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Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ @lemmy.dbzer0.com

Elliot @lemmy.dbzer0.com

1y ago

Appreciation post for db0 admins in light of .world blocking /c/ piracy and similar /c/'s .

I understand why they did what they did and it makes me think of how db0 and other admins are saying fuck all and taking a very big liability for making and supporting a free internet and i want to say all the work you do is very much appreciated. Also shoutout to lemmy.ml admins for running a similar community on their own .

Links for supporting the db0 server and do consider donating as it is running behind on expenses.


Ko-fi	Liberapay

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I will never defederate from y’all ❤️
- OT, that's a very nice UN and instance name you have!
  
  Thank you! I started the server as a random project right after I left Reddit and shredded all of my posts. I’m pretty sure I’m the only active user but that’s okay by me. It’s a little money out of my pocket to give both myself and others refuge from social media and all of the enshitification.
Here's the donations links from on the sidebar mateys. The server is currently is not covering its hosting costs ;)
EDIT: Removed since they're in the OP now
- Added to the post .
- What are the current hosting costs? Every cent counts, but how much do y'all need?
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  The ko-fi page has that info i think.
  
  check the ko-fi. It shows how much progress we have to cover the costs until June
- Man, I didn't realize there were only 22 people supporting you monthly.
  
  53 of us are on Patreon too
- Do y'all think this "cleaning up" has to do with their META threads integration?
  You mean as opposed to their stated reason: DMCA?
- Wait, they are federating with Threads? I thought everyone, even single-user instances blocked them. WTF?
  
  Yeah, this is why users should get to decide which instances they get to see.
  Let's be our own moderators instead of relying on useful idiots to do it for us.
- Do y’all think this “cleaning up” has to do with their META threads integration?
  I think bad actors have infiltrated their admin team and are pushing their own agenda.
  Lots of useful idiots want to ban discussion of piracy because it makes them realize how they're getting ripped off.
  Nobody wants to acknowledge how they're being taken for a ride, especially useful idiots.
- I am specifically not on world because they want me to sign up with my real email address. Nty, deanonymizing fucks.
- Do you have a link to this? That sounds extremely alarming, I did not realize they had done that.
- .world is basically just the losers who got upset that it was too difficult to be a reddit mod since they didn't have enough power
Being defederated by lemmyworld is a badge of honor. Keep up the good work!
- Nah, I disagree. They are running a large community in the middle of Europe, in plain view and being personally known, and as such, liable. Adhering to applicable laws and regulations is the sensible thing to do, plain and simple.
  
  That makes it even worse. Imagine putting in all this effort and taking all this supposed risk to create a new social media platform free of the pitfalls that come with a for profit site like reddit only to slowly adopt the exact same corporate friendly code of conduct while purposefully curating a community of annoying shitheads who are nearly indistinguishable from the horde of cretins on reddit.
  If making a new reddit is legitimately the best they can do, then they should absolutely just scuttle the entire project.
- Just went to ko-fi too, i use lemmy daily and i love this instance & the admins here, and thats worth a few bucks a month
Care to ELI5 for us casuals who did not catch and are missing the obvious?
- AFAIK Lemmy.world (the largest Lemmy instance) was issued a takedown request for something unrelated, and conducted a review of the piracy communities following that.
  Unfortunately they decided to remove/unfed a few piracy communities as a result, such as this one on dbzer0.
  So while we are still all federated, lemmy.world users can no longer see or interact with the !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com community ☹️
  
  So we can still things from them but they can’t see things from us?
  I suppose that’s why people make at least two accounts.
db0 is a personal hero of mine I have been a follower since his OCTGN creations.
- What’s that acronym?
  
  Divided by zero
- daym, you take me back. Pre or post A:NR? :D
  
  Started with A:NR, and your sound effects were legendary amongst everyone I know. LOGIN REJECTED
As someone who just started with this community, I'll admit that I'm a little confused by what happened. Appreciate everyone who puts in time here though!
- One of the largest instances, lemmy.world, is no longer receiving posts from this community. They're worried about legal troubles I think?
  
  Legally I think they’d probably be exempted from liability as a common carrier, similar to how your email server isn’t going to get sued if you mail someone a link to piracy. I doubt they’re interested in testing that theory though.
  
  Didnt they unblock it, or did they block it again?
  
  They’re worried about legal troubles I think?
  Bullshit. There are no legal troubles for them. Someone on their team doesn't like piracy, so they try to stifle discussion about it.
- Don't worry about it, just steer clear of lemmy.world and you'll be fine
Love 'em. And mods of this community are pretty tight too 💘
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