• Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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    Rimu isn’t developing tools to shut out capitalists because Rimu doesn’t have a problem with capitalists. I’m aware that anyone can use the blocking tools, my point is that the purpose of developing a tool that is easier to censor with is to support the views of the creator, that has already shown bias in the code by default blocking Hexbear and Lemmygrad. You probably have interacted with Rimu more than me, I’ve seen enough to build my conclusion that it’s easier to censor on PieFed and the motive behind these differences is largely ideological.

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      Rimu isn’t developing tools to shut out capitalists because Rimu doesn’t have a problem with capitalists.

      The blocking tool no more shuts out communists than it does capitalists.

      I’m aware that anyone can use the blocking tools, my point is that the purpose of developing a tool that is easier to censor with is to support the views of the creator

      This is just baseless conjecture. You have no idea why Rimu implemented that tool like that.

      You probably have interacted with Rimu more than me, I’ve seen enough to build my conclusion that it’s easier to censor on PieFed and the motive behind these differences is largely ideological.

      It’s baseless prejudiced conjecture when it comes to the blocking tools. It may surprise you to know that most functions on Piefed aren’t designed with the specific idea of sticking it to communists.

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        I’m aware that anyone can use the blocking tools, my point is that the purpose of developing a tool that is easier to censor with is to support the views of the creator, that has already shown bias in the code by default blocking Hexbear and Lemmygrad. I don’t believe it’s a stretch to say that the way Rimu is developing PieFed is specifically to counter problems they have with Lemmy, including the large amount of communists.

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          I’m aware that anyone can use the blocking tools, my point is that the purpose of developing a tool that is easier to censor with is to support the views of the creator

          This simply does not follow when we’re talking about “views of the creator”. Keep insisting this and I’ll say it right back.

          that has already shown bias in the code by default blocking Hexbear and Lemmygrad.

          You could absolutely make that claim regarding Hexbear and Lemmygrad being defederated by default on new Piefed instances, but you cannot extend this claim to anything else on the software. That it has more tools for instance admins and a different blocking philosophy has nothing to do with this.

          I don’t believe it’s a stretch to say that the way Rimu is developing PieFed is specifically to counter problems they have with Lemmy, including the large amount of communists.

          You know it’s possible to have issues with Lemmy as software beyond just opposing the worldview of the owners, right?

          Moreover, it’s also possible that Rimu just wanted to make his own regardless of Lemmy, right?

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            I don’t think you can judge individual aspects of a broader project and pretend they are entirely distinct and unrelated.

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              You start from the premise that RImu’s entire motive in everything he does here is purely to try to censor communists and nothing else. You then interpet every single different implemention of a feature or function within Piefed as being an extension of that motive.

              I have spoke to him many times about all of these functions we’re referencing here, and it all has nothing to do with anything you’re alleging here at all.

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                I start from the premise that Rimu is building an alternative to Lemmy because of issues he has with Lemmy, which includes the prominence of communists here. I do interpret everything in the context of that motive, yes, because features don’t exist in a vacuum.

                Further, my original point is that PieFed is more prone to censorship than Lemmy is by design, which is true, so I’m not sure why you’re trying to hard to laser-focus on one tiny point I made and ignoring the broader point.

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                  I start from the premise that Rimu is building an alternative to Lemmy because of issues he has with Lemmy, which includes the prominence of communists here.

                  How do you know that’s his only reason for building it - to start off with?

                  I do interpret everything in the context of that motive, yes, because features don’t exist in a vacuum.

                  So when Rimu implemented Flairs and Feeds and Community Migration and Events - that was purely to try and mitigate Communist influence?

                  Further, my original point is that PieFed is more prone to censorship than Lemmy is by design, which is true

                  Correct, in the sense that instance administrators have more tools to isolate and ban people as compared to Lemmy instances - and the prime reasons here are mostly to mitigate AI posting, trolling, spam and bigotry.

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                    If Rimu didn’t want to create essentially the same thing as Lemmy except programmed in an arguably worse language and more draconian features, then Rimu would not have started the project and instead would have contributed to Lemmy. It sounds like features Rimu wanted to add are either slow to add on Lemmy, or were rejected outright, hence the start of the project. Piefed does not exist independent of Lemmy, but in the context of it, just like Lemmy exists in the context of Piefed.

                    So when Rimu implemented Flairs and Feeds and Community Migration and Events - that was purely to try and mitigate Communist influence?

                    Nope, likely not, but we can understand that his anti-communist stance is guiding how he works and what he prioritizes.

                    Correct, in the sense that instance administrators have more tools to isolate and ban people as compared to Lemmy instances - and the prime reasons here are mostly to mitigate AI posting, trolling, spam and bigotry.

                    Sure, so my broader point you agree with me, PieFed’s adoption of social credit scores, harsher censorship tools, and more are more prone to abuse than Lemmy’s tools and thus jumping from Lemmy to PieFed about censorship means you don’t actually care about censorship, but what’s censored.