Absolutely. We’re far from relevant so the bot / bad actor influx is probably negligible. Defederation won’t protect anyone, they’ll just use the major few instances and get access to 90% of feeds. Afaik points and account age don’t matter, so bans don’t matter. At this point, Lemmy has no defenses.

Unfettered platforms will be overrun in no time. Hate and bigotry are incredibly easy to create and sell.

Good on you to have integrity.

But yeah, that’s what I gather, too, whenever I check. Nothing we do has an impact. I’m hoping the huge renewables push in China over the last few years might finally have an effect, but :(

Are those emission rates per capita or absolute?

For free? No thanks.