yus ! 😍😍 please post as a top level comment if you haven’t so it can be considered

Yes and it should be worse. OpenAI should be forced to take on the cost of compensating every copyright holder it exploited. If that means OpenAI doesn’t exist I’m absolutely okay with that.

In the time since I made this post, Xiaohongshu has already added a native translate button for text posts and comments.

Images are less of a big deal since:

a) Memes and jokes originally written in Mandarin often don’t make sense when translated anyway (i.e., puns, cultural references).

b) English-speaking users have generally agreed to hold each other accountable so that when they post English content, they include both English and Mandarin subtitles out of respect for the fact that they are “intruding.”

c) When worst comes to worst, iOS lets you translate text from screenshots natively (it takes a few taps but works), and Android lets you do it instantly with screen-reading translation apps.

SodaStream is a target of the pro-Palestine BDS movement.

Zionists, like the freaks they are, say that being pro-Palestine is equivalent to antisemitism. Presumably that comment refers to Zionists who view buying a SodaStream as a badge of honor or act of nobility, though I personally haven’t seen anyone say that outright.

Like someone else said, bad memories for that though i would rock with the same banner text in a different design

but also, taking one last opportunity: wtf is the icon?

i recently realized half of it at least is Armenian Corey

something else is overlaid and i can’t tell what…

100%

Blocking is generally the last resort and I totally get how you might want to leave folks unblocked to “keep an eye out”—cuz me too. :P

I just like to bring blocking up frequently because some people with thinner temperament can’t resist leaving a trollish comment alone.

fucking based

At the risk of sounding rudely dismissive (I don’t mean to be), what you are describing absolutely is real and it has been named trolling. :) 100% of these behaviors have been witnessed by people since the dawn of the internet.

While moderation helps, the proven best way to deal with trolls is to treat them like a spam email. Block, report, and delete. If you engage, respond, repost or create meta discussion about the trolling user, they win. Unfortunately, a lot of these lessons we got from Reddit have been utterly forgotten and now we have mythologized a user who did harrasment and suicide encouragement. :(

“At the center” is a fair way to put it. I will ammend my statement to be “None of this was caused by Drag.”

I just know how trolls and generally mean people work. Saying their name gives them the power they want. Don’t do it.

This mess is not causally related to Drag. The mods themselves make a point that Drag did not cause the issue. So while there is an element of embroilment, it’s not appropriate to lay blame on a single bad actor.

In the end, it’s really you which is carrying forward past drama and enabling a troll’s agenda of people not being able to stop feeding the same tired points.

Not responding to you—I don’t expect a response, but for those reading, here is the moderation you have issue with. To 99% of us, this is clearly an example of that broader policy of respecting trans identities.

YIPPEE 🥳🥳🥳

i made an edit to the language of my post that might have been misleading a small minority, including you and AVBF. feel free to check it out and let me know if it makes more sense.

it always has been dominated by the blahaj zone 196. :) shocker, the 196 community likes blahaj better.

I see now that you’re making a distinction between the neopronoun policy and the broader principle that trans people are to be treated with dignity in their identity. I apologize for not recognizing this distinction earlier, and I’ll work to communicate more clearly within those terms. (edit: And I have now applied these corrections to the original post.)

the neopronouns policy that Ada created over the Drag drama

This isn’t accurate. Ada has always moderated in this way. The increase in users has amplified challenges, both from trolls and well-meaning participants, and in her “neopronouns aren’t trolling” she reaffirmed her long-standing position in response to these specific issues. While I’m glad to see you agree with the policy, it’s worth noting that this moderation style is not new.

Regarding Moss’ recent post: their specific example of disagreement isn’t about neopronouns but about the broader policy of respecting trans identities—a continuation of the same priorities Ada has upheld. To clarify your earlier reading of my post:

You literally just told everybody that the mods disagreed with the neopronouns policy of respect that Ada created over reasserted in the context of the Drag drama.

Again, I genuinely hope this helps. It looks like you are having a fairly significant misunderstanding of the goings-on in the community and instance. I want to thank @hazeebabee@slrpnk.net for their kind words. I have no ill will toward anyone here; I simply believe that addressing this now helps avoid larger misunderstandings down the line, as the community evaluates how leadership aligns with its values and needs.

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So I actually agree with everything you wrote here except that “that is the narrative a lot of you ran with.” I didn’t. And I told off everyone who did. I appreciated you banning Drag for the user’s disgusting behavior. You did the right thing. Ada was calling out commenters who were using harassment and misgendering to combat trolls. Most that were mad were upset at Ada. Few to none interpereted that as a diss on you. Certainly not me.

You are getting pretty acerbic about this already so if you do respond please be chill. But I would encourage you to engage with the concept that this wasn’t even about you until you made it that way by locking the community.

In general, this is showing me that you just really never even had a finger on the pulse of your own former community, so I think this has all been for the best.

no worries! ur like robinhood, taking from the rich and :3ing to the poor

Congrats! I saved you from being punched (by me).

All Correct except

They then unlock the community for only lemmy.world users

They didn’t intend the unlock to be instance specific—it was a federation issue of some kind where the unlock didn’t successfully propagate everywhere. It should (?) be available for all instances now.

https://lemmy.cafe/post/12094663