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Lemmy.world deleting posts with archive links and posts questioning the decision. (lemmy.ml)
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Lemmy.world has somehow decided to become to extreme defenders of "copyright" and decided they will now delete posts that contain archive links in an absurd move that not even corporate websites like Reddit do. Archive links provide a service to provide access to an article long after it is deleted or changed.

They made this post and locked it immediately so no one can comment on how ridiculous it is and they're deleting threads about the decision...

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/6711646

The LW admins have requested that communities remove any posts that include the entire article or archive links to articles.

A short summary is allowed, but large segments of articles posted in the body will result in the post being removed. This includes links to sites that rehost copyrighted articles for paywall sites.

If your post is removed for a rule 1 violation you can edit the post and let the moderators know the copyrighted material has been removed.

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[–] ptz@dubvee.org 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I don't agree with their decision, and I hope some transparency is forthcoming about what led to them taking such an extreme position. OTOH, I'm also not going to tell them how to run their instance.

Your post in the politics community did merit removal as it violated the rules. I don't think that community allows "meta" posts unless it's from a mod (I could be wrong).

Their admins are usually pretty transparent, so, again, hopefully more information will be presented.

In the mean time, just look for off-instance crossposts ;)

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Transparency should be preceding or in parallel, not an afterthought. This is not acceptable.

[–] IzzyData@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

This is the same as their moderation style. They ban first and justify it later.

[–] Peaty@sh.itjust.works -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you owed transparency regarding something you use but do not have any responsibility for? That sounds incredibly entitled to me.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's about trust, bucko.

[–] Peaty@sh.itjust.works -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's just your sense of entitlement talking.