I understand why they did what they did and it makes me think of how db0 and other admins are saying fuck all and taking a very big liability for making and supporting a free internet and i want to say all the work you do is very much appreciated. Also shoutout to lemmy.ml admins for running a similar community on their own .

Links for supporting the db0 server and do consider donating as it is running behind on expenses.

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      • orca@orcas.enjoying.yachtsEnglish
        19·
        8 months ago

        Thank you! I started the server as a random project right after I left Reddit and shredded all of my posts. I’m pretty sure I’m the only active user but that’s okay by me. It’s a little money out of my pocket to give both myself and others refuge from social media and all of the enshitification.

        • Koto@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          5·
          8 months ago

          Don’t mention it! Your reasoning and mindset is so very heartening, I hope you’ll get more active users, they’ll be in good hands for sure. Instance owners like your self, db0 are a treasure. 👌

  • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comMEnglish
    951·
    8 months ago

    Here’s the donations links from on the sidebar mateys. The server is currently is not covering its hosting costs ;)

    EDIT: Removed since they’re in the OP now

    • viking@infosec.pubEnglish
      177·
      8 months ago

      Nah, I disagree. They are running a large community in the middle of Europe, in plain view and being personally known, and as such, liable. Adhering to applicable laws and regulations is the sensible thing to do, plain and simple.

  • the post of tom joad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    725·
    8 months ago

    Feels like .world is defedding from errybody. Eventually theyre gonna be like aol (or some other more recent, relevant walled garden).

    Do y’all think this “cleaning up” has to do with their META threads integration?

    • Stretch@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      313·
      8 months ago

      Do y’all think this “cleaning up” has to do with their META threads integration?

      You mean as opposed to their stated reason: DMCA?

      • the post of tom joad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        181·
        8 months ago

        I’m talking about the broader implications of meta integration being the possible driving force behind the multiple defederations, not specifically this, the latest, which would be included as part of a larger “cleanup”.

        • Stretch@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          222·
          8 months ago

          Awesome username, BTW

          I think (as their open communications on the subject have indicated) that they prefer to keep their legal liability profile slim. In the end, no matter how many users you have in your instance, you’re still alone in that court room against the monopolies that represent content rights holders.

          From what I can tell they (at least the older admins and Ruud) seem to have no love for Meta, but they aren’t chicken little about it either. Federated or not, Meta can easily scrape Lemmy data, so if you mean that .world defederated to pretty up their image and make themselves attractive to Meta, I just don’t see the point, but also, it seems like a conspiracy theory to me.

          There’s a piece on TF about a website that closed down years ago, and has been acquitted four times of their “crimes” of linking (as opposed to hosting), and due to a new definition of “communicate” is being sued a fifth time. The sue-happy rights holders have no compunction against going back to destroy anyone they perceive at any time to have infringed “their” works. Look at Reddit, still defending users against identification for doing what? Saying their ISP was lenient about DMCA notices. To protect against that garbage, you have to be careful, and perhaps remove content you agree with to CYA.

          • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zipEnglish
            161·
            8 months ago

            Yeah. I have a lot of concerns over how much market share .world has and some of the really questionable things the admins have done (removing protections related to hate speech from their TOS, having a policy of wiping all comments of a user and accusing them of pretty heinous shit, etc).

            But I 100% support this particular action. We run VPNs and use burner emails when we pirate stuff. They don’t really have that luxury due to the nature of web hosting. So kudos to the instance owners who are willing to play with fire on our behalf but… I sure wouldn’t.

            • Stretch@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
              51·
              8 months ago

              We run VPNs and use burner emails when we pirate

              Excellent and appropriate point to make. The real problem is with the deference that copyright and “IP” are given in courts around the world, and the way trade agreements force members to adopt similar stances in their legislation and prosecution. Even if IPFS can help our cause in some way, the industry will waste no time criminalizing it.

              Sigh… 46 and 2

            • Facebones@reddthat.comEnglish
              31·
              8 months ago

              .world admin definitely directly defended nazis (literal promotion of direct nazi policies and whatnot, not ‘I don’t like you so you’re nazi’)

              I linked to aforementioned content posted by a fellow community mod and politely asked if he could be removed and I got instantly banned from the whole instance.

              Like, a no would’ve sufficed 😂 just banning me from the instance definitely just makes me think you agree with it.

          • the post of tom joad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            4·
            8 months ago

            Thanks for this context. I myself have been looking around for info and excepting old posts from months ago i have failed. Perhaps the dmca request is more because they are the largest and highest visibility then? Thanks again

      • somethingchameleon@lemmy.caEnglish
        171·
        8 months ago

        Yeah, this is why users should get to decide which instances they get to see.

        Let’s be our own moderators instead of relying on useful idiots to do it for us.

