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This unfolded on "United States | News & Politics@midwest.social". Owner 'seahorse' showing the kind of person they are.

This is not how you run a server.

Edit: link to comment:

https://midwest.social/comment/11535311

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[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 43 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Confirmed its real, and now I am blocking that instance. Thanks for the info. There is enough content on lemmy, a few instances can be excluded.

[–] moon@lemmy.cafe 17 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

I personally think that's a bit much to block an entire instance over when just one admin is being mildly annoying. Their comment is basically nothing imo lol. Compare that to the OP of this post whose profile picture is a cartoon pony from a children's show having an orgasm.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 8 points 6 months ago

It's almost like a community made of opinionated nerds loves making fake drama and being whiny bitches in general.

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[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Added a link to the comment in my post. Thanks for reminding me!

[–] turtlepower@lemm.ee 7 points 6 months ago (3 children)

All that link does is try to send an email. You have to put a "!" in front of it: !Politics@midwest.social

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[–] casmael@lemm.ee 6 points 6 months ago

Yeah it’s definitely real, I came across it in my feed before seeing this post. Guy seems like a real arsehole.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 37 points 6 months ago

So server admins are how we get the Reddit mod experience

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 17 points 6 months ago (3 children)

But it is.

Lemmy isn't set up to create a set of fairly moderated communities with buy-in from users. It is set up so anyone can be a dictator on their own server.

[–] tabarnaski@sh.itjust.works 35 points 6 months ago

Yup. But thankfully, it's also set up so they can quickly become dictators of their own little desert island.

[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 19 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Users can still quickly leave until they found a fair admin

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

And when the fair become unfair then we move onto the next, as it should be!

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 7 points 6 months ago (9 children)

I feel like relying on benevolent dictators only to run communities isn't the best option.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 6 months ago

That seems fairly un-hobbity, with all respect.

[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 4 points 6 months ago

At some point one instance is going to have democratically elected mods and admins, that would be interesting.

In the meantime yeah, we are still using other people's servers

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[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

That's the beautiful thing about lemmy. If I don't like the current dictator, I can easily switch to a more benevolent leader.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Sorry to hear, I love the Lotr memes community

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Never too late to make your own. Especially if enough people decide this is worth blocking the instance entirely.

!theonion@sh.itjust.works

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Thank god we’re doing things on more than world

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago

Yep, that's mainly why I hopped to it so fast.

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[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Indeed, but I have enough communities under my belt to be honest 😅

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago

Fair enough. The Onion community had pretty little traffic to begin with so I think I'll be fine.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 10 points 6 months ago

yeah i have my problems with midwest. i think a succinct way to put it is that instance does not appreciate the federation process.

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 10 points 6 months ago

"Can't even downvote in Ohio"

For those who don't know what this means, but want to, you can read https://www.distractify.com/p/what-does-ohio-mean-slang and https://www.distractify.com/p/only-in-ohio-tiktok-meme.

TLDR it's a phrase that people use now similar to "Florida man".

[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 7 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I remember there was a far right mastodon server

[–] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I remember it was smth else

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[–] JonsJava@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I've never blocked an instance.

If I block an instance, that blocks all users too, right?

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[–] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What does "spits their dummy out" man in this context? Is it just "says dumb shit"?

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

It's like a baby throwing a little tantrum, essentially.

[–] sir_pronoun@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

..so was this about his take on the Gaza war? That he thought support for Palestine would lead to a loss of democracy?

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 24 points 6 months ago (1 children)

No they’re saying that’s what people criticizing the protestors are arguing. I think their take is perfectly acceptable but the power tripping is pretty rough

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago

Yeah, I'd have to look into the context but their edit kinda sours it no matter what.

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[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So how do i block an instance?

[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 4 points 6 months ago

Settings, last tab iirc

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