Humans who run instances are real people who have jobs and mortgages and kids. I also like having piracy communities around to balance the greedy ass corporations trying to control media and copyright…I’m glad to know they are there if I need them or feel like screwing around with it. I just wonder if the people ranting all indignantly acting like instances are competing for their usership would feel the same if the most active instance was on a server physically sitting in their basement, or paid for by money tied to them in the real world. Yes it seems pretty unlikely that you’re ever going to run into issues with law enforcement, copyright claims, lawsuits…but how much would you risk for a fucking hobby you do for free? Would you risk your house? Your job? I would not. Grow up. No one cares what instance you use.

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      It’s not thought police, go host your own instance like I do if you care that much, fuck I’ll help you set it up. Jesus you people are insane sometimes.

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        It is thought police. I can handle my own affairs, thank you. It sounds like you’ve been through enough.

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              No, calling protective measures fascism/thought controlling/etc is in fact closer to thought controlling than that in itself. And besides you can easily bypass this ban, which wasn’t done in secret but with a public announcement.

              Just… grow up or come up with a real point.

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                Lol, do I need to be protected from the pirates? Am I going to be taken away by the dirty criminals? Is this decreed for my own good? What will you do if I continue to object?

                IDK, feels pretty fascist.

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                  narcissistic

                  narcissistic

                  narcissism

                  Lol, do I need to be protected from the pirates? Am I going to be taken away by the dirty criminals? Is this decreed for my own good?

                  Lol

                  When you point a finger, you point three at yourself.

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                    It’s really sad living in a world where people don’t realize that narcissism is a set of behaviors and not an insult. That’s what we get for letting Republicans destroy education.

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      So switch to an instance that doesn’t block them? That’s the whole point of federation. I’ve already jumped instances once, and I’m probably going to a second time.

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        “This is Lemmy World, if you don’t like it leave!”

        See? Fascism.

        I’d rather make you put me in a prison.

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                Except it’s an original idea, and I am right. I’ve seen colonization enough times in my life to know how it works on every level. You don’t know what you can’t see, and you’re trusting an authority to determine what’s appropriate for you to know. Today it’s piracy, tomorrow obscenity, the next day political enemies. There’s only one way this goes. Authority is anti-intellectual because free thought runs counter to blind obedience.

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                    It has authority over every user that has an account on its server. The more it chooses to wield that power, the more authoritarian it becomes. This isn’t my only account, but abandoning a frontier to the political right isn’t my style. I’ll continue to do what I want to do until they use violence to remove me.