Note: Judging by the comments, a lot of people are obviously not reading the post and are instead assuming we are calling for defederation of lemmy.world. That is not the case, and in fact the opposite is true. LW already temporarily defederated anarchist.nexus once, and the evidence suggests Mr Kaplan is now pushing for full defederation of all the FAF instances. We are trying to build a coalition of instances that will agree to defederate from lemmy.world IF Kaplan goes ahead with the defederation. Apologies if you weren't aware of the context.
🏴☠️ Hoist the Black Flag: Pledge to Boycott Lemmy World!
... if Lemmy World dares to defederate from any ship in the Fediverse Anarchist Flotilla - https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/, https://anarchist.nexus/, and https://quokk.au/.
Mateys, we can’t let a mega‑instance captain bully the rest of the fleet just because their ship’s bigger. If Lemmy World tries to throw the FAF overboard, we’re calling for a show of solidarity: a fediverse blockade of Lemmy World in response, until the landlubbers see reason (i.e., there is an acceptable change in their leadership and/or this policy).
This is about mutual aid, not mutiny - standing together so no single admin gets to rule the seas unchallenged. A united armada of smaller instances can absolutely blunt Lemmy World’s outsized influence (and, let’s be honest, their ego).
☠️ A word to the captains: before hoisting colours or locking in a course, we ask ye to let your crew have their say. Run a poll, open the deck for discussion, and listen to the voices aboard your vessel. These seas belong to all of us, and decisions that shape our fediverse should be made together, not from the captain’s quarters alone.
If other captains be keen to chart this course with us, drop anchor and make the pledge public in the comments. The more hands on deck, the harder it is to sink any one of us. Let us know if you are holding a vote!
dbzer0 and AN members can vote on this pledge in !div0_governance@lemmy.dbzer0.com, and quokk.au will be holding their own vote.
🏴☠️ Solidarity forever, and fair winds to the Flotilla!
governance type: sense check
Can you link to the post please? This is important. I've heard a lot of accusations that they were zionist, but I'm still searching for proof.
Sorry for being unclear. That was the reason that Luminous gave in the modlog. I have no idea/input on that personally, especially when Luminous isn't an admin anymore.
then please make it clear that u have nothing to support this, and that u were just quoting luminous' modlog message.
as it stands, it taints ur entire post with the (possibly false) assumption that mrkaplan posted zionist apologia.
I added quotation marks. That being said, I refuse to accept that a single off-color ban reason is enough to 'taint' an encylopedia of abuse by Kaplan.
thanks. i didnt mean to imply it tainted the content of the post. what i meant is that it starts the reader off in a particular emotional state, based on an assumption.
for what its worth, i do agree that kaplans behaviour was wrong, especially for an admin.
Yeah, this is a big thing for me, too. Sure, the admins at .world seem to be pretty egregiously losing perspective and power tripping, but if they're defending a state doing a very public genocide right now, that's beyond insane. I'm probably in favor of the proposal either way, considering the blatant disregard for other admins and dereliction of duty for something as simple a just fucking communicating. However, if this behavior is also accompanied by someone defending a genocide state, we have some cleanup to do on the fediverse that may require some kind of campaign, because fashy behavior from someone with that much influence over the biggest instance is absolutely unacceptable in our fediverse.