Hey all — just launched openmic.social, a general-purpose Lemmy instance with a specific mission: open discourse + 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 !meta community.
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.

🎤 https://openmic.social/

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[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 20 hours ago

People aren't trying to trap you. What you're seeing is vulnerable people who have seen and heard all of this before trying to get your boundaries out in the open before your instance gets momentum. That way, they can decide whether to interact with your instance, block it or defederate it before being exposed to yet more hate targeting them under the veneer of "civil debate".