Comment on Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane?
SirDerpy@lemmy.world 3 months agoHere’s the vote that approved the granular instance-by-instance approach
And then what happened? It seems like you were present for awhile but perhaps not in the trenches, through the OpSec, and to the end.
What?
Indeed.
Are you describing the consensus building and struggle sessions as “forcing the wisest decision on everyone”?
Q: Why did hexbear brigade the fediverse?
A: Certainly for the lulz. /s
alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
People nominated instances here and when/if people had concerns, there’d be a megathread discussing/voting on defederation.
SirDerpy@lemmy.world 3 months ago
You’ve forgotten to mention the minority that did not agree and how strongly they believed they were correct. You’ve seemingly not considered that democracy’s best case scenario is mediocrity.
We will not be led by or stagnate upon popularity among the lumpen. Democracy be damned when faced with such a threat. We did what the majority could not do.