My personal opinion is that Rimu doesn’t think b he’s trying to become king of the fediverse. I think he sees himself as a progressive fighting back against ideas, people, and movements that threaten his idea of progress. He likes that blog post so much because it positions the free and voluntary association inherent to federation as a right wing idea, something that needs order imposed upon it by a liberal democratic institution (“like the UN”). If it’s right wing to be decentralized, him trying to create a centralized authority is left wing.

I’m of the opinion that people usually believe what they say, and Rimu is no different. Why else would he share such an embarrassing article thinking it makes some convincing point? His thinking is liberal to the core, and he does not understand paradigms without centralized authority regulating behavior. It’s no wonder he doesn’t like the anarchist instances.

At the same time, belief that you aren’t power grabbing does not prevent someone from power grabbing. I don’t think Rimu will give up in the long run. Even if this episode is a loss that does more to lose allies than gain them, he is still gonna keep doing what he has been doing. He can’t use piefed to mandate his philosophy on moderation without alienating more people. He’ll never get his idea of a fediverse UN off the ground, both with how he’s acted and because many instances would never agree to something like it. If he properly reads the room, he’ll be quiet and wait for some better opportunity for mass defederation to show up. Either that or he’ll thrash around and create even more problems for himself.

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Rimu, this is your third time in a week starting shit with db0 admins. None of what you’ve done recently has inspired any confidence from me in you or your projects. Given the side you picked during the recent lemmy.world drama, your posts come across more like hitpieces than well thought out complaints.

Also, wtf is up with you calling the entire idea of decentralization into question? Internet services require resources to run, and the barrier to entry for hosting an instance is relatively low. It’s absurd to call instances feudal fiefdoms when anybody with a bit of time and disposable income can theoretically set one up. What is the alternative, all those “fiefdoms” needing to report to a monarch who will only use their power to protect marginalized groups from bigotry(trust me bro)?

What makes it especially egregious is that you aren’t simply a user or even an instance admin, but the head developer of an entire section of the fediverse. You are not a neutral party arguing ideals, you are a person who could theoretically try to crown yourself king. You focusing so much of your efforts on attacking instances that you have ideological problems with is worrying.

I wouldn’t trust an admin like that to protect me from bigotry on their server, nor would I want them to dictate moderation for instances on their platform. Since you seem so keen on highlighting how your instance bans fewer people than others, how could I trust you to not mandate tolerance of a “diversity of opinions” like another notable instance that gives fewer bans?

If that was all rimu was complaining about, I’d understand. Unfortunately, he has a more ideological motivation behind this post than simply calling out AI. If letting users decide for themselves if they like this style of moderation was all he was advocating for, then why is he promoting the idea of centralizing decentralized platforms?

I am unconvinced that this particular use of an LLM for moderation is really that helpful. However, I doubt this is the only motivation behind this post.

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My hero! Thank you for saving me from my own incompetence <3

I wish it was larger in terms of posters 😔

A month after I started using my fem voice full time, I tried to boymode while traveling. I found that I simply couldn’t use a masculine voice in front of people anymore, and that despite wearing masculine clothing and not shaving for a week (I have little facial hair), I was still repeatedly gendered female. I’ve basically given up ever trying to do a masc voice now.

The Democrats are controlled opposition, more at 11.

I personally don’t trust my own perception of myself and wholeheartedly believe that I can’t know how I look. It’s much easier to not compare myself to other people when I have nothing to compare them to, as for all I know I look exactly like the person I envy.

This isn’t to say that I don’t pay attention to parts of my appearance, but I limit it to very specific things that are in my power to change. For instance, I might focus on shaping my eyebrows, but not trust what I see in my jaw or browline.

I liked when Codsworth from Fallout 4 called me by it. I had liked the idea of a lot of names before, but it was the first one that really clicked. When that robot first called me Assface, I knew it would be my name.

Wait, you weren’t already out as trans? I swear you’re not the first person on blahaj.zone who hatched after I took for granted that they were trans. I guess my transdar isn’t good enough to tell eggs from chickens.

Anyhow, congrats on finally finding a path forward! You have so much to look forward to 💖

I’m not gonna repeat exactly what I said last time about your appearance, because that’s not what this post is really about. You’re being hopeless and annoying right now by complaining that you might as well detransition, despite it being unlikely that you’ll ever do so without external pressure.

I think deep down you know how miserable it’d make you, and you only wanna detransition because you feel like hurting yourself. It’s not that your struggle isn’t valid, as this struggle is worth talking about in more constructive ways; it’s just that you’re not helping yourself in any way by complaining about it on social media.

Nothing we say will fundamentally change that being the right gender isn’t a cure all for all mental problems. Before I transitioned I grappled with the fear that I just wanted to transition as an escape from my mental health issues. Eventually I realized that while transition was necessary to help myself, it was not everything I needed. It makes them solvable and worth solving, but it isn’t the ultimate solution.

Their strategy is to give into Trump’s demands in the hopes that it prevents him from destroying their precious institutions. They hope to be able to take over from an unpopular Republican party after Trump dies without really undoing the damage he’s done. The problem with this approach is that it will prevent the system from needing to be properly rebuilt, effectively legalizing most of his abuses of power and prolonging the instability of our country. A big part of this will be institutionalizing the blatant corruption and oligarchy while further rigging elections to make it impossible for popular movements to ever legally gain power.

A Gavin Newsom or Pete Buttigieg presidency will see them ruling as a weaker feudal king than Trump, but only to promote business activity and interests. Relying on the honeymoon period following Trump’s removal, they will position themselves as the saviors of “democracy,” yet they will do little to actually undo a lot of the election rigging that Republicans are installing right now. They will suppress workers rights and throw the most disposable minorities under the bus, deregulating and burning through all the goodwill they have. They’ll parade the corpse of liberalism around as long as fools will believe it, but it will be a cynical gesture.

In order for actual liberal democracy to exist again in this country, the liberals would need to have shown a backbone and resist Trump no matter how much he destroys institutions. They would need to risk temporary jail time and potential assassination to invigorate long term support for a rebuilt American dream. Instead they’re showing that they never cared about liberal ideals, only the goodwill liberalism afforded their power.

Your faith in winning games you fabricate is what truly makes the mindset of a troll the mindset of a fascist

Nah, it’s a depressing reality mostly, because like I said, the mindset is common. It doesn’t lead anywhere good for anyone, with even those at the pinnacle being sad and pathetic, but that doesn’t make life any better for those who aren’t like you. Life just ends up sucking for everyone. No meaning behind any of it.

Lol, of course not. That’s not why a troll trolls. They try to inflict pain and suffering on others in the most meek way possible. You’re not trying to impress us, only yourself.

“Average” really is the worst insult you can imagine. Self report

It’s always so satisfying when you have no better response than pre baked strawmen that are totally disconnected from anything I was talking about. You desperately want to go back to your safe space, but watching you degenerate into a parrot is the whole reason I respond to bait like this