    • somethingchameleon@lemmy.caEnglish
      133·
      8 months ago

      Do y’all think this “cleaning up” has to do with their META threads integration?

      I think bad actors have infiltrated their admin team and are pushing their own agenda.

      Lots of useful idiots want to ban discussion of piracy because it makes them realize how they’re getting ripped off.

      Nobody wants to acknowledge how they’re being taken for a ride, especially useful idiots.

    • blarth@thelemmy.clubEnglish
      5·
      8 months ago

      I am specifically not on world because they want me to sign up with my real email address. Nty, deanonymizing fucks.

    • Kevnyon@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      8 months ago

      Do you have a link to this? That sounds extremely alarming, I did not realize they had done that.

    • MomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      99·
      8 months ago

      .world is basically just the losers who got upset that it was too difficult to be a reddit mod since they didn’t have enough power

    • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      512·
      8 months ago

      AFAIK Lemmy.world (the largest Lemmy instance) was issued a takedown request for something unrelated, and conducted a review of the piracy communities following that.

      Unfortunately they decided to remove/unfed a few piracy communities as a result, such as this one on dbzer0.

      So while we are still all federated, lemmy.world users can no longer see or interact with the !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com community ☹️

        • TWeaK@lemm.eeEnglish
          19·
          8 months ago

          I think they’ve just defederated the community, so they can see users commenting from dbzer0 but can’t access !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com themselves.

          But generally yes, federation is two way. It’s possible for one side to defederate while the other side to be federated, in which case users on one side could post comments but they’d only be visible to instances that are federated with them. Eg, if lemmy.world was not federated with dbzer0 at all, but it was still federated with lemmy.ml, then dbzer0 comments in lemmy.world would show up for dbzer0 and lemmy.ml users but not for lemmy.world.

  • tiredowl2020@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    13·
    8 months ago

    As someone who just started with this community, I’ll admit that I’m a little confused by what happened. Appreciate everyone who puts in time here though!

    • pacmondo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      8·
      8 months ago

      One of the largest instances, lemmy.world, is no longer receiving posts from this community. They’re worried about legal troubles I think?

      • underisk@lemmy.mlEnglish
        72·
        8 months ago

        Legally I think they’d probably be exempted from liability as a common carrier, similar to how your email server isn’t going to get sued if you mail someone a link to piracy. I doubt they’re interested in testing that theory though.

        • Stretch@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          52·
          8 months ago

          That’s a stretch to call any new website, especially with the market share of Lemmy, a common carrier.

          By that reasoning, narcotics mules are common carriers. “I didn’t know it was H in that bag in my bum! I thought it was a recipe for oatmeal cookies! Don’t blame me!”

          Edit: I should add that I would love a broad classification of simple facilitators like email and Lemmy etc. as common carriers. Just doesn’t seem likely with the lobby man-hours working to prevent even true common carriers from getting that classification.

          • underisk@lemmy.mlEnglish
            3·
            8 months ago

            I don’t think comparing a federated message board to smuggling drugs is as fair a comparison as say email or Usenet, also federated services which have both been granted common carrier in the past, but go off I guess.

            • Stretch@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
              3·
              8 months ago

              Fair. I picked another activity that’s illegal on its face that stood out for its absurdity. Now I’m researching when Usenet or email were ever classified as CC, hopefully benefiting from this discussion.

              • underisk@lemmy.mlEnglish
                3·
                8 months ago

                In fairness I may be mistaken. It seems ISPs were extended common carrier protections in relation to hosting Usenet and email and I conflated that with the protocols themselves. Either way it was a long time ago and I doubt they’d extend those protections to generic web platforms these days, but I’d sure like someone to set a precedent for it.

        • Bugger@mander.xyzEnglish
          2·
          8 months ago

          The US would rather try to pin mass shootings on social media platforms than address the core issues that might destabilize their status quo sociopolitical puppet show, which could set an incredibly dangerous precedent. I wouldn’t be surprised if some money happened to find its way into the right pockets to try the same thing on behalf of the poor poor megacorps’ “lost sales” in the near future.

        • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
          32·
          8 months ago

          Yeah, it would have to be tested in court. Presumably they don’t want to spend that time and money.

          • somethingchameleon@lemmy.caEnglish
            24·
            8 months ago

            It wouldn’t have to be tested in court.

            Does .world host content from db0? No. It just connects to it via a common protocol.

            They are lying to your face if they say it’s because of ‘legal reasons.’ And a lot of you are stupid enough to take their word at face value.

      • somethingchameleon@lemmy.caEnglish
        23·
        8 months ago

        They’re worried about legal troubles I think?

        Bullshit. There are no legal troubles for them. Someone on their team doesn’t like piracy, so they try to stifle discussion about it.