The same way IRC servers and forums grew back in the 2000s. Centralized services are something that only started showing up in the early 2010s.

I wanted to get another 1000 miles in, but between being physically exhausted from work and mentally exhausted from other things, I’ll probably not get to that this summer.

The Linux to trans pipeline is real. I should know, I’m part of it.

Hate to be that person, but the lemmyverse has about 160k people as of this morning. If you include Mastodon it’s millions, but they aren’t likely to interact as much with lemmy users.

If they said that then it changes things. I’m going off this tracker

https://the-federation.info/platform/73

It could just be lagging behind whatever lemmy.world mentioned, things are moving so fast that a few hours can make a world of difference.

You’re giving me some more hope.

That’s the beauty of the fediverse, a true diversity of opinion.

Reddit and other sites are wary about fringe communities and ideologies, and will ban them if they feel threatened. Just look at /r/ChapoTrapHouse or /r/The_Donald. Regardless of what you think of those groups of people, they have a right to spread their views.

No matter how much you wish to stop the spread of harmful information, it will spread as long as there are people who want it to.

They do, they just have to deal with people who think their ideas are worthless. You can even make laws against ideas you don’t like, but they’ll be even less effective than drug prohibition. Just look at China for a great example of that.

Yes, what is anyone going to do to stop you? That’s why America has free speech at the very first right defined in the bill of rights.

The fediverse allows anyone to set up their own instances with their own rules and beliefs. It’s simply the consequence of freedom of speech.

Those people and ideas you want to ban will always be there. If you make it so people have to hide them, it just makes it easier for the ideas to spread. It’s better if they are openly criticized and refuted rather than swept under the rug.

What do I need to do to make this? Oh my goodness

You can, you’ll just face legal consequences for disturbing the peace or threatening others.

Notice how you get in trouble after you say something. The idea that a government can stop you from saying or thinking something is silly. How would you even enforce such a thing?

That’s why the rights in the American’s constitution are considered “inalienable”, because even if there were (illegal) laws made to stop you from saying or thinking something, your right to do so is innate and can never truly be taken from you.