this instance is aging like milk

One of the benefits of a federated social media network is being able to pick an instance that aligns with your own values. If you'd prefer that the admins defederate certain content that isn't defederated by this instance, have you considered using an instance that more closely aligns with your views? As long as they haven't defederated this instance, you'll still be able to interact with any users and communities on this instance that you don't personally block.

I sincerely hope this doesn't sound like I'm asking you to leave. One of the reasons I'm on this instance is that everyone is welcome to make an account, which feels very inclusive to me.

The admin gave democratic power to the users, the users voted in majority in favor of defederating with the alt-right instance, the admin is waiting for God knows what to respect the will of the users and meanwhile the place is getting overtaken...
- Overtaken? Where? I'm subscribed to like the most popular subs in this instance and I haven't seen anything even slightly related to any of this shit at all.
- The majority? Excuse you? ShitJustWorks has over 2000 active users, according to the fediverse explorer. No way a majority of those voted for anything.
  And where is this overtaking taking place exactly? The Donald community, which was just one guy shitposting with literally zero engagement by the way, got axed already.
have you considered using an instance that more closely aligns with your views?
This sounds like a lot of homework. I want to interact with people, not worry about whether my chosen server is and will remain acceptable to every clique.
- One other late thought on this. Lemmy advocates like this one have told me that “It doesn't matter which instance you use. You'll still be able to interact with communities (subreddits) on all other instances, regardless of which instance your account lives.” Doesn’t defederation prevent interaction between two instances, making the above statement false?
- It only takes a little bit of homework. When I made the jump I was able to find out pretty easily that beehaw wouldn't be right for me because of their views that moderators should be heavily involved.
yeah, you're right, the problem was I signed up to any random instance that signups open so I catch up with what's happening
what's ironic was that I used Lemmy before back in 2020 (back when I started using the fediverse in general but I never expected Lemmy to take off that fast that much)
I guess I have to relearn from my mistake for the second time.
- I really hope we get the ability to migrate accounts from one instance to another, but I realize it's more complicated than it might seem.
Well said!

Sh.it is turning into a Nazi bar. The alt right trolls saw a weakness and they're now brigading the hell out of this instance. The Dude seems to be trying to fence sit on extremely vitriolic transphobia and refusing to listen to the trans folks who are trying to warn everyone that nothing good comes from engaging with a certain level of asshole. The only productive way forward at this point is to defederate exploding heads but at this point I don't think it's going to happen so I'm just going to grab some popcorn and watch as his great Democratic experiment meets the reality of discourse on the Internet.

Literally where? I've been browsing fairly regularly for at least the last week or so and haven't seen anything even slightly Nazi-ish.
Also the internet is not a physical space, the way the work is not the same.
- Literally this.
  There was only one guy posting in The Donald.
  Sh.itjust.works is overwhelmingly left leaning and is devoid of any conservative discord better yet any nazi content.
  If it takes one person speaking out of line to get defederated then we've lost the point of why to have a federated system in the first place.
  If we start losing our heads whenever someone says something then you negate the 10,000 other post and comments that are made about hobbies, interest, & questions that are helping people.
  4chan will remain a back bone of the internet because they keep this at there core. When people hear 4chan they think /pol/ but they forget all the other boards that are on the site. If lemmy doesn't want to get drowned out in a sea of "what could of been" alternatives then we have to be what reddit wasn't.
Wait, so who is joining this instance a lot? Do I need to start sorting by local new posts? I haven't seen much of anything.
- It's honestly just a few trolls given more attention than they deserve. There was a good meme about it but I can't find it now.
- You just missed the actual Nazi troll in this comment section, mods dealt with them but their display name should still be visible, they posted a swastika flag and a picture of Hitler with their comment.
The Dude seems to be trying to fence sit on extremely vitriolic transphobia and refusing to listen to the trans folks who are trying to warn everyone
That seems to be the consensus but I don't see where it comes from yet? This latest thing seems to have happened over the course of a day and their last message is 2 days ago.
For the "the donald" thing they appeared after a bit like "hey, catching up on everything, obviously it's gonna go". Seems likely the same would happen here? Just feels like a busy regular guy who could use some mods.
Unless there's some non-public stuff I'm not aware of as a newcomer?
- It's been going on for most of the server's lifespan. The vote to defederate exploding heads was a week ago now, and afaik the dude hasn't commented on it yet. Admins for the instance have said "we need more time".
  IDK. I like this account but I think I'm going to close it off and go to another instance, maybe I'll return if this one gets its "sh.it" together. It'd be one thing to be given a reason for disregarding the vote - then I could decide if I agree or not - but the radio silence feels disrespectful given the nature of the request.
Reminds me of a shopkeeper who just told a shoplifter known and flagged by other shopkeepers to leave as soon as she came in.

Stop giving that shit more attention than it deserves. No one saw it because it rightly got down voted into obvious but now you're bringing it up. OP, you're an idiot

No one saw it because it rightly got down voted into obvious but now you’re bringing it up
there were may posts about this, and it led to some other dramas and fear mongering posts on lemmy
hell, even Mental Outlaw mentioned it here https://youtu.be/bBhDWTZDH9c?t=494

Beehaw will silo themselves and the only way you'll see their content is to say you love heavy-handed moderation echochambers.

Tried joining it like 5 times - no luck yet. You think saying "I love mods" straightforward would work?
- I got in the other day which was nearly a week after I applied. They're just overwhelmed right now. Pretty sure they've only got like 4 people doing the approvals.
You can still subscribe to their communities and even reply if you're in an instance that's defederated from them, but you'll only see comments from the people in your own instance.
- You don't actually get new content outside of your own though from what i can tell. Some beehaw posts pop up every now and then but they're always from this instances users that likely don't know that the defederation took place.
True, the rest of the point stands and there's a worrying slow reaction against communities/instances that are actually dangerous

Average fedi drama. Nothing new lol

Aged like milk... So we all get cheese?

I said it once and I'll say it again
the only good Nazis are dead Nazis
- Looks like the account was banned. Didn't take very long, either.
  Edit: post removed, but account not banned, AFAIK. I wouldn't mind a policy of warning before ban, but it seems like the username itself is worth banning.