"Remember, every voice matters and your contribution can make a difference. We believe that through open dialogue, mutual respect, and a shared commitment to discovery, we can foster a community that embodies the democratic spirit of the Agora in our modern world."
Closing off other instances is the exact opposite of the statement above.
Intelligent and brave people are willing to hear all sides to an argument. Only weak cowardly people run away from people with different views.
Defederating is lame
We should try to keep this instance as a Free Speech destination, rather than yet another island controlled by the thought police.
Could we please set some rules for defederation? I'd like to suggest these two:
- Is it spam?
- Is it illegal?
If either is yes, then go ahead and ban it, otherwise allow free discussion and don't get upset that some people think differently than yourself.
Nay. I believe in Free Speech and do not think we should ban any group unless they are doing illegal acts.
No, we should respect people who have different opinions. The only thing that should be banned are illegal acts and spam.
Banning an instance just because you disagree with them only means you have weak arguments.
Unable to add communities from lemmy.ml
I'm trying to add the community [email protected] but I keep getting a 404 error on here. ( https://sh.itjust.works/c/[email protected] )
However if you go directly to the lemmy.ml instance it loads just fine: https://lemmy.ml/c/eero
Any ideas what is wrong?