A tolerable level we can handle by moderation. And when even the admins join in it becomes clear there is a big incompatibility and cultural difference.

But you probably meant something else, right?

Not it doesn't, it suggests there's a finite amount of volunteer moderator time. Don't be a troll.

I'm pro voilence against people who block grocery store entrances because they figured that was the best place to chat with someone they ran into... so yes.

Yeah, there is: using your critical thinking skills, what number comes before 1?

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That's right! Zero! Good job! And what do we call it when 0 becomes 1?

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And increase, yes! applause

Tune in next week with Dora the Internet Explorer! Bye for now!

I took it to mean "it has increased to the point we can't deal with it all"

Well there are going to be assholes everywhere but I guess if that instance's admins/mods aren't doing their jobs of moderating their users then it makes sense to defederate so the burden doesn't fall on all other instance's mods.

The world isn't black and white like your comment is suggesting.

I'm wondering if you're trolling or just ignorant. I'll do you the respect of assuming ignorance.

There will always be hate speech in any forum. Period. This cannot be stopped short of closing the forum down entirely. If, however, the hate speech is low volume, it can be dealt with individually with post deletion, user bans, community deletions, etc. Standard "tactical" moderation techniques.

But...

Shitholes like lemmygrad.ml release a veritable flood of hate speech, as do their right-wing "Freeze Peach!" equivalents. Individual, tactical moderation does not scale to that level without a whole lot more money than a hobbyist-run instance can bring to bear. Thus if hate speech and calls for violence reach the point where tactical moderation can no longer keep up, you start with the strategic moderation. In older-style forums that might be an IP ban. In the Fediverse it's defederation.

See how that works?

Now please, prove to me you're not trolling and simply didn't understand how things work.

Yes, there is.

Example:

"I hate fascists and they deserve to get punched in the face."