openmic.social — a new free-speech instance that doesn't shadowban
Hey all — just launched openmic.social, a general-purpose Lemmy instance with a specific mission: free speech + transparent, restorative moderation.
The pitch is simple — anyone can grab the mic — and the thing that makes us different is what happens when you cross a line:
- No shadowbans, ever. If your post is removed or your account is actioned, you're told — what happened, which rule, and how to fix it.
- We help before we punish. A heads-up and a path back come before a ban. Bans are the last resort, not the first reflex.
- Moderation in the open. Every call is appealable, publicly, in our
!metacommunity. - Hard lines only: nothing illegal, no targeted harassment, no doxxing, no spam. That's what keeps the mic open for everyone.
We're brand new, which means early adopters shape the culture. Come introduce yourself, bring a community that needs a home, or start one — I'll help you set it up and mod it.
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There are 3 users on your instance and one is a DonaldJMusk astroturfing account. But good luck with things I guess, you'll need it.
lol you just know that’s exactly why they started this
“Early adopters shape the culture.”
I wish Lemmy had a !remindme feature.
Loving the casual homophobia
Well first off, you've got a content warning window going in an infinite loop, so that's fun.
There's no 2nd, because, well, infinite loop.
If that's the adult-consent thing, it can be bypassed using web dev tools to delete the blur and the click-prevention things. That's the only way I was able to see the site at all.
Are there shadowbans on Lemmy or Piefed? I don't think so but I could be wrong.
There isn’t, that’s sort of the point.
I would say that it wouldn’t be hard to add that capability though as a developer.