This isn't about their political views in particular, this is about them brigading comment sections and derailing from the original topic and shouting down anybody who disagrees.

Defederation because of political views is, frankly, dangerous for democracy.

What? This is such a ridiculous claim I'm not even sure where to start. Federation does not equal democracy, and defederation from a shitty spammy instance has zero impact on democracy.

[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

And also don't forget the mass spam of oversized emojis and pictures of pigs shitting.

[–] zephyreks@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Democracy is built on discourse of opposing views. If we just censor all opposing views, then what the fuck is even the point?

[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Defederation is not censorship. All it means is that nobody on that instance wants to hear your bullshit, and are showing you the door. You're able to make an account on another federated instance if you wanted to hear those vitriolic, harmful people.

[–] steltek@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

There's about as much discourse here as rival football hooligans having it out in the streets. A lot of violence but it doesn't really change the score. What's the point of talking when no one's listening?