A community index of servers added a new rule recently, that requires every participant to defederate from Threads. Some admins are unhappy.

Server indexes of places for newcomers to join can be instrumental for Fediverse adoption. However, sudden rule changes can leave some admins feeling pressure to change policies in order to remain listed.

  • marcie (she/her)
    203·
    7 months ago

    for real. im new to lemmy but places like hexbear seem really good for trans stuff. i hate how so many trans places are dependent upon facebook or reddit to exist. facebook itself is problematic because those fuckers already assisted a genocide in myanmar, whats to stop them from helping to massacre trans people here?

    • Apollo42
      72·
      7 months ago

      Hexbear is definitely a good place for trans stuff, its just a shame about all of the authoritarians.

    • Omega_HaxorsEnglish
      73·
      7 months ago7 months ago

      hexbear seem really good for trans stuff.

      HB and blahj are the two explicitly pro-trans instances. Hexbear is strongly oriented towards communism but I would strongly suggest them over blahj just because of their abysmal handling of c/196’s noncery. They just don’t have as strong of a track record as hexbear.

      • marcie (she/her)
        71·
        7 months ago7 months ago

        hexbear seems way more active in the trans spaces at least. its also nice seeing everyones pronouns and being able to guess what variant of transness someone is talking about when theyre describing their experiences.

        im on lemmy cause i saw advice saying that you could access pretty much all the lgbt spots on the fediverse from here, which seems true. ive already seen a bunch of transphobic bullshit on this site and on blahaj so maybe ill just swap to hexbear, idk

        • Omega_HaxorsEnglish
          71·
          7 months ago7 months ago

          Yeah you should make the jump if not seeing transphobia is your goal. lemmyML is a great omni-instance but as a result you’re going to be exposed to a lot of right-wing bullshit. And really, transphobia on blahj? That’s extremely disappointing but not all that surprising.

          • marcie (she/her)
            40·
            7 months ago7 months ago

            yeah one of the top trans posts the other day was filled with transphobes and people debating the merits of transphobia. i think blahaj doesnt have very active modding?

            • davelEnglish
              50·
              7 months ago

              We aggressively remove transphobic/transmisic posts/comments on lemmy.ml. Please report any that you see. But understand that we don’t control the content of other Lemmy instances, so when you select “All” instead of “Subscribed” or “Local,” it’s the wild west.

              • marcie (she/her)
                20·
                7 months ago7 months ago

                i guess the question is more of bans and not just removals. for instance this guy https://lemmy.ml/comment/9833425 seems to regularly go on to write misogynistic and queerphobic screeds, but seems to not have been banned because he is a moderator and has been here for 4 years?

                • davelEnglish
                  30·
                  7 months ago

                  He’s gotten some temporary bans as well as post/comment removals. Omega_haxor is right about hexbear: it’s explicitly socialist, unlike lemmy.ml, and it’s even more explicitly supportive / aggressively protective of the trans community. Several of the largest instances have defederated from hexbear, so for better or worse, access is more limited.

                  • marcie (she/her)
                    20·
                    7 months ago7 months ago

                    my thing is this guy is a clear misogynist, hes discussed his misogyny for 4 years now. you dont have to be a socialist to think thats unacceptable. are the rules simply never enforced with bans?

            • Omega_HaxorsEnglish
              20·
              7 months ago7 months ago

              They do have moderators they just care more about PR-washing than actually protecting their trans base. I would stay away from them.

    • octopus_inkEnglish
      10·
      7 months ago7 months ago

      for real. im new to lemmy but places like hexbear seem really good for trans stuff.

      I am not trans, and so this may be incorrect, but while of course you can use any instance you choose, IIRC it’s https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/ that is very explicitly trans-supportive at the instance level. (I’m not saying other instances are transphobic, to be clear)

      Edit: I see you’ve already taken the convo far past the comment I replied to, sorry for not reading ahead!