drama-free of all possible Lemmy users
That's... not how I would describe the user.
They're banned from blahaj lemmy for repeated and ongoing gatekeeping and they've got a mile long modlog...
We left snacks for the local crows!
Birtinya, Sunshine Coast, Australia - April 2025
Clayfield, Brisbane/Meanjin, Australia - April 2025
#bird #brisbane #meanjin #honeyEater #noisyMiner #manorinaMelanocephala #manorina #australianBirds
Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Australia - April 2025
#bird #australianBirds #brushTurkey #scrubTurkey #Alectura #AlecturaLathami
Kedron Brook Wetlands Reserve, Brisbane/Meanjin, Australia - April 2025
#bird #birds #AustralianBirds #swan #blackSwan #Cygnus #CygnusAtratus
Kedron Brook Wetlands Reserve, Brisbane/Meanjin, Australia - April 2025
#bird #birds #swallow #WelcomeSwallow #AustralianBirds #Hirundo #HirundoNeoxena
Kedron Brook Wetlands Reserve, Brisbane/Meanjin, Australia - April 2025
#meanjin #brisbane #spoonbill #royalSpoonBill #bird #birds #australianBirds #Platalea #PlataleaRegia
Clayfield, Meanjin/Brisbane, Australia - March 2025
#bird #birds #AustralianBirds #ButcherBird #CracticusTorquatus #Cracticus
Kedron Brook Wetlands Reserve, Australia - March 2025
That's an instance ban. Instance bans automatically issue community bans for local communities the user has been active in.
Like a phone book?
Reddit was only ever left of center for Americans. To many/most non Americans, America consists of a far right party and a center to center right party.
What you're seeing is the result of a platform that wasn't first created by and for American audiences, and whose initial takeup wasn't dominated by American perspectives.
Thus, the decentralized platform is rolling out a "more aggressive" policy on parody accounts that aren’t clearly labeled.
If it were decentralised, it wouldn't be possible for the platform to set a network wide policy on parody accounts...
Because stirring up hate against vulnerable minorities, by positioning them as a threat is a well tested and effective technique for the power hungry to gain and retain power. And it's effective, because it works by pulling people in and making all of the conversation about whether or not it's right to hate on the group they're targeting.
It's a federated protocol, but the network itself isn't meaningfully federated, and is basically just Bluesky (the company) infrastructure. Hopefully that changes, because until then, it's still a centralised social media platform, despite the underlying technology
If you think you look better with it on, then chances are you do look better with it on, because you'll feel hotter and more confident! So wear it :)
Artificial scarcity (invites) and VC funding
I feel like I need to do more than just post a picture. In this case, the picture really does tell the story in a lot of ways, but still, there was a lot of pain and trauma that led me to this point.
I started off depressed and angry, lost in life, knowing what I needed to do, but feeling like it wasn't something I could do. And when I finally accepted that I could do it, years went in to it. A quick photo makes it look like a magical transformation, but there was close to 10 years between those photos, and a lot of self discovery, self exploration and pain. As well as joy, and surprises.
Where I started
Where I ended up
Image descriptions
1st image: - A heavy set person who appears to be a man, in baggy jeans and a t-shirt, leaning against a wooden handrail, holding a laser skirmish gun
2nd image: A curly haired woman in makeup, wearing a teal coloured dress
We use a self hosted reitti instance instead now