this post was submitted on 07 Oct 2023
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Lemmy is a massive collection of separate servers and communities run by people. Therefore no government has a hold on it. I’m a guy that pays money out of his own pocket monthly to run a Lemmy server. If the government is controlling it, that’s news to me, and my comment history is pretty damn anti-government.
The whole point of decentralization is to remove control from the corporations and governments, and put it back into the hands of the people.
That’s an awesome instance name btw
Thanks! I think it’s among my favorite things I’ve done this year lol. I tried to get “destroying.yachts” but it was taken. Felt a little too obvious too; I like the added humor of “enjoying” instead.
This is my avatar on a couple sites ❤️
I LOVE IT.
Very nice, but the color scheme could use a rethink.
I cannazi what the problem is?
Broke: Yacht destroyer
Bespoke: Yacht "enjoyer"
Has it anything to do with orcas overturning boats in the Mediterranean and teaching other orcas to do the same thing or am I old (I'm old) and out of touch?
Yep! I’m old too. I thought of those stories, learned the “.yachts” TLD exists, and the rest is history. It was nice to see nature fighting back and winning.
If the government also runs a server, does your seever send them a copy of every (public) post you make?
Potentially, yeah, but they can also just go to the website themselves and read it since it’s public.