If you bother to check the instance Lenny was created for, you would’ve known that it’s a Russian instance that largely post furry shit so no, they didn’t create a fork because they “wanted to use the n word”.
I went to the “flagship” lenny instance when this fork was created and (you are not gonna believe this) a large majority of the comments were flaunting not being censored by the now-removed slur filter.
so in a nutshell, they forked Lemmy to something called “Lenny” because they wanted to use the n word? I have no words…
this feels like a straw-man representation of what is being said. I am not saying I agree with everything or even disagree with everything that is being said on HN but I think it is healthy to have code & policies critiqued from both inside and outside Lemmy. We don’t have to agree with them and as the devs have pointed out it is trivial to fork and modify the lemmy code. Writing off the entirety of what is being said doesn’t seem healthy for lemmy in the long run. I think it is useful for us as a community to listen to outside voices in good faith ( again we don’t have to make changes or think they are correct ). For instance , some of the comments about making it easier to add specific slurs to the slur filter seem valid to me and to the devs ( given they they merged in a PR to do so ). I guess I am responding to more than just this comment. I hope Lemmy doesn’t turn into an us v. them community where we write off the them so easily.
so in a nutshell, they forked Lemmy to something called “Lenny” because they wanted to use the n word? I have no words…
If you bother to check the instance Lenny was created for, you would’ve known that it’s a Russian instance that largely post furry shit so no, they didn’t create a fork because they “wanted to use the n word”.
I went to the “flagship” lenny instance when this fork was created and (you are not gonna believe this) a large majority of the comments were flaunting not being censored by the now-removed slur filter.
this feels like a straw-man representation of what is being said. I am not saying I agree with everything or even disagree with everything that is being said on HN but I think it is healthy to have code & policies critiqued from both inside and outside Lemmy. We don’t have to agree with them and as the devs have pointed out it is trivial to fork and modify the lemmy code. Writing off the entirety of what is being said doesn’t seem healthy for lemmy in the long run. I think it is useful for us as a community to listen to outside voices in good faith ( again we don’t have to make changes or think they are correct ). For instance , some of the comments about making it easier to add specific slurs to the slur filter seem valid to me and to the devs ( given they they merged in a PR to do so ). I guess I am responding to more than just this comment. I hope Lemmy doesn’t turn into an us v. them community where we write off the them so easily.