I fully understand why you guys did this and it is certainly a solution to the problem above.

That being said, I really do not like this change.

I would go into detail about the reasons why, but I feel like this topic has been hashed out a few times before. So everyone should know why people are for and against this change.

(I am only posting this comment because the other way to show disapproval has now been removed.)

I found that "mistake of fact" retort hilarious.

She obviously took it as a personal insult, but the whole debate is based on her own mistaken identification. So it is hard to address the topic without also seeming to target the person.

You had handled this as perfectly and professionally as one could.

Yeah, all this seems completely reasonable.

Holy heck. The punchline is not that he is gay. No one is laughing just because he is gay. They find it funny because of the irony of the situation.

Man... You are going to have a rough life if you can't comprehend basic irony.

Ha, man that sucks. Glad the transition went smoothly.

TBH this place has some strict rules regarding content so I am surprised that an ISP would even care. I'm guessing since this instance still hosts LGBT content it could put someone in hot water in some more morally strict countries.

First a back-end mod tries to poison the well. Now an admin tries to sabotage the servers. Seditionists everywhere!

I am curious how you knew who reported the server? Did the ISP inform you, or did the ex-admin tell you afterwards as some act of defiance? And what even caused them to do this in the first place?

Edit: Misread server provider as service provider. Please disregard the ISP related questions.

Most news seems to be doom and gloom so I enjoy the occasional tit pic thrown in there to break up the stream of depressing content.

Obviously I would just turn off nsfw when in public, but otherwise having it mixed in is nice.

Thanks for creating this place. No one should be upset at you for hanging up the hat.

I'm sure everyone understands that moderating us degenerates is task that takes a heavy toll on one's sanity.

Wishing you the best on your future projects!

I dont like the idea of defederation, but I understand your justifications for these specific instances.

I find the idea of defederating lemmit.online an odd one. Is there a legal reason to do this? Or is it just because you don't want users of our instance to see reddit content? I don't quite understand the justification here. (I personally just have their communities blocked)

Lol, you don't get to choose to not pay taxes. You either own nothing and are unemployed, or you are a child.

Such a hilarious statement to think you can just fight the IRS.

Ha, glad you have a strong enough stomach to sift through the worst of the Fediverse. Sorry you have to go through that. I have no doubt everyone here appreciates your diligence.

In WH40k a rouge trader (depicted above) is basically a noble with a giant paper document signed by God stating they can literally do whatever they want and no authority (aside from the inquisition) can tell them otherwise.

I think things can still be relevant to a community and be disliked. At the moment this is mostly an art sharing community, but I saw some talk about creating subcommunities revolving around nsfw discussions and recommendations.

While I doubt downvoting would be used much, I can see it filtering out low effort content or show disagreeable ideas in discussion based communities. Because of that, I dont see an immediate reason to remove this feature.

I also like the idea of a community having slight self governance to take some of the burden off the mods.

Couple questions:

1. There was back and forth of "aged up" r34 characters being banned. What is the final decision on this? Should we expect admins to strike down any content of cartoon, comic book, manga, anime, and video game characters that don't have a current canonical age matching the age they are currently being depicted as?

(Annoyingly, 99% of the content that comes out of Japan is about teens and has to be aged up. Even if they don't even look or act like highschoolers! Exhibit A: Jojo's Bizzare Adventure Part 3-5)

1. Is a slime considered a fantasy animal?

(I'm partially asking this because I think this rule/question is fucking hilarious, but also because it would basically nuke a fairly active community on here.)

27, I am usually playing games online with my friends and family every night. We will usually meet in person 1-2 times a week to watch movies or play board games.

How I do it? Obviously some weeks are more busy than others, but I will set aside a couple hours to atleast organize and get lunch with my friends.

Lol, the wording of this post is fantastic.

Technically, if there is no one left alive in Gaza then there is no Hamas in Gaza.

Lol, I feel like many communities will become better if tiktok dies. It is the repercussions on specific freedoms that take a hit and it sets a dangerous legal precedent. But everything communitywise should be a net gain.

Friend, Japan started that war and refused to surrender. The American people literally did not want to participate in that specific war.

The USA is really fucking good at killing people. Japan knew this and they still decided to attack.

Loss of civilian life is unavoidable when two countries initiate a full scale war. Does it suck to be on the losing end of that? Absolutely. Unfortunately, at the time, war consisted of bombing and ground warfare. Japan seemed to have no plans to leave the USA alone so the American hand was forced to pick between the few very bad options. All of them would result in a dramatic loss of life.

Oh wow, that dev's situation is extremely fucked up. The character they designed is clearly just a flat chested woman, yet Steam gave them a perma ban at 1.0 and accused them of sexualizing minors. This is an unfortunate precedent for anyone who was hoping for more flat chested women depicted in media.