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
I mean sure, if this is going to come up again then yeah just defed FAF from .world. But all of this is a bit LARPy... Let's not make it more dramatic than it needs to be, if zionists are doing their thing then just break the link (ban, defed, mute, whatever) with them and move on, all the fanfare about standing up to their bullying etc. is silly and a bit embarassing when contrasted with the actual oppression Palestinian folks are facing.
The issue is, they're the largest instance on the fediverse. Their users aren't the issue. The staff are. They think they have the authority to control Lemmy at large because they control the most users.
The fediverse is strong because no one having control of it protects it from people like this. People need to know what's going on, and an attempt needs to be made to ensure the staff there doesn't have the power to control the fediverse, or it'll become the same as Reddit. The users of Lemmy.world should be informed and given the chance to leave, which the staff there doesn't seem to be keen om doing.
We are not voting for a preemptive defederation. This whole proposal is only for if they decide to defederate from us first, which they are currently considering.
Yeah I understood it was not a vote on pre-emptive defederation, I guess to be clearer in my position: I expected that one FAF instance should/would always respond accordingly to any negative actions against another FAF instance, especially when that action is based on reactionary politics like zionism. Otherwise, what's the point in the FAF?
Oh I see. Yeah I guess that's what I thought too, but it's not guaranteed that everyone would hold the same position. 👍