Post #4381402
2026-07-27 21:21 UTC
several left-wing political sources
Tankies. You mean tankies.
For anyone else reading, it’s not the same thing at all. There’s no subterfuge in what Rimu is doing. There’s an admin interface to manage the list for a start, and the list itself is open source and categorized by reason for blocking
Suggesting that this is in any way the same thing as a secret hidden block list that contains specific users, presents as a network error, and has no way to be disabled is disingenuous at a minimum, but I’d go further and say it’s outright disinformation.
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@Allero@lemmy.today 2026-07-28 05:46
Should it matter? As the saying goes, “first they come for tankies…”. Moreover, the blocklist covers pretty much the entire political spectrum, except exactly Rimu’s beliefs (classic liberal, strongly pro-government). Like, I invite people to just follow the link you gracefully provided and explore for themselves. It’s not just Nazis or transphobes, it is all things left and right, WikiLeaks, and more. Last time I checked, the interface doesn’t allow to just remove the whole blocklist in a click of a button. Removing 4000+ entries one by one is a very, very questionable endeavor. Moreover, such things must be opt-in, not opt-out. Does Microsoft Rimu understand consent?