- cross-posted to:
- fediverse@lemmy.ml
- cross-posted to:
- fediverse@lemmy.ml
FediOnFire, a Fediverse project similar to Firesky, which offers an IRC-like view of the global firehose, has shut down after a misunderstanding led to community backlash.
FediOnFire, a Fediverse project similar to Firesky, which offers an IRC-like view of the global firehose, has shut down after a misunderstanding led to community backlash.
If you read the article, it really makes the fediverse look like a shithole. Someone on here uploaded csam to take down a project they didnt like. Wtf?
Fediverse users are not inherently good people. They’re just people.
The fediverse is “the internet”. Like, in conception, it’s taking everything that’s publicly available on the internet and making it auto-mirrorable-at-request.
So yes, on some fundamental level, it’s a shit show. Because the internet is the worst of us.
Yeah, that was the Content Nation debacle: https://wedistribute.org/2024/03/contentnation-mastodons-toxicity/
What’s really sad is that the CN dev is actually a super nice and thoughtful dude. In his jurisdiction (Germany) he could’ve gone to prison after being caught with said materials.
Not really uploaded. There’s plenty of mastodon instances which have open distribution of CSAM or Loli (A look at our blocklist on fediseer can show just how many there are. Non-risky link btw.). All one needed to do is use that service to retrieve one of those posts using its own search function.
it kind of is