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As of today, the current languages supported on this Lemmy instance are:

• Undetermined
• English

This is strictly because I'm only an English speaker. If this instance gains popularity and there are folks who are willing to help moderate in other languages, I'd be more than happy to open up the language list.

Ensure that you have configured your user settings to receive posts in the supported languages above in order to see all content on dmv.social. If you don't have both selected, you will be unable to view all content.

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2023-07-11: Add disclaimer about fixing language settings

Hi Folks!

This post will stay updated to note the federation policy of this instance.

Generally speaking, the federation policy is open and ideally want to maintain this stance. We wish to allow open access to communities that operate at least closely to the Community Guidelines. I believe this to be the policy that's easiest to deal with.

Instances and communities may be added to the blocklist if:

• it primarily hosts NSFW content
• the instance primarily hosts pornography or community contains and allows of pornography
• it generally contains illegal content or content that could be reasonably deemed as pushing the bounds of legality
• the moderation and userbase are very politically motivated
• a host to trolling, bigotry, and/or intentionally offensive content
• Causes a severely undue burden of moderation
• it is hacked, breached, or used for spam

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Justification

Hosting this server is a part-time operation and my concerns are two-fold:

1. Due to how federation works, I believe someone could argue that content federated from other communities may count as this server hosting the content.

2. This is a part-time operation with a limited number of community members helping out and flamewars/internet fights suck to mediate.

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Appeals

If an instance or community is removed, you may appeal in @support@dmvsocial@dmv.social and all will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

Instances and communities removed for being hacked, breached, or spam will be allowed after the admins/mods rectify the situation.

As mod tooling improves for Lemmy, we may be able to revisit former instance/community removals.

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