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Would it be realistic to try to set up an america-free instance?

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  • A Ace

    I thought it'd be nice for the rest of the world to have a de-america'd instance where there's no discussion of america, certainly no american politics, and no americans are allowed via IP block.

    But I think to do that effectively, you'd probably have to defederate from most of the rest of lemmy, and then you've lost most of the federation benefits of being a lemmy instance. However I'm only vaguely familiar with how all of the connections work so maybe someone can correct me.

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    combatwombatesq@lemmy.world
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    You can block amerigocentric instances and users (like me!) if you want, but people will still use vpns to say “soccer” on your America-free instances and I don’t think there’s anything to be done to prevent that.

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    • A Ace

      I thought it'd be nice for the rest of the world to have a de-america'd instance where there's no discussion of america, certainly no american politics, and no americans are allowed via IP block.

      But I think to do that effectively, you'd probably have to defederate from most of the rest of lemmy, and then you've lost most of the federation benefits of being a lemmy instance. However I'm only vaguely familiar with how all of the connections work so maybe someone can correct me.

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      fenderstratocaster@lemmy.world
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      #16

      So, you and like 3 other Scandinavians can sit around and talk Linux? Go ahead.

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      • BrewchinB Brewchin

        This.

        Mitchell & Webb's "Are we the baddies?" is a moment of introspection that is often overlooked. It would stop a lot of problems caused by (possibly) well meaning people

        Though, Hanlon's Razor can also apply: "Never attribute to malice that which can be sufficiently explained by stupidity." You don't know what you don't know... so it's possible(?) the question was asked without any understanding of the long, sordid history of this kind of blanket censorship and its outcomes. 🤷‍♂️

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        Maeve
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        Unfortunately, USA politics and economics is affecting everyone right now and has been for over a century. The problem may self resolve in the next decade or two, assuming the human species survived that long.

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        • A Ace

          I thought it'd be nice for the rest of the world to have a de-america'd instance where there's no discussion of america, certainly no american politics, and no americans are allowed via IP block.

          But I think to do that effectively, you'd probably have to defederate from most of the rest of lemmy, and then you've lost most of the federation benefits of being a lemmy instance. However I'm only vaguely familiar with how all of the connections work so maybe someone can correct me.

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          Rekall Incorporated
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          Stupid idea.

          I say this as someone who lives in a country where multiple random US sites (from work-related to gaming) do a country-wide IP block.

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          • reznik@lemmy.zipR reznik@lemmy.zip

            no americans allowed? that seems to be a very, very bad idea to me. let's not go there.

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            atro_city
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            seppo alert!

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            • A Ace

              I thought it'd be nice for the rest of the world to have a de-america'd instance where there's no discussion of america, certainly no american politics, and no americans are allowed via IP block.

              But I think to do that effectively, you'd probably have to defederate from most of the rest of lemmy, and then you've lost most of the federation benefits of being a lemmy instance. However I'm only vaguely familiar with how all of the connections work so maybe someone can correct me.

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              atro_city
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              Do it, dude. I'd join an instance where USAian talk isn't allowed. Fuck, I'm tired of their constant drama and exaggerations and everything. Orange man this, raspy-voiced poop-brain that, "we baaambed this" and "literally destroyed" that. And it's football FFS, not soccer.

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              • A Ace

                I thought it'd be nice for the rest of the world to have a de-america'd instance where there's no discussion of america, certainly no american politics, and no americans are allowed via IP block.

                But I think to do that effectively, you'd probably have to defederate from most of the rest of lemmy, and then you've lost most of the federation benefits of being a lemmy instance. However I'm only vaguely familiar with how all of the connections work so maybe someone can correct me.

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                Hello_there
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                I'm all for it.
                Just make sure the ip block is only for posting not reading. Some of us here want out.

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                • skullgrid@lemmy.worldS skullgrid@lemmy.world

                  you need people to shitpost. unfortunately that means the USaians and their fucking constant barrage of political failure news.

