It is imperative that we defederate from rammy.site

3 years ago by PowerfulTurtle to c/main

Recently it has come to my attention that the instance where my account is located rammy.site has been taken over by right wing bigots from the site exploding-heads they have created many hateful communities and have started posting transphobic content and climate denial. There's also quite a bit of community spam on here.

I very strongly advocate that the admins of this instance defederate from rammy.site as soon as humanly possible to stop the spread of their toxic shit to other instances.

bquintb 38 points 3 years ago

Right-wing losers = forum cancer.

path: 0 2095702, hotness: undefined, score: 38, children: 5

MaxVerstappen -9 points 3 years ago

I took a look and it's like 3 people yelling into the void over there. Hardly worth all these defederation posts I see. Just block and move on, no?

path: 0 2095702 2101338, hotness: undefined, score: -9, children: 4

Zalack 17 points 3 years ago

IMO if the admins have obviously abandoned an instance it's worth de-federating regardless of activity level or political lean. It's a ticking time bomb for malicious links, spam, political trolling, and other bullshit.

path: 0 2095702 2101338 2118236, hotness: undefined, score: 17, children: 3

MaxVerstappen -10 points 3 years ago

Ya, I can understand that argument at least. The OP gave me "people are saying mean things over there and I don't like it" vibes which just feels cringe.

path: 0 2095702 2101338 2118236 2125704, hotness: undefined, score: -10, children: 2

Zalack 9 points 3 years ago

Things that amount to "trans people shouldn't exist" or "trans people shouldn't get medical care" are more than just "mean".

path: 0 2095702 2101338 2118236 2125704 2156978, hotness: undefined, score: 9, children: 1

FaeDrifter 27 points 3 years ago

Reading the comments section of any right wing forum is always... Eye-opening.

They turn on each other as soon as no one else is around to attack. Good riddance.

path: 0 2092660, hotness: undefined, score: 27, children: 1

Polar 19 points 3 years ago

[deleted]

path: 0 2092660 2092981, hotness: undefined, score: 19, children: 0

FaeDrifter 13 points 3 years ago

Reading the comments section of any right wing forum is always... Eye-opening.

They turn on each other as soon as no one else is around to attack. Good riddance.

path: 0 2092678, hotness: undefined, score: 13, children: 0

Ozzy 10 points 3 years ago

We should create a publicly maintained list of instances people should defederate from.

path: 0 2092584, hotness: undefined, score: 10, children: 8

elbarto777 9 points 3 years ago

path: 0 2092584 2092956, hotness: undefined, score: 9, children: 7

lzrbot 1 point 3 years ago

path: 0 2092584 2092956 2093067, hotness: undefined, score: 1, children: 0

ElBarto 1 point 3 years ago

path: 0 2092584 2092956 2093075, hotness: undefined, score: 1, children: 5

elbarto777 4 points 3 years ago

path: 0 2092584 2092956 2093075 2108637, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 4

ElBarto 5 points 3 years ago

I saw your comment and thought " I don't remember writing that..." then saw the domain lol.

path: 0 2092584 2092956 2093075 2108637 2124535, hotness: undefined, score: 5, children: 3

aberrate_junior_beatnik 2 points 3 years ago

Ran across one of their posts on the local feed here and I have to agree, we should defederate.

path: 0 2134912, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 0

m3t00 1 point 3 years ago

path: 0 2157554, hotness: undefined, score: 1, children: 0

Thedogspaw 1 point 3 years ago

Seems the have been defederated because I can't seem to reach the site through the instance search

path: 0 2117037, hotness: undefined, score: 1, children: 0

pelotron 0 points 3 years ago

I haven't seen anything from that instance, and I am not going to go there and see for myself because I don't seek out sources of outrage. Defederation seems like a drastic first step.

path: 0 2125008, hotness: undefined, score: 0, children: 0

anachronist -2 points 3 years ago

Seems like a huge step like defederation should be reactive instead of proactive. If rammy or any other instance becomes a source of spam or abuse here then it makes sense to defederate. But I don't think it makes sense just because they have some controversial users or communities but are keeping it to themselves. (btw rammy.site appears to be down)

path: 0 2115637, hotness: undefined, score: -2, children: 0

Screwthehole -9 points 3 years ago

When I go there the newest post is 2 months old. Don't think it's relevant?

path: 0 2093024, hotness: undefined, score: -9, children: 1

zkfcfbzr 16 points 3 years ago

The top two posts are 2 months old because they're pinned by the admin - but below those you'll see the newer posts.

path: 0 2093024 2093190, hotness: undefined, score: 16, children: 0

@midwest.social

login for more options

Default community for midwest.social. Post questions about the instance or questions you want to ask other users here.

go to feed...

@midwest.social

login for more options

Default community for midwest.social. Post questions about the instance or questions you want to ask other users here.

go to feed...