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Hello, is there any social media on this planet that does not ban people for things that are completely legal in all of the European legal systems?

Or is the fediverse the best choice because even though if moderators guide public opinion on the mainstream instances, people can still go to a smaller instance for refuge.

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[โ€“] tfm@europe.pub 34 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That's the beauty of the Fediverse. You can host your own instance and do whatever you want. But be prepared to be defederated.

[โ€“] androidul@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

what if the defederated instances make a federation of their own? hmm

[โ€“] tfm@europe.pub 18 points 1 week ago

Nice architecture. Isn't it?

[โ€“] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 week ago

Yes, that already happens afaik

[โ€“] Wanpieserino@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I'm looking for a place like r/capitalismvsocialism or r/purplepilldebate

Place where people communicate with eachother and nobody gets banned.

I'm quite sick of bubbles. Everyone just sticking with like minded people and removing the rest.

[โ€“] leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 1 week ago (3 children)

There's a reason they're called 'communities' on Lemmy. What you see as a bubble, other see as a place of refuge where they're not going to be attacked by people 'just asking questions'.

[โ€“] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

There's a study somewhere that states humans were never meant to have communities above a few hundred, and the bigger we grew the more we lost. I for one am happy with leaving some folk sad they're not allowed back in when they break community rules.

[โ€“] Wimster@lemmy.wtf 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well @Leraje, that's exactely what has happend to me. I asked a simple question in another community and get bashed by some people just like you would expect on some other social. Then I said: "I'm out of here" and I unsubscribed and blocked the community. Just to say that there are dipheads here too.

[โ€“] leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

" I asked a simple question..."

Without knowing what community it was and what the exact question was, I'm not sure what you're expecting me to say about that.

[โ€“] Wimster@lemmy.wtf 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That's OK. You don't have to say something about my post. I just wanted to inform you all that on Lemmy there are also haters, keyboard warriors or people that are so depressed that they can't see anything positive in a post, a question or a reply.

[โ€“] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

Sounds like you're the problem, if everywhere you going you're getting flak.

[โ€“] Wanpieserino@lemm.ee -5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Can't say that I share the sentiment of those people. I haven't blocked anyone in my entire life.

[โ€“] femtech@midwest.social 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[โ€“] Tundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

why does race, sexual orientation & gender have to be brought up?

[โ€“] gaael@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Because you are usually subjected to a lot less abuse when you're a ciswhitehetmale in a NW country.
This usually leads to a different need for safe spaces, like-minded communities and blocking people than oppressed groups.

[โ€“] Wanpieserino@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm a minority (autism), I don't need a safe space.

I need people to stop being authoritarian and communicate with eachother.

If only minorities were authoritarian, then there would be no issue. Since they'd be just a minority. It wouldn't be noticed.

It's clearly the majority that deal the blow. Logical, right?

[โ€“] gaael@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm a minority (autism), I don't need a safe space.

Thank you for sharing your personnal experience. I am glad that your personnality and life experience don't make you feel the need for a safe space, that's uplifting.

This being said, other people from minorities seem to have a different viewpoint and consider safe spaces are important/necessary. The fact that some individuals don't need one doesn't negate the need (and right) of others individual to create these safe spaces.

I need people to stop being authoritarian and communicate with eachother.

That's great, but it's also within peoples' rights to choose who they want to communicate with and to filter that by interest, values or other factors.
I find it important that depending on my energy levels and my mental health I can choose who I engage with.

If only minorities were authoritarian, then there would be no issue. Since they'd be just a minority. It wouldn't be noticed.I.
t's clearly the majority that deal the blow. Logical, right?

I'm not sure I understand what you mean there, could you explain a bit more?

[โ€“] Wanpieserino@lemm.ee 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The latter part. Minorities do not have power. They just do not have that. So their actions are barely noticed.

If only minorities were authoritarian and block communication channels, then nobody would notice it. It would be a rounding error.

This is because they are only a small amount of people.

Women aren't a minority, they are half the population. But according to many, they are a minority. This is wrong.

If women want a safe space from men (they do, female only subreddits ban more than male only subreddits) then that's fine, but it's not because they are a minority.

