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A bit over a month ago, a user posted in !main@sh.itjust.works to propose defederating from maga.place. That post was followed by a discussion in !agora@sh.itjust.works a week ago, which seems to have gained some traction. In response, we're going to hold a vote on the matter. Voting will be open for one week, through Friday, November 7.

The Agora discussion post is here:
https://sh.itjust.works/post/48420886

Only sh.itjust.works accounts created prior to today (October 31) may cast a vote.

Vote by commenting either yes/aye/oui or nay/no/non.

Any further discussion should happen in the Agora post linked above.

Additional Context/Discussions

Similar discussion at lemmy.ca: https://sh.itjust.works/post/46502305

Other fediverse instances are also defederating: https://sh.itjust.works/post/48111431

The instance's page at Fediseer: https://gui.fediseer.com/instances/detail/maga.place

VOTE RESULT

yes/aye/oui: 363
nay/no/non: 43

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By my count, that's 363 YES vs 43 NO.
That's out of 416 top-level local comments.
The keen eyed will notice a discrepancy of 10 votes which were not counted by the query.

Those were not counted for not being in the keyword list:

  • either yes/aye/oui or nay/no/non."
  • Abstention. I don't believe I've ever in...
  • Ye...
  • You betcha!...
  • I have 0 clue I just want to feel specia...
  • I have no objection to seeing less polit...
  • YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSS!!!...
  • Absolutely...
  • Absolutely ...

There's also a duplicate yes vote from the same person_id, which I've removed.

202 comments weren't even votes, the discussion goes in the other thread, folks.
24 comments from remote accounts were removed.

That about sums it up.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 137 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

Yes.

'I know it's called swastika.ss, but their admins seem friendly enough, so shouldn't we invite conversation?'

The secret police are in the streets. At this point we shouldn't even tolerate right-wing hugbox communities, on otherwise normal instances. A whole server for fascists, labeled 'yes hello we support fascists,' does not get a seat at the table.

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[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 73 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)
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[–] Bronzie@sh.itjust.works 38 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

Yes

But: this is going against my belief to not create self-reinforcing echo chambers. I truly believe it's better to meet them and challenge their (rather stupid) opinions, but MAGA has just gone too far for me to even bother trying.

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[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 37 points 2 weeks ago
[–] sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works 33 points 2 weeks ago
[–] rocky1138@sh.itjust.works 30 points 2 weeks ago
[–] Killer_Tree@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 weeks ago
[–] catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 weeks ago
[–] aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 weeks ago
[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 26 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Yes. Tolerating intolerance only leads to more intolerance; death to fascist ideology.

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[–] MonkCanatella@sh.itjust.works 26 points 2 weeks ago
[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 weeks ago
[–] Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 weeks ago
[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes

No room for intolerance in a tolerant society.

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Tolerance requires intolerance to the intolerant

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[–] Longylonglong@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 weeks ago
[–] DPEWGF@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 weeks ago
[–] mundane@piefed.world 22 points 2 weeks ago
[–] Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 weeks ago
[–] naught@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 weeks ago
[–] Addition@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 weeks ago
[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, I don't want Nazis in my feed.

[–] CaptainCancel@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 weeks ago
[–] sunoc@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 weeks ago
[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 weeks ago
[–] QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 weeks ago

yes

glad to see my discussion post was actually looked at 🥰

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 weeks ago
[–] CellarRat@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 weeks ago
[–] TheSlad@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 weeks ago
[–] kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 weeks ago
[–] jaschen306@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, get rid of them.

[–] loam@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 weeks ago
[–] syniana@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 weeks ago
[–] jimmymcsnakes@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 weeks ago
[–] Thelie@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 weeks ago
[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 weeks ago
[–] _thebrain_@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 weeks ago
[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
[–] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 weeks ago
[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 weeks ago
[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 weeks ago
[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 weeks ago
[–] thericofactor@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 weeks ago
[–] nameo0@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 weeks ago
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