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[Dead Company Refugee] I've not seen a single ad... (lemmy.fmhy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by GlitchyDigiBun@lemmy.fmhy.ml to c/general_discussion@lemmy.fmhy.ml

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First post on the glorious Fediverse. I joined the moment the protest start, and I have to say, I have yet to see a single advertisement, targetted or otherwise, sans a few honest (fedditors? Don't hang me) offering commission work. I was born just in time to see the death of IRC and the birth of targetted advertising and social media headed by corporate interest. Mark my words, Lemmy, I ain't going back. I really hope this is the start of a shift to a renewed, decentralized internet.

PS. Who do I donate to? Is there a patreon for Lemmy or general instances?

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[–] ggt@lemmy.fmhy.ml 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

https://givemoneyto.ggtyler.dev

Seriously though, if you want to donate, here's their dono page. Just know that the main dev is known for some...spicy opinions.

(Also FMHY doesn't have any donation page and most likely never will.)

[–] darkmatterstyx@lemmy.fmhy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I joined the FMHY instance because of the description when I was looking for where to join. So, probably a stupid question, but; why wouldn't they have a donate page to keep the instance going?

[–] Daftling@lemmy.fmhy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

I can only speculate here, but the idea of accepting money for any piracy related endeavor (good faith or not) makes my skin crawl as an old school pirate. Maybe the owner is the same way.

[–] Kaizen@lemmy.fmhy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

We appreciate that people want to support us, but we never have and never will accept donations. We maintain this project because its fun and we want to help others, not make money.

It isn't the goal of FMHY :)

[–] ggt@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Asking for money would completely remove the F in FMHY.

[–] sudo@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So I took a look at the opinions post you linked and see the top comment by 'wheelcultist' was removed, as well as the rest of their comments in that thread. Seeing the user's profile, they are marked as banned. But then searching the mod log I can't find any information on that user or how they came to be banned. I appreciate the transparency of mod logs for all users but this has me a bit confused.

[–] ggt@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah, I'm not sure why that's not appearing on the mod logs. It was just a temp ban for 1 day for harassment. I didn't know I removed the rest of their comments though. I'll look into it.

EDIT: Okay so apparently I accidentally 'purged' the user instead of just temp banning. Purging means deleting from the database and not including it in mod logs (I have no idea why they aren't in there, but they aren't.) This user has since been unbanned. @wheelcultist@lemmy.fmhy.ml I am so sorry for accidentally wiping you off the face of the planet.

[–] sudo@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Ahh, I see. Thanks for the followup. With the vast array of instances and communities with different rules and experiences they want to offer their users, it's nice having open and transparent moderation. But yeah that definitely seems like an issue that should be addressed on two counts. Having no log for purging an account, the most nuclear option, seems like a clear contradiction to transparent policies. And being able to accidentally do that without realizing, versus a temp ban or something, is definitely not ideal.

From what I understand, right now moderation tools for the platform are quite limited so I appreciate the additional effort that you and other moderators are putting in to maintaining these communities!