So uhhh, I went to check their accound, and they’re still posting? Not only that, they were banned from this community a while ago.

Like can you guys look up stuff before claiming anything?

I understand. Thank you!

Thanks for answering! I was more wondering what kind of issue DNS solved and why it was solved that way. Also if anyone thought of another solution.

I also read the history here (https://cyber.harvard.edu/icann/pressingissues2000/briefingbook/dnshistory.html), and it still seems pretty sketchy to me that the concern of website names being inaccessible to small businesses and such was solved with the ICANN. Didn’t this just make domain names into stuff you could speculate with? I may be tweaking rn, but I don’t think it’s necessarily right.

I’ve seen the crypto scams, unfortunately, which is basically what brought me to ask this question.

Is there a reason why they decided that domain names should be owned? Cause it kinda sounds like the metaverse, but older (like buying digital land and stuff). And idk, it just leaves a bad taste for me at least.

I meant more like did it have to be a central agreement for it to scale up to what it is now?

But why did everyone agree to that? Couldn’t domains be determined by user, or at least a bit more decentralized? (ex: google.com leads to IP address 1.1.1.1)

Floorboard gang!

Yay, racism ;-;

This is the only AMA that I found that involved a GoFundMe and had the lgbt mentioned in the thread.

If this is not what you’re talking about, could you find the original thread?

I still have vert fond memories with Maplestory. Granted, I stopped because it was getting quite Grundy, but I still remember the stories for lv 1 to 100

I think there would be PR to put in good smell. Or maybe highjacking to put in a putrid smell. Either way, entertaining.

This ^

What I don’t understand is how could a mod from a community have authority on someone on another community, let alone on an empty community? Like why would authority matter if no one is your subject?And I understand that making an instance is hard an not for everyone, but my hope is that it becomes easier and easier as time goes on.

If I remember, Lemmy is working on making sure comments and post history is exportable if you want to move instances. Having a backup of your account would definitely give even more power to the user IMO.

I never wanted to claim that the fediverse is like nostr. I just don’t consider it to be authoritarian because of the first paragraph.

Ending the war in Gaza is not enough. The genocide started before october 7th. When asked if she would stop sending weapons, she said no: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/08/us/politics/harris-israel-arms-embargo.html

What does it mean when you keep sending weapons to a country that uses them to commit genocide? It means that you support a genocide. Why was my comment then erased for misinformation?

I should’ve asked the question earlier. Thank you so much!

Removed by mod

Chances are they already did

Are you gonna vote as if your cousin is Palestinian lmao

I think it should be inescapable. At least, the consequences from it should. The modlog is still available, and there is nothing that stops you from creating your own community. If we take the Ohio analogy tho, claiming yourself to be a sovereign citizen won’t stop the police from applying their authority on you. They use violence in order to apply it as well. In Lemmy, creating your community in an instance may not stop an admin, but will stop a moderator. A step further to that would be making your own instance, and I know it’s not perfect, but it’s already way more power to the users and less to the moderators.

I see it more as someone kicking you out of a group. You can ask the others if they disagree and want to form another group with you. If the others agree, they can leave the group, and if not, they’ll stay because they agree with the decision. It’s not a perfect model, but gives way more agency to the user than it does to the moderators/admins. For example, on reddit, if you were banned from a community, you could make your own, but if you were banned from the site, then not much could’ve been done. People also don’t agree with the moderation on ml, so they moved on to .world, db0 or lemm.ee. So far, it works.

I would advise against using the argument of it being “just words”, as it removes the intention behind your words, and can lead to some more right wing talking points (not that you are right wing).

But what I’m trying to point out is that this one person does not have authority over anyone due to the nature of the fediverse. If they did, your post right here would be gone.

If the users that are in the community of the moderator didn’t like how they managed things, they could make their own community. And if they didn’t like that the instance let the community exist for whatever reason, they can change for a better instance. Admittedly it’s hard to do so, but it’s a pretty good model.

They can’t stop users from making their own solar punk meme community.