In the recent Lemmy developer update, there’s a reference to one Lemmy developer, SleeplessOne1917.

I found some horrifying comments from this user.

https://lemmygrad.ml/comment/2649200 - “There is no such thing as an Israeli civilian. All settlers are valid targets.”

https://lemmygrad.ml/comment/2649472 - “15 year olds are military age. That makes them valid targets for killing.”

https://lemmygrad.ml/comment/2649732 - “… There is no such thing as a zionoid civilian. Everything that moves and isn’t Palestinian is a valid target. …”

Webarchive: https://web.archive.org/web/20231009171047/https://lemmy.ml/u/CannotSleep420@lemmygrad.ml

Edit: New comment from the user “Cry more. Israelis need to be eliminated. Death to Israel, and death to Amerikkka!”

https://web.archive.org/web/20231009171510/https://lemmygrad.ml/comment/2592588

https://web.archive.org/web/20231009171739/https://lemmygrad.ml/post/750810

https://web.archive.org/web/20231009171907/https://lemmy.ml/comment/4569805

https://web.archive.org/web/20231009172817/https://lemmy.ml/comment/4413706

https://github.com/SleeplessOne1917

  • bilboswaggingsEnglish
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    1 year ago

    OMFG He isn’t getting the death penalty just because we don’t donate to him

    The whole point is to disincentivise people to act like this, it doesn’t ruin the product but to a certain extent you are supporting his views if you support him financially

    Maybe because they are not around other people is the reason why they act like this, you are more likely to see others as people if you are part of the society instead of being withdrawn and hiding behind a username

    I would much rather have this guy at McDonalds or an Amazon warehouse putting stuff in boxes than part of social media dev team

    Because yes even though this is open source people make decisions and can affect how information is received

    There is a reason why users stay away from for example Truth social and Rumble, we don’t want to associate with that stuff… also why companies fire employees who say and do bad stuff on the internet

    • ExLisper@linux.communityEnglish
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      1 year ago

      The whole point is to disincentivise people to act like this, it doesn’t ruin the product but to a certain extent you are supporting his views if you support him financially

      This is wrong on so many levels. Punishing someone like this will not make him change his mind. It will just make them angrier and more entrenched in his views. As long as you’re not paying them to post their ideas online you’re not supporting their views. They can just as well interact with people online as part of dev community as in McDonalds.

      This is such a non-issue the line here is super hard to even cross. You would have to prove that the code he added was for example downvoting pro-Israel content or banning users from Israel or something. Other than that complaining about who wrote what code is just posturing.