Note: Judging by the comments, a lot of people are obviously not reading the post and are instead assuming we are calling for defederation of lemmy.world. That is not the case, and in fact the opposite is true. LW already temporarily defederated anarchist.nexus once, and the evidence suggests Mr Kaplan is now pushing for full defederation of all the FAF instances. We are trying to build a coalition of instances that will agree to defederate from lemmy.world IF Kaplan goes ahead with the defederation. Apologies if you weren’t aware of the context.

🏴‍☠️ Hoist the Black Flag: Pledge to Boycott Lemmy World!

… if Lemmy World dares to defederate from any ship in the Fediverse Anarchist Flotilla - https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/, https://anarchist.nexus/, and https://quokk.au/.

Mateys, we can’t let a mega‑instance captain bully the rest of the fleet just because their ship’s bigger. If Lemmy World tries to throw the FAF overboard, we’re calling for a show of solidarity: a fediverse blockade of Lemmy World in response, until the landlubbers see reason (i.e., there is an acceptable change in their leadership and/or this policy).

This is about mutual aid, not mutiny - standing together so no single admin gets to rule the seas unchallenged. A united armada of smaller instances can absolutely blunt Lemmy World’s outsized influence (and, let’s be honest, their ego).

☠️ A word to the captains: before hoisting colours or locking in a course, we ask ye to let your crew have their say. Run a poll, open the deck for discussion, and listen to the voices aboard your vessel. These seas belong to all of us, and decisions that shape our fediverse should be made together, not from the captain’s quarters alone.

If other captains be keen to chart this course with us, drop anchor and make the pledge public in the comments. The more hands on deck, the harder it is to sink any one of us. Let us know if you are holding a vote!

dbzer0 and AN members can vote on this pledge in !div0_governance@lemmy.dbzer0.com, and quokk.au will be holding their own vote.

🏴‍☠️ Solidarity forever, and fair winds to the Flotilla!

governance type: sense check

  • NOPper@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    202·
    18 天前

    This is a great take, and thank you for posting it.

    I don’t have much else to add to this beyond I agree on all counts, and vote nay to defederating in all but the most extreme circumstances. User level controls for filtering/blocking exist for anyone that feels differently.

    • Unruffled [they/them]@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
      215·
      18 天前

      I think you misread the proposal. The proposal is to pledge to boycott (aka defederate from) Lemmy World if (and only if) they decide to defederate one or all of our instances. We aren’t planning to defederate from them pre-emptively.

      It’s basically a call for unity amongst the middle and smaller sized instances, to ensure there are negative consequences for LW if they go through with it.

      • NOPper@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        77·
        18 天前

        Yeah I get it. I still vote no, defederation should be a total last resort and if world is being shitty with any of these other instances they sure aren’t gonna care about the rest. But that’s just my opinion, I don’t run db0.

          • rivvvver@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            58·
            17 天前

            actually, only those who pay the admins take a part, the others serve as a tie-breaker at best, unless i missed a memo*. this post in particular is only directed at instance admins tho.

            EDIT: *users can also get vouched for by those eligible, and get voting rights that way

            • Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
              13·
              17 天前

              actually, only those who pay the admins take a part, the others serve as a tie-breaker at best, unless i missed a memo.

              You missed the memo. It’s for verified and vouched members of the instance. One way you can get voting rights is to donate. Another way is to support the community and be active on the instance. Another way is to be vouched for by someone else who has voting rights. There are a number of ways, all listed in the link in the sidebar.

              Find it odd that you’re gonna give me shit for not having quotation marks in a post and then (twice) in this thread misrepresent stuff.

              • rivvvver@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                67·
                17 天前

                i think i made it clear that it was only my understanding of the situation. “unless i missed a memo” is another way of saying “as far as i know”.

                still, ive seen few members in a voting poll so far that have the “vouched for” flair in the bot response, so i doubt this changes things for the three ppl present here. still, thanks for the correction

                also didnt mean to come off as giving u shit for it, i just felt it important, no ill will ur way from me