Hello World,
Today, after careful consideration and evaluation of recent events, we have decided to defederate from Lemmygrad.
Regrettably, we have observed a significant increase in hate speech and calls to violence originating from the Lemmygrad instance. Due to the severity of the posts and comments, we are not waiting for the next Lemmy update that will allow users to block instances.
At Lemmy.world, we have always strived to foster an inclusive and welcoming user environment. However, recent posts and comments from Lemmygrad have clearly violated our server rules and, more importantly, our core values. We firmly believe that hate speech and incitement of violence have no place in our community, regardless of personal beliefs or affiliations.
As always, we encourage all users to report any content they deem inappropriate or harmful. No matter one’s stance in any conflict, Lemmy.world will always take immediate action to remove and ban any posts or comments that incite violence or propagate hatred.
We encourage everyone to continue engaging in discussions within the boundaries of respect and understanding. As we move forward with this decision, we remain committed to providing all community members with a safe and welcoming space. We appreciate your continued support and cooperation in upholding our shared principles.
Thank you,
The Lemmy.World Team
Lemmy.ml is generally unlikely to be defederated because it is the main instance, it’s run by the developers who are in charge of the lemmy codebase. If the instance were to become particularly problematic for others then maybe it might happen, but generally the devs have been aware of that and they’ve moved their politics over to lemmygrad.ml.
Personally, I chose lemm.ee because it seemed like the main admin really knows his stuff. He’s contributed to the codebase, been a key helper when things have gone wrong and generally had his instance working well when others were having loading issues. It’s also quite widely federated with almost everyone, for better or worse. I actually made several accounts all over, then settled on this one - I have a lemmy.ml one also.
While it may be something of a flaw, it’s also an advantage. Many people have chosen to run their own instance, some just for themselves as the sole user. Obviously this creates significant overhead for you, but it has the advantage of having complete control in which instances are federated.
In any case, the reality is that your accounts are all temporary and can be taken away at any time almost everywhere you go online. That doesn’t mean it’s particularly likely, and while it is perhaps more likely to happen on lemmy it’s still not very likely.
FYI though most instances will publicly post about major defederations (although probably not for defederations of spam instances). Also, there’s a mod log at the bottom of the web page, so you can see literally everything that moderators of that instance have done.