                  Nothing wrong with the yanks, but their constant news that overtake any other things happening around the world is fucking annoying.

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                  PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S [he/him]
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                  Nothing wrong with the yanks

                  I appreciate you trying to be nice but there's so so so so so much wrong with us amerikkka

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                  • C combatwombatesq@lemmy.world

                    You can block amerigocentric instances and users (like me!) if you want, but people will still use vpns to say “soccer” on your America-free instances and I don’t think there’s anything to be done to prevent that.

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                    PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S [he/him]
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                    #23

                    Yeah I'm from the US and while I would respect the community's wishes not to hear from me, I would 1000% listen through a VPN so I can learn and signal-boost your non-AmeriKKKan perspectives 😆

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                    • ShimitarS Shimitar

                      Well, I think there are a few... Indeed I know at least two italian instances, plus my private instance....

                      But most of activity is currently on USA instances like world, so...

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                      Malta Soron
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                      .world is Dutch

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                        .world is Dutch

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                        Optional
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                        *Musical sting*

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                        • A Ace

                          I thought it'd be nice for the rest of the world to have a de-america'd instance where there's no discussion of america, certainly no american politics, and no americans are allowed via IP block.

                          But I think to do that effectively, you'd probably have to defederate from most of the rest of lemmy, and then you've lost most of the federation benefits of being a lemmy instance. However I'm only vaguely familiar with how all of the connections work so maybe someone can correct me.

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                          PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S [he/him]
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                          I'm sorry that we're like this. I've been working my entire adult life to unlearn the lies and bullshit that the AmeriKKKan settler-colonial entity has hammered into our heads. I completely understand if you don't want to hear from AmeriKKKans, but I really want to listen to non-AmeriKKKan perspectives and signal-boost these perspectives into AmeriKKKan-dominated spaces.

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                          • A Ace

                            I thought it'd be nice for the rest of the world to have a de-america'd instance where there's no discussion of america, certainly no american politics, and no americans are allowed via IP block.

                            But I think to do that effectively, you'd probably have to defederate from most of the rest of lemmy, and then you've lost most of the federation benefits of being a lemmy instance. However I'm only vaguely familiar with how all of the connections work so maybe someone can correct me.

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                            foggy@lemmy.world
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                            Tagged as Xenophobic.

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                              Tagged as Xenophobic.

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                              Drusas
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                              It's more bigotry than it is general xenophobia.

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                              • A Ace

                                I thought it'd be nice for the rest of the world to have a de-america'd instance where there's no discussion of america, certainly no american politics, and no americans are allowed via IP block.

                                But I think to do that effectively, you'd probably have to defederate from most of the rest of lemmy, and then you've lost most of the federation benefits of being a lemmy instance. However I'm only vaguely familiar with how all of the connections work so maybe someone can correct me.

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                                jubilantjaguar@lemmy.world
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                                And we were told cancel culture had peaked.

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                                  Your point?

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                                  • PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S [he/him]P PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S [he/him]

                                    Nothing wrong with the yanks

                                    I appreciate you trying to be nice but there's so so so so so much wrong with us amerikkka

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                                    skullgrid@lemmy.world
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                                    I mean by default. the point is your country is fucked up, but there's nothing inherently wrong with one just because they're from the states

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                                    • M Malta Soron

                                      .world is Dutch

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                                      Really? Wow... I assumes was USA LoL

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                                      • S s

                                        When was the last time that people who banned others based on country of origin were the good guys?

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                                        northernscrub@lemmy.world
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                                        Unfortunately, the US is taking advantage of this axiom. Their unfettered drive of "influential" content amounts to, essentially, an undeclared cultural invasion.

                                        Sadly, just one lemmy instance doing this won't change much. The US has been invested in destroying my country since the 1970's.

                                        I can't say that Russia or China are any better, before anyone asks.

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                                        • M Malta Soron

                                          .world is Dutch

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                                          northernscrub@lemmy.world
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                                          GEKOLONISEERD

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