I thought I could take this down after the election, apparently not.

Please review the sidebar.

  1. No self posts.
  2. No meme/image/shitposting.
  3. No video links.
  4. No social media. This includes Substack and Medium blogposts.
  5. Doxing people, even Nazis, gets you banned.

Those posts are better directed to Political Discussion or Political Memes.

!politicaldiscussion@lemmy.world

!politicalmemes@lemmy.world

Articles from trusted sources are absolutely welcome.

Items 1-4 can be used in comments, they just can’t be submitted as posts.

The usual lemmy.world rules apply too:

No calls for violence. Full stop.

We’re seeing an uptick in trolling already, trolls will be banhammered without warning.

  • Maeve@kbin.earth
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    Hi Jordan. Can you please tell me why @returntoozma post about Hakeem Jefferies and David Hogg disagreement about funding fresh voices please? Thanks!

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        I wasn’t able to see any comments but my own. I’ve been in dialog with my instance admin about this issue and will point him to the thread. Thanks so much for your reply.

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          I should say too… I’m way more lenient on mismatched headlines than some other folks.

          If it’s mostly the same, or if it’s clear the site changed the headline, I generally allow 8+ hours to get it fixed because, hey, people have to, you know, work and sleep and stuff. :)

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    6 months ago

    I’m not going to make a call for violence, but I want to point out the hypocrisy here. The rich have chosen violence every day of our and their lives, yet we plebes have to be civil about it? Taking the high road hasn’t done us any favors, and it’s about time we learn from that lesson.

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      6 months ago

      If you are open to the risk, you can start your own server that is federated with Lemmy and such where you can allow whatever you wish. There are guides to this and, supposedly (based on looking to start my own single-user mbin instance a few months ago), it’s not so costly

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    6 months ago
    1. No self posts.

    I strongly think this rule should change, it is important we are able to humanize each other, make our own arguments. Self posts are important way to do that. I think some guidelines to keep it constructive and high effort is warranted but an outright ban I’m against.

    1. No meme/image/shitposting.

    I’m fine with this, but maybe a weekly mega thread to blow off steam in would be healthy?

    No calls for violence. Full stop.

    I understand the legal obligations here. I’ll also point out the president elect is openly calling for widespread violence. If some can say “cops should shoot/arrest/deport <xyz>” that is a call for violence.

    Mods, You have a hard, thankless job, so thank you.

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    1 month ago

    Why is this site called “politics”, but you can only talk about politics in the USA?

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    So, op-eds from main stream media are allowed, but journalists publishing their work through substack is not allowed. So, only the establishment is allowed to have their voices heard. Got it. Quite the hill to die on @jordanlund

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        That’s increasingly a not very nuanced or serious stance to hold given that actual journalists and columnists do publish on substack, especially those that are trying to break away from billionaire controlled “news sources” with owners that are actually interfering in editorial and reporting decisions. Do you remove all op-eds from your “news sources”? If not, you’re saying billionaire-controlled “news sources” are legitimate, but not independent journalists and columnists with actual bona fides, including having been part of establishment media or worked in government previously. The internet has destroyed journalism, seems wrong to tune out those who are trying to put it together again.

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    6 months ago

    Thanks for your work especially on this day as the free world lost the USA.

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      6 months ago

      None of us are as “free” as we believe we are. At the end of the day our politicians are all financed by our wealthiest individuals and corporations (many of which are foreign).

      No matter where you are the majority of your domestic politics, your geopolitics — your “national security” — is intrinsically linked to the wealthiest individuals and corporations that engage with your economy. This can happen anywhere, and it will if we do nothing.

      P.S. thanks mods!