In this day and age everyone feels like a minority and likely are minorities. But that's only a part of them.

I'm autistic (minority). I'm male (equal), I'm European (majority on this app, minority in the world).

Okay now.. if I were to be a marxist leninist (minority in the western countries) so I create a safe space.

Okay but we have dozens of political ideologies. They all are pretty much a minority then. Definitely because they vary across countries.

Giving each ideology a safe space because they are "a minority" neutralises eachother. They all are.

In reality, just like the way a government gets formed. People need to communicate and compromise.

Blocking communication stops growth, and hence I do not like this culture of bubbles/echo chambers on Lemmy.

Got no clue how to alter that, or if there's social media that doesn't create echo chambers by blocking those that do not fit in there.

[โ€“] gaael@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

Women aren't a minority, they are half the population. But according to many, they are a minority. This is wrong.

I believe our disagreement partly stems from semantics. English is not my native language, and I have used the term minority as a shortcut for oppressed category.

If only minorities were authoritarian and block communication channels, then nobody would notice it. It would be a rounding error.

Idk how it is elsewhere, but in France, when trans people or black people (which are oppressed categories and numerical minorities) claim they want to have safe spaces that exclude cis or white people, it's definitely noticed. Almost everytime the majority (oppressive category and numerical majority) go on crying that they are excluded and should not be and try to pry these spaces open.

Okay now.. if I were to be a marxist leninist (minority in the western countries) so I create a safe space.
Okay but we have dozens of political ideologies. They all are pretty much a minority then. Definitely because they vary across countries.
Giving each ideology a safe space because they are "a minority" neutralises eachother. They all are.
In reality, just like the way a government gets formed. People need to communicate and compromise.

I know of no minority that exists only in safe spaces. We always have to meet other people, be it family, work, doctors, public events....
About your exemple, being a marxist leninist and having no space where you can meet other marxists leninists to debate theories or future actions and being constantly in interaction with right wingers sounds tiring.

Blocking communication stops growth, and hence I do not like this culture of bubbles/echo chambers on Lemmy.
Got no clue how to alter that, or if there's social media that doesn't create echo chambers by blocking those that do not fit in there.

Lemmy being what it is, you're more than welcome to create a community of like-minded people (people who want to communicate with everyone, not marxists leninists ofc) and advertise it on general channels to make it grow the way you think is best :)

[โ€“] MrPoletki@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago

It's the modern day equivelant of a/s/l

[โ€“] Wanpieserino@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago

yep, my family has been living here in Belgium for a very long time.

[โ€“] tfm@europe.pub 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Why not start your own Lemmy instance? If people are interested into that, they'll join.

[โ€“] MemmingenFan923@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

How complex is this? And how much does it cost per month to host your own instance?

[โ€“] slazer2au@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Not overly hard if you can work a Linux cli.

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ansible

As for costs, will that depends on how many users, what hardware you run it on, and the yearly domain.

Several instances are on single circuit board PC's like Raspberry Pi with an attached USB HDD.

[โ€“] tfm@europe.pub 0 points 1 week ago

You should definitely be working in IT at least. Don't forget that you are responsible for personal data from your users.

Price-wise it's not that expensive to host a Lemmy instance. A few hundred users cost you 20 to 30 euros a month.

[โ€“] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Generally speaking, I've found Lemmy to be far less accepting of different viewpoints than either Twitter or Reddit in their heyday. The echo chamber is extremely strong here, even though the "correct" narrative is different.

[โ€“] Wanpieserino@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I vote left wing, but left wingers in general are less accepting of freedom of expression. That's my experience.

[โ€“] Tundra@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I feel the same, but right wingers also arent exactly very accepting either. Try talking about the climate crisis (which should be apolitical) or workers rights and you will see what I mean.

maybe its not a political issue, its just bigotry?

[โ€“] Wanpieserino@lemm.ee -3 points 1 week ago

They ramble on and on, but they don't want the other person to be banned. They just think the other person is really really stupid.

I prefer that instead of authoritarianism to be honest.

[โ€“] edvardgm@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago

Yee, banning people who have a reason to look the way they do, will make the world a worse place. Soon the right activities bubble will burst