Me not on the list:
Looks like someone isnt a big fan of leftist articles, lolBut it was probably because of the feddit-dbzero drama post lmao
Ayyy I made the list 🥳. Honestly it feels like almost the whole-ass threadiverse is on the list 😆
I’m not on the list :(
You’ll get there someday kid 👍 zooms off on cool-ass motorcycle
I work with computers and I have no idea what I am looking at here. Anyone have some context?
It’s not computers, it’s the latest drama here in the Fediverse.
Big frontend called Tessarect did a sneaky.
They made a hidden shadow-ban list of instances, users, and phrases, keeping it secret from users and admins by not including it in the open source code and instead loading it at runtime, and added in there all non-centrist (instances, users, and phrases) they could think of. They also lied about it, by claiming it to be a technical issue, when any user looked for the banned instances from the front-end, instead of calling it what it is, a targeted exclusion.
Essentially, hidden censorship, and sliminess.
To the degree that some people, (like OP here), have taken it as a badge of honor, that they are among the ones banned by name, in that list.
And some other people, are definitely not jealous.
If I post trans memes monthly and study das kapital every day, will I make it to the list next year? I don’t want to un-disappoint my parents!
Just call for guillotine usage. Worked for me.
We should award everyone on the list with a badge next to their username the same way new users show up with a chick next to theirs.
(I am not currently on the list and I am slightly salty about it)
Hm, maybe I’ll use my fork of tesseract to add a shiny badge next to those names instead
Medal for only certified TRUE postersI’d be wearing that with pride
That’s not the issue. Admins running the UI and other users didn’t know this was in it.
truly impressive how some people are always the victim even on open platforms they literally can own for free
Well yeah, people are changing frontends and warned others that Tesseract has that kind of blocklist and they don’t support it. If people that used the tool didn’t find out until now, it’s mostly a communication issue from the dev. And to the user that knows none the wiser, opinions that they would’ve accessed if not for using Tesseract are essentialy not available. The option to turn it off is essentially hidden, and the user can’t find out that information is being blocked (as seen by the reaction it caused in the threadiverse). It’s censorship by omission of information. Even if they had good intentions, the way they went about it failed to communicate what the blocklist was about, and that information was being blocked in the first place.
It’s also just kind of a silly thing to implement in a client. That’s the perspective the memes are coming from. Usually, blocklists should be left to the instance administrators or users. The client should only easily allow such a list to be available.
I’m sorry you were blocked but this behavior isn’t likely to change that
I don’t really know if I was blocked nor do I really care. I’m just explaning why people were upset/making memes about it. It’s shocking once one finds out about the blocklist, but kind of funny in retrospect.
it does not shock me at all that someone would make an effort to fix lemmys biggest problem
Yeah, if only someone could make a hidden block list so people like you can’t interact with anyone. :(
I think we all appreciate @db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com effort to address administrative and developer abuse, lemmy’s biggest problem.
