Lemmy.world announces blocking communities via Discord [update] - eviltoast

This is in regard to Lemmy.world blocking piracy communities from other instances. This post is not about whether you agree with the decision. It’s about how the admins informed their users.

A week ago Lemmy.world announced their Discord server. This wasn’t very well received (about 25% downvotes, which is rather bad compared to other announcements). The comments on that post were turned off, presumably to avoid backlash.

Before that, announcements about the instance used to be posted to !lemmyworld@lemmy.world. This time, the information was posted on the Discord server instead.

I don’t agree with this. Having to use a proprietary platform to participate in an open-source one goes against the very purpose for me, especially when the new solution isn’t really an improvement (as before the information about the platform was closer to it).

Edit: Corrected the announcements community name.

Update: Lemmy.world finally released an announcement and promised they would inform about similar actions and gather feedback in advance in future.

  • HughJanus@lemmy.mlEnglish
    22·
    1 year ago

    it’s not true at the instance level, for lemmy-- unless there’s a new option I didn’t see

    I promise it is true. I’ve been doing it for months.

    Second, having to block someone that suggests you should die for your skin color, after reading the comment, is not without harm.

    Speak for yourself. Doesn’t harm me.

    • joe@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      1 year ago

      I promise it is true. I’ve been doing it for months.

      You haven’t been blocking instances with Lemmy because that option doesn’t yet exist.

      Speak for yourself. Doesn’t harm me.

      What do you mean? Are you saying that because you aren’t affected that no one can be?

      • HughJanus@lemmy.mlEnglish
        11·
        1 year ago

        You haven’t been blocking instances with Lemmy because that option doesn’t yet exist.

        Again, yes, I have.

        What do you mean? Are you saying that because you aren’t affected that no one can be?

        …no. I said the opposite of that.

    • Blaze@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I promise it is true. I’ve been doing it for months.

      How do you block a whole instance in Lemmy?