We go through this every. single. time there’s a batch of new Lemmy signups:

FNG: It’s so empty here (compared to Reddit)! I know! I’ll make a bot/tool that re-posts/syncs Reddit posts. People will love it!

Everyone: Ugh. Again with this??

There’s literally already DEDICATED INSTANCES that do nothing but re-post from Reddit. Just follow one of those instead of adding more secondhand garbage.

Please don’t bring baggage from your ex into your new relationship.

Would be nice so I can set my automod to just look for the labels instead of having to nuke it all by hand.

And what’s the problem with that?

Laws don’t currently make a concession for federated social media. If the law in an instance’s jurisdiction says that users on a platform must be of a certain age, then for practical/enforcement purposes it makes no difference if they’re local or federated.

FWIW, I also ban people under age 18 on my instance (local and federated). Obviously I can’t know everyone’s age, but if someone offers it and I become aware, and it’s below the minimum age set in our policy, then they’re banned until they’re of age - simple as that.

I’m in the US, so 13 is the minimum age by law for most services (COPPA), and there’s various grumblings to increase the age specifically for social media, so I’m playing it safe with 18 which is the age you’re legally considered an adult.

Considering some of the stuff that gets posted here (legitimately and via bad actors), then my legal liabilities are less as I’m going out of my way to only serve adults on the platform. Mind you, I’m running this as a hobby / volunteer and do not have a team of lawyers on hand.

Right? It’s refreshing to see a post here that’s about technology that works for us rather than yet another article about AI being shoved into more places that no one asked for or development progress updates on the Torment Nexus.

More posts like this, please.

Oh, nice! The Xiao seed, unlike the Heltec’s I have, comes with 8 MB of PSRAM which makes it suitable for acting as a store-and-forward node.

May have to pick up at least one of these since that’s one thing I’d like to add to the mesh I’m putting together.

I flat-out refuse to do business with any that requires I use an app. I won’t even scan a QR code for a restaurant menu; that’s my cue to go eat elsewhere.