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In case anyone is wondering, it's rqd2.

The definition of paraphilia is "a condition characterized by abnormal sexual desires, typically involving extreme or dangerous activities.", which can inclde pedophilia.

It has recieved 4 censures from fediseer due to the content contained on that instance

Not a good look for Lemmy to be promoting any instance like that.

You can see for yourself here

Update: A pull request was sent to remove the sus instance. It should no longer show up soon

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Seems like the kinda thing that comes down to "because it hasn't been explicitly told not to yet". It's a computer grabbing from an ever changing pool of instances based on parameters, not a person hand picking what they like. Computers aren't usually aware of social ques or laws...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

That's correct, its fixed now.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I think it just auto-discovers federated instances and randomly shows them on the page unless explicitly disabled...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

True but it still isn't a very good look for lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The only ones who have to be concerned about the looks are the instance admins.
Lemmy isn't a product in need of marketing.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You're right, but this is the sort of thing that gets blown up by the media and used to shut down privacy-friendly platforms.

Maybe it's a slippery slope fallacy on my part, but it's not unimaginable to consider the idea that legislators could try to take down an enitre platform based on something like this. Just look at some of the proposed privacy-antagonistic legislation that's been introduced recently to see what I mean.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

The Fediverse isn't a platform with a server you can take down, though. That's the beauty of decentralization.