Probably good to warn people that .ml isn’t representative of the fediverse at large, they’re just very loud.
If you were introducing a new friend to America but for some reason, knew their flight was landing in a MAGA convention, would you not warn them so they didn’t immediately turn around and go home?
Much louder and more annoying about what they hate. .ml sticks to their same places. .world then invades and has its trolls stalk accounts into debates.
Okay, so if your friend would be frustrated by fairly mainstream opinions, wouldn’t you warn them about that too? Or just better to have them sort it out for themselves?
You buy your memes instead of just making them while on the toilet? Wild.
But the larger point is that for a growing social network, yeah, warning newcomers about a group most find unpleasant (and given the upvote ratios on the post, the fediverse seems to agreed) seems a simple courtesy and helps us expand. Doing so in a jokey meme is just a fun way to do so.
I just don’t follow the logic. Let people waunder in to .ml and find out for themselves. Right now it just looks like the libs of .world are trying to censor .ml. What is .world so afraid of? Lemmygrad? That place is hilarious.
Why would I warn my friend? I know their preferences. Why wouldn’t I warn the masses? I don’t know or care about their preferences. Maybe they’d like .ml, who knows, let them find out on their own.
Probably good to warn people that .ml isn’t representative of the fediverse at large, they’re just very loud.
If you were introducing a new friend to America but for some reason, knew their flight was landing in a MAGA convention, would you not warn them so they didn’t immediately turn around and go home?
.world is much louder than .ml
Much louder and more annoying about what they hate. .ml sticks to their same places. .world then invades and has its trolls stalk accounts into debates.
Okay, so if your friend would be frustrated by fairly mainstream opinions, wouldn’t you warn them about that too? Or just better to have them sort it out for themselves?
Seems pretty simple…
Telling my friend, someone I know, is one thing. Buying a billboard is another
You buy your memes instead of just making them while on the toilet? Wild.
But the larger point is that for a growing social network, yeah, warning newcomers about a group most find unpleasant (and given the upvote ratios on the post, the fediverse seems to agreed) seems a simple courtesy and helps us expand. Doing so in a jokey meme is just a fun way to do so.
I just don’t follow the logic. Let people waunder in to .ml and find out for themselves. Right now it just looks like the libs of .world are trying to censor .ml. What is .world so afraid of? Lemmygrad? That place is hilarious.
A warning isn’t censorship…
But, let’s work through the logic if you really don’t get it.
Why would you warn your friend but not others in the MAGA convention example? (Maybe this is the key.)
It is censorship.
Why would I warn my friend? I know their preferences. Why wouldn’t I warn the masses? I don’t know or care about their preferences. Maybe they’d like .ml, who knows, let them find out on their own.