cstine @ cstine @lemmy.uncomfortable.business Posts 0Comments 25Joined 2 yr. ago
I was trying to be a little kinder, but yeah, that's my general opinion.
It's one reason I like code that's actually owned by a foundation/organization that has all that pesky oversight and meetings and politicking because it makes things MUCH harder to be unilaterally sold out from under their users: it DOES happen, but it's not just writing a check to one guy and hey presto next week your shit is broken/infested with malware/vanishes without a trace.
They have their own problems and require funding to actually operate as intended, but it's at least a layer between the 'I made this' meme and the users of the software.
Came here to say this. Open source isn’t a noble crusade, and developers are not monks with vows of poverty.
Until we get unlimited gay space communism, people will always take the money and avoiding that truth and acting shocked when they do at least listen to the people with unlimited money will always lead to disappointment.
Oh, no, it is absolute: if you say and do nothing, then at best, you're allowing the harm they cause to happen, and at worse reinforcing their behavior.
So yes, if you have racist friends and you sit silently then yes, you're a racist supporter.
Depends. Do you just keep your silence or do you call them out when they're being shitty?
No, you've (maybe) limited your singular solitary instance's growth: your instance is not "Lemmy" and admins should do whatever they find works for them, is something they can easily enforce, and resolves the problem.
If you want to geoip limit signups to Skokie, Illinois? Great! If it works for you and keeps your instance from being The Problem, then it's a valid solution.
(I don't disagree that email domain blocks are not a singular solution to any abuse problem, but I also think that whatever works for the individual admin is perfectly reasonable, and email blocks CAN be worthwhile.)