about Luigi). And at that point we might as well close the instance down ourselves as it wouldn’t stand for anything.
Again, I feel the need to point out that censoring Luigi support was done by a couple of mods who interpreted the .world ToS in a very... questionable way. The actual admins clarified that support of Luigi was always allowed, and you see it constantly on .world, because fuck CEOs.
But also, like I said above, I'm not saying censor yourselves. Not in the least. I'm saying be prepared, and don't take underage issues as a non-issue that only chuds are worried about. It can fuck you.
Anyway, appreciate you being concerned about us.
Legit, I just don't want to see dbzer0 go down one of these days because of something that could be guarded against. You're one of the better instances on the Fediverse.
It'll be turned off again soon enough. May Ukraine get something out of this before the fascists turn off the tap again.
"The Mensheviks had a poor understanding of Historial Materialism"
Lord.