Comment on Do elaborate on the accusations of "toxicity"

pewpew@feddit.it ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Mr_Fish@lemmy.nz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s a frontend for lemmy, and it had a secret block list. Generally made of people who held such extreme and toxic positions like “fascism is bad” or “rich people shouldn’t be rich when other people are starving”

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  • outerzenith@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    whuh? why does a front-end have the ‘permission’ to block users? shouldn’t that fall to the instance instead?

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    • dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      And that, you see, is the crux of everybody’s objection to it.

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    • Apytele@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah it doesn’t need “permission”, that’s the thing. Dude just made it so the things or people he didn’t like caused “error messages.”

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    • 69420@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      My guess is that the blocking is done client-side.

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    • Takapapatapaka@tarte.nuage-libre.fr ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Well from what i know it’s not really blocked, the targetted users and communities get their content either not displayed, either as an error message. They’re technically there, not blocked, but the frontend chooses to hide them.

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  • dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Apparently it also includes opinions such as, “penguins are cool,” and “check out this silly knife.”

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    • popekingjoe@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Well you’re obviously trying to rile people up with those statements.

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    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Your knives ain’t silly, they’re cool af

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  • watson387@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    At just a quick glance, I don’t see my account listed but my username is in the regex. lol

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    • Mr_Fish@lemmy.nz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m the same. I think you’re blocked if either is true

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      • Pogogunner@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        That’s correct. The regex based blocking will block the username on any instance

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  • lookingforanALFpolycule@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Or “animals don’t deserve to be put in death camps”

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  • Hated@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    i’ve only been here for i day and none of you are even remotely as reasonable as you describe

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