[Dead Company Refugee] I've not seen a single ad...

3 years ago by GlitchyDigiBun to c/general_discussion

First post on the glorious Fediverse. I joined the moment the protest start, and I have to say, I have yet to see a single advertisement, targetted or otherwise, sans a few honest (fedditors? Don't hang me) offering commission work. I was born just in time to see the death of IRC and the birth of targetted advertising and social media headed by corporate interest. Mark my words, Lemmy, I ain't going back. I really hope this is the start of a shift to a renewed, decentralized internet.

PS. Who do I donate to? Is there a patreon for Lemmy or general instances?

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ggt 11 points 3 years ago

https://givemoneyto.ggtyler.dev

Seriously though, if you want to donate, here's their dono page. Just know that the main dev is known for some...spicy opinions.

(Also FMHY doesn't have any donation page and most likely never will.)

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darkmatterstyx 8 points 3 years ago

I joined the FMHY instance because of the description when I was looking for where to join. So, probably a stupid question, but; why wouldn't they have a donate page to keep the instance going?

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Kaizen 5 points 3 years ago

We appreciate that people want to support us, but we never have and never will accept donations. We maintain this project because its fun and we want to help others, not make money.

It isn't the goal of FMHY :)

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Daftling 5 points 3 years ago

I can only speculate here, but the idea of accepting money for any piracy related endeavor (good faith or not) makes my skin crawl as an old school pirate. Maybe the owner is the same way.

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ggt 4 points 3 years ago

Asking for money would completely remove the F in FMHY.

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sudo 1 point 3 years ago

So I took a look at the opinions post you linked and see the top comment by 'wheelcultist' was removed, as well as the rest of their comments in that thread. Seeing the user's profile, they are marked as banned. But then searching the mod log I can't find any information on that user or how they came to be banned. I appreciate the transparency of mod logs for all users but this has me a bit confused.

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ggt 1 point 3 years ago

Yeah, I'm not sure why that's not appearing on the mod logs. It was just a temp ban for 1 day for harassment. I didn't know I removed the rest of their comments though. I'll look into it.

EDIT: Okay so apparently I accidentally 'purged' the user instead of just temp banning. Purging means deleting from the database and not including it in mod logs (I have no idea why they aren't in there, but they aren't.) This user has since been unbanned. @wheelcultist@lemmy.fmhy.ml I am so sorry for accidentally wiping you off the face of the planet.

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