thebirdspapaya_snark community
thebirdspapaya_snark community
I have just noticed a new community that is dedicated to harrassing an influencer they don't like. They are migrating here after being banned from Reddit.
I don't see anything in the rules that this might run afoul of, but I wanted to make a post and ask if this is content we really want on lemmy.ca? The same influencer who got them kicked from reddit could come after lemmy.ca.
The community is !thebirdspapaya_snark@lemmy.ca
We'll monitor and make sure the instance rules and overall Lemmy Code of Conduct are being followed.
I am all for the frivolous, childish, and irresponsible use of the internet, but that community just seems like a shit magnet. The absolute best case scenario is that nothing happens, anything else will be worse, like Lemmy.ca becoming the hub for b-list celebrity hate-clubs.
I don't think it goes super well either. It's more suited for it's own instance or an instance built for that sort of thing.
Oh well, they've linked back to this thread already and admin seems to be watching. Worst case scenario is we get some entertaining reddit-esque drama when they are flounced.
A sort of related more general comment. For the sake of my Local feed, I wish Lemmy.ca was only human-created Canada-centric content. That's why I signed up to the lemmy.ca instance. A couple week's prior to this community's creation there was an influx of bot-run communities. I blocked them, because I don't want to see 15 Cool Guide or Reddit-based Nostalgia posts in my Local feed, displacing human-created Canada-centric content. It's not a perfect solution though, because I wouldn't mind seeing those posts on my All feed. I know from community growth and server cost perspectives it doesn't make sense to limit who or what can be posted (beyond blocking hate speech and other obviously objectionable material). I wish I could have multiple Subscribed feeds. In lieu of that, maybe I should choose another instance based on Local feed appeal and port Lemmy.ca communities that I like to my subscribed feed
Yeah I don't know if the Local feed is useful anywhere but in the smallest, most specific instances. If our instance for example allowed only Canadian related communities. E.g. TorontoCycling but not Cycling.
On https://jlai.lu/ the local feed is useful because the whole instance is French speaking.
Lemmy.ca has both local and generalist communities so it's probably less useful here.
From the posts I've seen so far, it feels like the community is stating that they only exist to criticize what they see as a misleading influencer, but to me it all comes off as bullying/harrassment.
If they want to encourage change of some sort they could try and do that, but that's not what the posts are encouraging, it feels like generic woman hate targeted at a single woman.
This was an interesting read and explains pretty well the issues with her. Not as black and white as they make it out I'm sure but neither was I correct about it being a simple hate group.
"Some things are legal only because lawmakers lack imagination."
(Pretty sure that's from Stephen King's Firestarter.)