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This still baffles me, but I guess it's good for federation? (i.imgflip.com)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I feel like I missed something, what happened?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The lemmy.world admins blocked a bunch of piracy communities from federating with their instance seemingly out of nowhere: no legal threats, no DMCA notices, no apparent consequences if they don't.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Uh, weird they didn’t say anything considering they’re relatively open about their moderation. Guess I’ll just grab some popcorn and wait.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Ah yes, my favorite open platform for mass announcements lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Oh, yeah! That app that totally EVERYBODY uses even though it’s really garbage for information! 🤠