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In case anyone is wondering, it's rqd2.
The definition of paraphilia is "a condition characterized by abnormal sexual desires, typically involving extreme or dangerous activities.", which can inclde pedophilia.
It has recieved 4 censures from fediseer due to the content contained on that instance
Not a good look for Lemmy to be promoting any instance like that.
Update: A pull request was sent to remove the sus instance. It should no longer show up soon
I think it just auto-discovers federated instances and randomly shows them on the page unless explicitly disabled...
True but it still isn't a very good look for lemmy.
The only ones who have to be concerned about the looks are the instance admins.
Lemmy isn't a product in need of marketing.
You're right, but this is the sort of thing that gets blown up by the media and used to shut down privacy-friendly platforms.
Maybe it's a slippery slope fallacy on my part, but it's not unimaginable to consider the idea that legislators could try to take down an enitre platform based on something like this. Just look at some of the proposed privacy-antagonistic legislation that's been introduced recently to see what I mean.
The Fediverse isn't a platform with a server you can take down, though. That's the beauty of decentralization.
Good point, yeah
Many Lemmy users wish their niche communities would become more populated. For goals like that, the reputation of the platform is important. I also don't want to get into defensive debates when revealing to someone that I use Lemmy.
Someone should then probably let them know 🤷
Seems like the kinda thing that comes down to "because it hasn't been explicitly told not to yet". It's a computer grabbing from an ever changing pool of instances based on parameters, not a person hand picking what they like. Computers aren't usually aware of social ques or laws...
That's correct, its fixed now.
Jesus Christ the first local post I saw after checking it out was a meme about being a MAP from a user called "Matt Walsh"
I mean that's hilarious but also damn it really isn't a queer/kink instance that's messed up
Yeah that lad is pretty active ngl. Atleast Matt knows that being a MAP is pretty hardcore ultra cringe. (https://rqd2.net/post/15585).
(Fuck why am I complimenting degenerates like MAPs?)
The word is pedo. Or goof, or nonce, etc. Let's not give them any legitimacy by using their language.
I'd never heard of MAP, so just looked it up and went 'so a paedo then". Let's call a nonce a nonce.
It's not a real term. It was 4chan trolling.
Ah right, explains a lot.
Thanks to your awareness, its now the most popular listed.
That was an interesting rabbit hole I just went through. There was a post about French postmodern philosophers who defended pedophilia that was posted on that instance as a validation to their cause, meanwhile all the comments under the video are of people recounting their trauma of being sexually assaulted as children.
The French situation just gave me more reasons to dislike Sartre.
I'll just leave these here...
https://www.rainn.org/news/how-prevent-child-sexual-abuse-material-csam
Dam, that's sad. That was the first instance I tried to sign up with but it wouldn't get past the verified email part. Guess that's a good thing, I had to look me into it as I thought this post was just another alt right witch hunt for trans people. Maybe a kink instance could be made with hard rules about that stuff. Really a LGBT community with a wiki would be good. I just got on here so maybe something like that already exists.
Guess that’s a good thing, I had to look me into it as I thought this post was just another alt right witch hunt for trans people. Maybe a kink instance could be made with hard rules about that stuff. Really a LGBT community with a wiki would be good. I just got on here so maybe something like that already exists.
If anything, lemmy is making the LGBTQ+ community look bad by promoting this instance, and I wouldn't be surprised if there are people pretending to be LGBT over at that instance to make the community look bad.
I agree, I hold no ill will to non offenders and hope they get help but the posts on there are not about getting help or coping.