• .Donuts@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9118·
    18 hours ago

    I’m sorry but inciting violence gets any instance nuked, broligarch or federated.

    Just read this:

    Some of the screenshots say: “Muskrat’s DOGE Henchmen have been identified,” “It’s time to do more than dragging names, let’s drag their necks up by a large coil of rope,” “Time to hunt,” “I’ll say it. This nazi stooge needs to be shot,” and other comments sharing a similar sentiment.

    Now of course we can gloat that Reddit is bending the knee, but if a Lemmy instance was big enough to attract the same attention, exactly the same thing would have happened. No instance owner wants their whole instance get nuked by feds because the users of the instance are inciting violence.

    • HonorableScythe@lemm.eeEnglish
      122·
      8 hours ago

      The mod of a sub I watch confirmed earlier that Reddit is threatening moderators who don’t comply with removing the names of Elon’s goons from their subs, claiming that spreading those names is doxxing.

      Those names, by the way, are Gavin Kliger, Ethan Shaotran, Akash Bobba, Luke Farritor, and Edward Coristine.

      But nice scapegoat you got there.

    • Tiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      802·
      18 hours ago

      Shit like that was frequently posted on the_donald back in the day, except targeting minorities, and the admins were fine with it

      • surph_ninja@lemmy.worldEnglish
        24·
        16 hours ago

        Tbf a lot of people wanted to nuke the sub, and I would bet a lot of those were fake accounts to force Reddit to ban it. The actual users would’ve been inclined to behave and keep their space.

        • 9bananas@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 hours ago

          “a lot of people wanted to” doesn’t matter on a corpo platform.

          but if a greedy little pig-boy wants something gone, THAT matters.

    • curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      161·
      14 hours ago

      Bullshit.

      I saw the screenshots. The upvotes didn’t even break 2 digits. At most, the comments would get removed and the users banned. Saying it makes sense for the entire sub to be taken down for the dozen or so idiots is, undeniably, bullshit.

      The same types of comments have been made on lemmy. The instances did not get taken down or any legal action. Suggesting otherwise is nonsense.

      • DragonTypeWyvernEnglish
        42·
        9 hours ago

        Yes, Muskrat used the power of the state to enforce laws arbitrarily and for his own benefit.

        Weird how that keep happening in states.

    • Allo Mon Coco@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      502·
      17 hours ago

      I mean, I would agree if reddit wasn’t filled with hateful and violent content but it is. Last week, I reported a popular post joking about raping two women who OD, just to get told to shut up by the mods. So the fact that this loser got the entire community banned just shows the type of justice you can expect from social medias controlled by tech-bros. EDIT: Also, the only good nazi is a very dead nazi.

    • DrFistington@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      18 hours ago

      I mean. he’s a non elected foreigner who’s overstayed his visa and has no security clearance, and he’s stealing access to the most sensitive systems our country has. It’s absolutely time to hunt. Anyone have links to screenshots showing the identities of Musks henchmen?

    • 3dmvr@lemm.eeEnglish
      141·
      19 hours ago

      very little is considered inciting violence on reddit, I had a comment get removed for that once it was “I dont like h1b visas, it makes it harder for americans to get jobs when hella ppl are already struggling to find jobs with degrees rnow” they removed that for inciting violence than temp banned me for a week for appealing it

    • Meldrik@lemmy.wtfEnglish
      6·
      18 hours ago

      I’m putting the tinfoil hat on here, but wouldn’t it be rather easy to have some users go and post stuff like that in the subreddit? How many upvotes did those comments get?

      At least on Lemmy, the votes are public, so manipulation can be discovered.

      Also, if those posts were talking about Hamas, Hezbollah or maybe Russia, would that also have shut down the subreddit?

      • the_crotch@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        13 hours ago

        I’m putting the tinfoil hat on here, but wouldn’t it be rather easy to have some users go and post stuff like that in the subreddit? How many upvotes did those comments get?

        Sure, but why whitepeopletwitter of all places? If they’re trying to disrupt dissent surely there are more effective places to put their energy

        • curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          1·
          12 hours ago

          Sure, but why whitepeopletwitter of all places? If they’re trying to disrupt dissent surely there are more effective places to put their energy

          Not that I think this is what happened, but I think the answer is actually really straightforward - how quickly will reddit bend the knee? Let’s find out.

          Thats all it would take is a random thought to get there.

          Again, not what I think happened. Enough people elsewhere saying the same things that its bound to get commented in a reddit thread as well.

          I do, however, think Musk pushed for the entire sub to get banned, or spez did it proactively as a show of support (with a hope to bury his nose in Musk crack).

    • troed@fedia.io
      34·
      19 hours ago

      I reported a comment along those lines here on Lemmy/Mbin earlier today. They have no place here either.