It looks like someone posted a bunch of posts (all at once) to the !gundeals community. Its not ads, just an individual posting a bit too much.
Sounds like it sorts out the right kind of people? I'm not aware of anyone actually asking you to write an essay, no one would do that. 2 short answer questions does not an essay make.
It'll drop a little, but to a significantly higher level than it was before.
Both. Downvotes aren't taken into account for all beehaw posts and comments. Even if someone downvotes a beehaw post from another instance, it just won't send.
Yup. At any time you can click the "instances" button on the bottom to see who we are connected with and who we block.
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It's so refreshing having a statement written by two people, instead of a board of lawyers.
Which they have been doing. They added a bunch of mods to local communities. But it just wasn't enough, according to them.
Its surpassing [sic] how much they want to control what other people see.
Well that's what they've said from the beginning. They wanted a more curated and friendly instance, rather than having the old reddit culture.
Lemmy doesn't have a wiki built-in.
The developers have indicated they wouldn't want to implement it, because of the complexity with federation: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/2959
The difference language between the sh.itjust.works admin and their user's comments is kinda crazy. There were so many bad takes saying "this will destroy the lemmy-verse". Like, no it won't. The community will survive.
Or go to any of the other non-blocked instances.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech