• Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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    Liberalism is the default on PieFed because the communists are largely on Lemmy and PieFed is largely made up of those jumping from Lemmy.world. It’s a liberal-dominated space, and as such tools meant to push out minority views will uphold that. If communism were the default on PieFed then these same tools would push out liberalism, but my point is that this isn’t reality.

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      Piefed federates with the same communities as lemmy.world and most other instances. By “Lemmy” you specifically mean 3 instances.

      Yes your argument for the effects of the blocking function here are true based on the wider demographics of the Fediverse - but ultimately that is not why it was designed. That was my point.

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        You can’t definitively say that Rimu’s views have no impact on his work, when we know they do.

        We are beyond max comment depth, and aren’t going to agree. No point in continuing.

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          They do, to be sure, but you are severely overemphasising his anti-communist positions and injecting it where there is no obvious connection at all. And having spoken to him, I see no reason to make this connection here at all.

          Piefed originally hid the mod logs and upvoting and downvoting data from users. Why? Because Rimu felt it could be used to harass and cause drama. It is likely the same mindset from which the blocklist logic comes from.

          He eventually mostly about-turned on this due to most people opposing it.

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        I never once said Rimu is personally attacking me, but building tools to shut out minority opinions and fostering a space where liberalism is the majority.

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          That could be the impact of the blocking system for some people, but that is not why it was designed like that.

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          Other than my many interactions with him on this stuff and knowing his wider philosophy here. You have zero evidence that he made blocking like that just specifically so users like OpenStars could block you to reduce your spread because you happen to be a communist.

          You keep speaking as if I have never interacted with Rimu.