Hardly you wanted to play moral crusader you got a moral crusade. Funny how the moment someone calls you out suddenly you're the one policing the conversation.
And obviously the community you're a part of decides the words that are out of bounds, leading back to my original point if you dislike it host your own instance. Since no i have no idea how the retarded word was used (nor do i have any particular interest in the situation) because you have provided zero evidence of it.
And given the context of who db0 is i doubt they banned anyone for using retarded as an adjective directed at a concept or idea.
I have no particular opinion of you one way or another. I just think you're being overly dramatic.
Since i have no context for how the use of retarded ended up getting someone banned, but i can imagine, im not speaking to that.
However what i am speaking to is your mentioning of free speech and 'free exchange of ideas' in relation to using disparaging terminology towards a group of people. Which is generally in my experience online code for 'im an asshole nazi trying to play off peoples moral sensibilities.' it also happens that I cant imagine a single instance were using the word retarded directed at someone is useful to the free exchange of ideas. In fact it sounds like that person was being an asshole and got what was coming to them.
Now enjoy your stay and be cool to people and you wont have a problem and no worries on the donation, because its just that a donation.
Im proud you took the plunge! Feel free to reach out if you get stuck on anything. Im a principal engineer whose done work all over the tech stack including the linux kernel and wrote my own shell. (Think gnome/kde user interfaces.) And these days im playing with biochemistry:)
Hey everyone that gets over that hurdle implies that its doable and that it might be getting easier.
Remember that use to be just the first hurdle of many. It sounds like kobold is enjoying the desktop already and there use to be another 7 or 8 major hurdles. Audio, video, x11, network, Bluetooth, usb.
Hey congrats, @A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world! By getting through that hurdle you most certainly are that savvy of a person. Enjoy the after success glow and welcome to the hacker universe.
Trial and error is 90% of life! Thats how you get shit done!
Yes i know what filter you were talking about, im saying instances are a decent proxy for that without the manual work on your end.
Have nothing against the approach. But since it doesnt exist you have three options:
go and build it. I assure you its possible, though if you wanted to do it well and automated that takes skill. Skills i have but lack the time and inclination to do.
find an instance that approximates your values
run your own instance.
Db0 has been very clear on the instance they want, and its not a freeze peach absolutist instance. There are instances that are feel free to join those.
Wrong person mate. Unless you meant to completely change the context of the conversation.
Neither of us were talking about financial crimes. I was very explicitly countering your narrative that planned murders are easy to decree as a danger to society vs accidental; and therefore somehow less ambiguous/ simpler.
in this case planned murder is tricky. because the person they killed is directly responsible for orders of magnitude more deaths and the government was unwilling to lock them up for everyone's safety.
what do you think an instance effectively is? that filter. you're just outsourcing the filtering to a set of people who you generally agree with. doing it all manually is a bit of a pita.
uh huh. the permissiveness you want is exactly what causes the issues to begin with. I disagree the downside is worse than the lack of enforcement. a fact that has been proven again and again. 'free speech' morons end up creating nazi bars. I'll pass.
There is a reason you need to moderate your speech and ideas in general its because unrestrained nonsense is a negative for the community and causes friction and violence. having small limits in place avoids the worst of this.
The good news is decentralized systems are robust to both ends of the spectrum (see lemmy.world nonsense). feel free to go find another instance or make your own if you find the current environment objectionable.
snicker I've literally been telling you to go be an agent of change and the parameters you need to work with.