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I'm not a big fan of moderation being at the whims of whoever has an agenda.

Are there lemmy instances that take moderation seriously and don't just ban/censor people they disagree with? So far it looks like the mods in lemmy.world instances are very flippant with their moderation and I'm curious if anyone has filled the void yet for a better instance.

Edit: Thanks for everyone who tried to give a legitimate response. No thanks to those who just wanted to spout their talking points or debate the merits of freedom of speech; that was never the point of this thread.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 12 hours ago

If you have any experience in software development, you’d realize it makes sense more often than not to use other people’s solutions if they exist before building your own.

First of all, I'd advise avoiding talking down to people unless you're damn sure you know what you're talking about. But, since you're comfortable patronising people you know nothing about because they call you on your bullshit, then I'll stoop to your level to get the message across:

If you knew anything at all about engineering, software or otherwise, you'd know the best solution is the one that does exactly what you want for the lowest cost. By your own admission in your post, existing Lemmy instances do not do what you want because you are not in control of the moderation. That is the actual problem because the only solution to your complaint - that you don't like the way the instances are moderated - is to moderate your own instance.

The fediverse is built such that anyone can take the solution someone else built, e.g. the Lemmy or Mastodon source code, and host it themselves, without having to build their own version. This is a feature, and you're just too lazy to use it.